Behind the Facade at 112 Butler Street
Our post at the end of last week on the new wood-sided modern house that went up recently at 112 Butler Street elicited a lot of feedback from readers, most of it surprisingly positive. As we said in our initial post, we weren’t really sure how we felt about it. Now that we’ve seen these…
Our post at the end of last week on the new wood-sided modern house that went up recently at 112 Butler Street elicited a lot of feedback from readers, most of it surprisingly positive. As we said in our initial post, we weren’t really sure how we felt about it. Now that we’ve seen these photos of the interior we definitely get it. The closed-off facade, which some people thought was too unfriendly, is more than made up for by the walls of windows on the rear. The 2,500-square-foot house ends up being light, clean and modern. Quite a success and, as one reader pointed out last week, not particularly out of context given the hodge-podge of existing buildings on that street.
Outsider Architecture on Butler [Brownstoner] GMAP
There are lots of places that use glass window walls. I don’t know for sure but I always thought there was an especially heavy, hard to break glass that would be used in applications like this.
Anon 11:50- I don’t think that it’s entirely accurate to say we only go gaga over historically accurate or ultramodern. It’s hard to know what’s in between because posters here and renovators are “obsessed” with brownstone Bklyn and so we tend to see both ends of the spectrum more or less. It’s possible that in the middle comes off as bland and not very interesting by comparison. But I can recall a number of threads where there were houses creatively and not historically done that everyone loved.
Anon 12:11, you’re not alone. Although the house is nicely done and I, too, love the idea of huge windows, the bareness would disturb me. You never know who’s watching and for what reason,and I’m not the paranoid type, just cautious. Seems more fitting for something other than an urban neighborhood.
Gorgeous! I’m the person who mentioned last week that I lived on this block years ago (at #104), and that given the mish-mash of different buildings on this block, I didn’t think you could call this out of context architecturally. I live in a more traditional townhouse in Park Slope now, but I simply love this house. As for the earlier question about security, I assume you have the back windows hooked up to some kind of alarm? Someone last week criticized the fortress-like front facade, but there are times in the big city when that makes sense (the only time I’ve ever been mugged in my 30 years living in NYC was on the corner of Butler and Hoyt), and I love how it’s open to the back. Bravo!
These look like artist renderings for a new development.
i like those bar stools!!!
does any one know where to get them?
regarding privacy… am I the only person leary of having a home that is so open in a place like Brooklyn? while the house is great I’d be scared of the accessiblity of the glass. couldn’t someone just break it and easily enter your home? I’m sure that same arguement can be made about windows but windows are usually smaller or bared or at least farther up so it wouldn’t be as easy, just a thought… anyway, like I said nice house.
nice pad, I guess walking around your house naked is out of the question… lol
I agree with all the others that this is a really lovely place. However, I must say that on this site folks only seem to go gaga over something that is completley modern or compeltely historically accurate brownstone and nothing that’s in between or that plays with this relationship gets any play here. Where’s all the imagination? Personality? Elsewhere, I assume. Don’t mean to take anything away from this Butler house. Looks like a really nice place to live.
I want it.