The Insider: It’s All About the Views at New Storm-Proof Family Beach House on Queens Oceanfront
Five years after Hurricane Sandy battered an oceanfront lot in Breezy Point, destroying an existing ...
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The Insider: Architect Reconfigures Art-Filled Park Slope Townhouse With Fresh, Unfussy Style
After a decade of living in a lower duplex with two rental units above, these homeowners decided it ...
The Insider: Prospect Lefferts Prewar Gains Dramatic Focal Point, Stylish Baths
Not every renovation is a full-on gut. This three-bedroom apartment, located in a brick and stucco b...
The Insider: Color Distinguishes Cost-Conscious Windsor Terrace Row House Redo
"Everything was replaced, except the joists," said Alexandra Barker of Gowanus-based BFDO Architects...
The Insider: Superb Original Plasterwork Drives Design of Fort Greene Duplex Fixer-Upper
The owners of this lower duplex in a brownstone co-op "fell in love with it" because of the elaborat...
The Insider: Vivid Color and Generous Spaces Distinguish Windsor Terrace Row House Reno
A family of five, who had been stuffed into a single floor of a row house, bought a home with "more ...
The Insider: Cats and Books Dictate Design in Windsor Terrace Row House Reno
A pair of lucky, well-loved cats helped inspire the design of a 20-by-50-foot three-story row house,...
The Insider: “Three-Quarter” Reno in South Slope Tailors Already Updated House for Young Family
The two-story brick row house had been renovated by its previous owners with all new mechanicals...
The Insider: Windsor Terrace House Goes Radically Modern With Cedar Siding, Glazed Corners
A Windsor Terrace house outside any historic district gave architect Alexandra Barker of Downtown Br...
The Insider: Homeowner’s Love of Books Inspires Windsor Terrace Townhouse Makeover
The typical Brooklyn rowhouse requires interior structural columns to support the floors above. In m...
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