168 Plymouth Street , Dumbo, Brooklyn
An aerial exterior precedent for adaptive reuse and historic industrial loft conversions, demonstrating how a modern rooftop addition sits atop restored masonry and multi-pane grid windows.
- What we like about this project
- The seamless vertical transition from heavy, dark historic masonry storeys to a light, transparent glass penthouse set back behind a terrace.
Materials
- painted-masonry
- glass
- steel
- concrete
Visual identifiers
- industrial-loft-conversion
- multi-pane-windows
- penthouse-addition
- corner-building
Style tags
- industrial
- adaptive-reuse
- contemporary
- loft
Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse
- urban-infill
- historic-conversion
- loft
- facade-restoration
- Geometry
- An urban industrial loft conversion featuring a multi-story orthogonal massing, grid-aligned multi-pane windows, and a modern glass penthouse addition stepped back from the historic parapet.
- Facade system
- Painted historic masonry load-bearing wall with industrial multi-pane steel or aluminum windows and a glass curtain wall penthouse.
- Structural guess
- Historic heavy timber or steel framing with masonry bearing walls and a lightweight steel and glass rooftop addition.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban scale, approximately nine stories tall, defining a pedestrian street edge.
- Lighting
- Twilight conditions; warm artificial interior lights glow through grid windows, contrasting with cool blue ambient light on exterior facades.
- Atmosphere
- Twilight mood with warm interior illumination accentuating the rhythm of historic multi-pane windows.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban fabric in Dumbo, Brooklyn, flanked by older brick warehouses and adjacent historic masonry structures, with bridge infrastructure visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The building anchors a dense street corner, its industrial scale contrasting with surrounding historic masonry blocks while illuminating the narrow urban canyon.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical and horizontal grid rhythm of multi-pane industrial windows across primary facades, broken by a lighter, more transparent penthouse level.
- Style reading
- Industrial adaptive reuse with contemporary glass penthouse
- Program
- Multi-family residential loft apartments
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- painted-masonry, glass, steel, concrete
- Visual identifiers
- industrial-loft-conversion, multi-pane-windows, penthouse-addition, corner-building
- Style tags
- industrial, adaptive-reuse, contemporary, loft
- Visual tags
- adaptive-reuse, urban-infill, historic-conversion, loft, facade-restoration
- Geometry
- An urban industrial loft conversion featuring a multi-story orthogonal massing, grid-aligned multi-pane windows, and a modern glass penthouse addition stepped back from the historic parapet.
- Facade system
- Painted historic masonry load-bearing wall with industrial multi-pane steel or aluminum windows and a glass curtain wall penthouse.
- Structural guess
- Historic heavy timber or steel framing with masonry bearing walls and a lightweight steel and glass rooftop addition.
- Spatial scale
- Mid-rise urban scale, approximately nine stories tall, defining a pedestrian street edge.
- Lighting
- Twilight conditions; warm artificial interior lights glow through grid windows, contrasting with cool blue ambient light on exterior facades.
- Atmosphere
- Twilight mood with warm interior illumination accentuating the rhythm of historic multi-pane windows.
- Environmental context
- Dense urban fabric in Dumbo, Brooklyn, flanked by older brick warehouses and adjacent historic masonry structures, with bridge infrastructure visible in the background.
- Spatial experience
- The building anchors a dense street corner, its industrial scale contrasting with surrounding historic masonry blocks while illuminating the narrow urban canyon.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical and horizontal grid rhythm of multi-pane industrial windows across primary facades, broken by a lighter, more transparent penthouse level.
- Style reading
- Industrial adaptive reuse with contemporary glass penthouse
- Program
- Multi-family residential loft apartments
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture