Elegant Cumberland St Townhouse in Brooklyn by Ensemble Architecture

Architects: Ensemble Architecture
Location: Brooklyn, New York City, USA
Year: 2015
Photo courtesy: Ensemble Architecture
Description:

The Cumberland Townhouse is situated on a recreation center piece in the area of Fort Greene in Brooklyn, NY. The house was in a frail state when the proprietor’s obtained the building; the back divider was tumbling down and water had been entering the building for quite a long while.

The house was totally changed with another back divider and a two-story expansion at the back of the house. The expansion is interested in the front room above and is joined through inside steel and glass windows that copy the two-story, outside windows. The entryways at the greenery enclosure open totally to make a consistent association between the kitchen/eating level and the greenhouse.

Vines are planted in recessed grower along the 2 story gathering dividers in the feasting room–the room was composed with being an indoor-outside space where the patio nursery merges with the inside spaces.

The vines will cover the twofold story gathering dividers and will add a natural quality to the majority of the spaces that the lounge area join. The highest point of the expansion is a private balcony of the master bedroom.