{"id":332482,"date":"2026-08-29T04:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T04:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332482\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T04:05:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T04:05:25","slug":"the-developer-betting-on-better-architecture-in-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/332482\/","title":{"rendered":"The Developer Betting on Better Architecture in Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Designing Inside Out in Cobble Hill<\/p>\n<p class=\"size-regular wp-block-paragraph\">Its next project, Boerum Place, a short walk east in Cobble Hill, features 21 condos\u2014with 14 different layouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"size-regular wp-block-paragraph\">Facing a smaller site, Avdoo sought to find an architect well-attuned to this scale, noting, \u201cWe wanted an architect that designs townhouses and private homes.\u201d Prospect Heights\u2013based Brent Buck, who previously lived just a few blocks away, proved ideal, declaring the project of \u201cemotional interest to us from an architectural perspective. Taking this larger building mass and trying to break it down gave our studio the opportunity to think about issues of a building in its context.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"size-regular wp-block-paragraph\">Buck explained that the building\u2014which features loggia space on all of its sides\u2014was designed in a way, inside out. \u201cThe interiors were developed in advance of the facade.\u201d These finely detailed surfaces, featuring rounded corners and nimble corbelling became, \u201cin some ways, a response to what the interiors and the interior spaces were.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"size-regular wp-block-paragraph\">All of the units have multiple exposures, and several have balconies on more than one side. Several have skylights, one a full interior courtyard (there is also a general garden in the rear of the building, designed by Brook Klausing). A number feature L-shaped layouts, which he says, \u201calways offer more interesting ways to locate various programs within a unit than rectangles.\u201d The project was also a response to balconies that could barely fit a Juliet let alone Romeo. They determined to make exterior spaces, \u201clarge and deep enough that they can actually be useful\u201d with minimum dimensions of eight feet, and a resolve to connect them gracefully to interior space.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Avdoo_Boerum_4_Hummingbird_Detail_Animation-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Corner view of a modern Avdoo brick apartment building with large windows and metal railings, reflecting sunlight and surrounding trees.\" class=\"wp-image-124459\"  \/>Boerum Place Rendering. <\/p>\n<p class=\"size-regular wp-block-paragraph\">Buck derived inspiration from the building\u2019s neighborhood otherwise. \u201cI think brick has an incredible resonance to people because it\u2019s consistently inconsistent, and there\u2019s a richness to it.\u201d Interiors feature wood, stone, marble, and brass fixtures. Things, he says, \u201cgenerally get better with age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"size-regular wp-block-paragraph\">Arches line the entrance and curved ceilings are found within. \u201cThe arch is something that is historically meaningful to the architectural expression of buildings in Brooklyn, so that became a motif throughout the project.\u201d Hallways feature a variety of animating treatments. He notes, \u201cSome of the corridors, became more architectural with a playful ceiling and interesting lighting concepts.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"size-regular wp-block-paragraph\">Buck was pleased to be afforded the freedom to do these things. \u201cThe bar for new development in New York City is pretty low.\u00a0It\u2019s not a simple place to make things, so you try to find a client who cares about design as much as you do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Designing Inside Out in Cobble Hill Its next project, Boerum Place, a short walk east in Cobble Hill,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[125073,98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-332482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-anthony-paletta","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}