Buildings in landmark areas
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21 Grace Court Alley Brooklyn Heights, New York
New York 2000 Robert AM Stern
125 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn Heights, New York
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19 Grace Court Alley Brooklyn Heights, New York
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“More remarkable, in a way, was Joseph Stella’s 125 Joralemon Street (1993), between Henry and Clinton Streets, a three story, 1,700-square-foot house that replaced a tiny, distinctively suburban one-story, red brick house from the early 1950s designed by Morris Rothstein.46 With its red brick and stone-trim cladding, triplets of round arched windows, and a central gable, the new house was also intended to relate architecturally to C.P.H Gilbert’s Daniel Chauncy house (1891), next door at 129 Joralemon Street, for which it now resembled a carriage house. Stella’s 21 Grace Court Alley (1994), a scaled-down version of 125 Joralemon Street, also resembled a carriage house, replacing a small, two-story, mid-nineteenth-century brick stable located at the terminus of a quiet mews that had once served houses on Remsen and Joralemon Streets.47 In order to fit in with the scale of its neighbors, Stella cleverly designed the house to appear twice as wide and one story taller than its predecessor, a fiction necessitated by zoning that prevented additional square footage on the site. In fact, the new house was the same size as the one it replaced: half of the new facade was false. A garage door on the first floor led to an outdoor entrance court, and second-story window openings were left unglazed to offer views from an open-air terrace behind them. The third floor provided new attic space that did not count as floor area. Round arched windows and a pitched roof allowed the house to approach the charm of its setting.”
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2006 Society of American Registered Architects, SARA, California Council, Design
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"In recognition of superior achievement and professional design excellence"
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Society of American Registered Architects, SARA, New York Council, Design Award
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recognition of superior achievement and professional design excellence"
2003 Society of American Registered Architects, SARA, National Chapter, Design
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"In recognition of superior achievement and professional design excellence"
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the office of Joseph Stella architects
New York City Bridgehampton, Long Island T 631 537 3259 E-mail: info@josephsstella.com
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