Greenpoint Townhouse

Greenpoint Townhouse 

Lea Architecture

Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau
Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau

LEAD TEAM
Lea Architecture, Jane Lea

MANUFACTURERS
Fisher & Paykel, Miele, Bertazzoni, Lusso Stone, Mutina, Neüfenster, Omvivo

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Land And Shore Creative

INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Note Design Studio

STRUCTURAL CONSULTANTS
Madsen

MEP CONSULTANTS
Gallen

PHOTOGRAPHS
Angela Hau

AREA
4975 Ft²

YEAR
2023

LOCATION
Brooklyn, United States

CATEGORY
Houses

Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau

Text description provided by architect.

The Greenpoint Townhouse is a study of reconciling an active, itinerant lifestyle with the rooting sensibilities of home.

New York-based Lea Architecture's design prioritizes utility and the marriage of Brooklyn and Swedish aesthetics, which maximizes privacy and family space above a retail site on the lower floor of the property.

Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau
Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau

Home to a family who splits their time between Stockholm and New York City, the studio's renovation combines a two-family residential space into an expansive, three-story upper duplex.

The design preserves the commercial space and four-car garage on the building's lower level, with the upper living areas added as an extension onto a patio above the garage.

Lea Architecture repointed and freshened up the exterior facade, and made energy-efficient upgrades throughout.

Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau
Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau
Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau

The design team also added a stand-out, maroon color-blocked bathroom for a dash of boldness to the overall palette.

All three floors of the home are connected by a custom, geometric wooden stairwell.

It serves as a backbone to the home, sculpturally flowing between each space.

Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau
Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau
Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau

The stair plays off the kitchen's warm wooden casework to create a sense of continuity between levels, ending in a wraparound feature that culminates as the primary bedroom's headboard.


Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau
Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau
Greenpoint Townhouse
© Angela Hau


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