Before & After: Small Changes Activate a Façade

Design
Front façade of a brownstone carriage house with large window openings.
Peter Peirce

This project presented a unique opportunity to design horizontally in Brooklyn Heights. While the historic façade was preserved and improved, you'd never know the building underwent major excavation to create a below grade cellar!

After Front façade of a brownstone carriage house with large window openings.
Before Front façade of a Brooklyn Heights Carriage house before our renovation
The two-story carriage house already had a unique front façade. We enhanced it with new windows, transoms, glazed doors, window boxes, and lighting to make the house shine.
After Landscaped roof deck of a Brooklyn Heights carriage house after our renovation
Before Roof deck of a Brooklyn Heights carriage house before our renovation.
Landscaping that surrounds the sprawling, lush roof deck softens the roof line from the ground. A new skylight floods the building with natural light.