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October 15, 2008

Modern in Carroll Gardens?

My wife and I may have just happened into a house-sized plot of land in Carroll Gardens. (I know... I can't believe it either) Not historic Carroll Gardens, but a nice part of the neighborhood.

I am wondering if anyone has any nice examples of new townhouse construction that fits well into a brick and brownstone neighborhood with a few modern touches?

The idea of modular has also come up, although I haven't seen much in the way of urban modular architecture that would be appropriate for the site.

Thanks,
Dalton

Update: More responses here.

Posted in Forum by dalton at 10:56 PM | Comments (11)
Categories: Construction

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@brownstoner: I know how to find the archives... I just wasn't excited about searching through all 82 weeks to find the price. I guess I'll wait until the website it up.

Posted by: dalton at May 7, 2009 4:56 PM in response to Inside Third & Bond: Week 83

I'm sure this has been discussed before, but I can't find it in the archives. What pricepoint are you going for with this project?

Posted by: dalton at May 7, 2009 1:07 PM in response to Inside Third & Bond: Week 83

That is quite excellent.

Posted by: dalton at April 16, 2009 5:36 PM in response to Closing Bell: Sketches of Brooklyn

That weekend sounds like a great opportunity to get out of the city.

Posted by: dalton at April 6, 2009 5:32 PM in response to Closing Bell: Woodstock 40th Anniversary at Prospect Park?

Yes indeed, please keep them coming.

Posted by: dalton at April 2, 2009 11:07 AM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

Yeah, I was going to swing by the house on Baltic this morning on my way to work. Someone also mentioned a few houses on Pacific Street. I am starting to compile a list of ideas.

I've emailed FlatPak and they think they could do the job. I've got a list of other local architects who work with modular too, so it seems like a viable solution. Our main issue right now is to get the land situation finalized (we've got a promise, but nothing in writing yet) and then figure out where we can go from there.

Thanks everybody for the great ideas!

Posted by: dalton at October 17, 2008 6:52 AM in response to Modern in Carroll Gardens?

All right - thanks for all of the great ideas! We're going to the MoMA this weekend to catch the Home Delivery exhibit on prefab architecture so I will take that opportunity to peruse the bookstore.

I saw the modulars going up in BedStuy and contacted Jim Garrison this morning. He gave me some great information. I've also bookmarked Resolution: 4 Architecture, Coburn Architecture, and ThreadCollective. Also discovered http://www.flatpakhouse.com/, they haven't done anything in Brooklyn before but it seems entirely possible.

So much to chew on, this is promising to be quite an adventure.

Posted by: dalton at October 16, 2008 1:12 PM in response to Front Page Forum: Modern in Carroll Gardens

Thanks, that's an interesting link. Lots of great ideas in there, and the house was featured in Dwell, also. Does anyone else have examples of modern rebuilds that fit well into the character of the neighborhood?

As I mentioned before, we are also thinking prefab/modular... not so much to save money as to stick to a budget (I've heard that you're less likely to experience crazy overruns with prefab) and a reasonable time line. We'd like to move in within a year, if at all possible. I haven't found many examples of urban prefab, though. There's this one:
http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2008/05/nzinga.php

And that seems to be about it.

Posted by: dalton at October 16, 2008 10:10 AM in response to Modern in Carroll Gardens?

Actually, I took that photograph. Some dunce on Flickr "borrowed" it.

http://www.seriouslyexcited.net/2007/06/12/lafayette-grocery-dairy-fort-greene/

Posted by: dalton at February 20, 2008 4:01 PM in response to Friday Links