Front Page Forum: Modern in Carroll Gardens
This post from The Forum could generate some interesting ideas. Can y’all can help a fellow Brownstoner brainstorm about his house-to-be. 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…
This post from The Forum could generate some interesting ideas. Can y’all can help a fellow Brownstoner brainstorm about his house-to-be.
Modern in Carroll Gardens [Brownstoner]
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Lisa et al, not only that house, but there’s another great looking stone house up the block, definitely take a drive or walk on 18th Street.
i wrote about this house in the south slope a couple of years ago–it’s great-looking, and the next door neighbor’s built a replica of it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/06/garden/06brooklyn.html
This may be obvious but back issues of DWELL just might have some similar projects. There is a DWELL cable show as well:
http://www.fineliving.com/fine/dwell/
Thanks to “itsagas” for throwing our name in the hat.
Dalton,
Our firm has a number of years experience in the Brooklyn modern rowhouse/townhouse market and a project of ours was featured in the Brooklyn Modern book that has been suggested to you.
As a Brooklyn (Cobble Hill) raised architect, I’m quite familiar with the neighborhood. My family and I currently live in a Carroll Gardens rowhouse that I gut renovated about 5 years ago. Take a look at our website and be sure to check out: http://www.coburnarchitecture.com/showcases/show_gallery/25?show=true
Give me a call/email, I’d love to discuss your project.
Brendan Coburn
Coburn Architecture
bcoburn@coburnarchitecture.com
718.624.1700
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.
Here’s a picture of 377 Pacific Street:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushgardener/2672505459/
I like it, but many of my Boerum Hill neighbors loathe it. Another cool example is on the same block (btw Bond & Hoyt) across the street. It looks more like a Frank Lloyd Wright version of a brownstone and seems more contextual to me.
While you’re in the nabe, stroll down Hoyt Street to Wyckoff. There is a very modern structure on the North side of Wyckoff on your way to Smith.
(Disclaimer: Brooklyn Chicken is not an architect, designer, or someone who knows anything about design at all.)
I don’t know what your budget is or how green you’d foresee the build; for the most part, the latter is heavily reliant on the former. But I do know that you have a rare opportunity. Good for you and your family.
I suggest a modular build as well. If everything is in place, permit-wise, one can expect construction to take place off site at a much quicker pace than a traditional on-site build. If planned accordingly, I can picture your modular home arriving at the NY Stevedores dock in Red Hook on one-two barges. Trucking=1-2 miles or less.
Invite me over and I’ll help you piece her together.
go talk to Jim Garrison @ Garrison Architects. He is currently doing some modern modular townhouses in bedstuy. Not to mention he has lived locally in cobble hill for 20+ years and has done some nice modernish stuff in and around the nabe. Email me if you want to know more.
Whether you go prefab or not, you will need an architect to build a new building. Moving in a year is aggressive. It will take you six months to get a permit, not to mention, design and bid it. good luck