Residential

House in Wellesley Designed for a young family, this house in Wellesley, Massachusetts is a contemporary response to the white clapboard vernacular so prevalent in the neighborhood and across New England. The building’s form—a set of interlocking white [...]

House in Amagansett Nestled in the grassy dunes of Amagansett, on the eastern end of Long Island, this house, designed by 1100 Architect, provides a quiet retreat away from the city—a place to cook, entertain, read, work, and swim. The design preserves an existing cottage, [...]

House on the Outer Beach 1100 Architect designed this vacation home on the Outer Beach of Cape Cod in close consideration of the site’s natural surroundings: a grassy wetland, sand dunes, and the Atlantic Ocean. Set on a hillside planted with native vegetation, the house [...]

West Village Triplex The design for this West Village residence involved a comprehensive renovation to an upper- level duplex and a new rooftop expansion that added a new floor, resulting in an entirely new triplex. Linked together with a custom limestone staircase, the new residence offers a [...]

Flatiron Loft For this apartment in a landmarked building in New York’s Flatiron District, 1100 Architect transformed a dark and subdivided space into a bright, modern loft. By taking down unnecessary walls dividing the kitchen, living, and dining areas, we created an open plan that maximizes natural light. [...]

Midtown Apartment For this apartment combination in Midtown Manhattan, we created an open and cohesive environment from what had been a series of enclosed rooms divided between two separate apartments. The clients, avid book collectors, needed space for a growing stock of books and art objects, [...]

Greenwich Street Loft For this loft in downtown Manhattan, we converted a manufacturing space into a contemporary residence animated by original historical elements. The open plan maximizes daylight, creates continuity between different areas, and preserves views of the Hudson River. A free-standing floor-to-ceiling teak-wood closet defines [...]

Fifth Avenue Penthouse The design for this penthouse apartment on Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan, began by razing the existing interiors, which were beset by low ceilings and a complicated layout. In its place, 1100 Architect created a coherent interior that opens up the previously partitioned space. Sliding [...]

House on Ikema Island Perched on the edge of a cliff on Japan’s remote Ikema Island, this house provides a meditative retreat with expansive views of the East China Sea. To maximize water views and to manage privacy, the structure is divided into two levels: on [...]

Duane Street Loft For this apartment in Tribeca, 1100 Architect transformed what had been a subdivided and poorly lit space into an open loft with abundant sunlight. Sculpted walls minimize obstructions, while the suspended ceiling visually reinforces the curvatures of corridors, seeming to hover overhead. [...]

Main: East Side Lofts Main: East Side Lofts is a mixed-use building located in a rapidly developing neighborhood near Frankfurt’s East Harbor (Osthafen). The project is composed of two parts: the renovation of a neoclassical building that was never completed because of the outbreak [...]

Downing Street Townhouses The design for these townhouses in Manhattan’s West Village balances public street-front presence with domestic privacy. The contemporary façades interpret the scale and geometry of the surrounding historic townhouses, expressing them with modern architectural language. Variations in the window arrangements [...]

House in Florida Located on the inner coast of Palm Beach, this single-family residence was designed with an eye toward casual luxury and modern simplicity. The layout maximizes flexibility and opportunities for indoor/outdoor living. Strategic landscaping enhances street-front privacy, shielding the [...]

Long Island House The design of this beach house emerges directly in response to its environmental context on Long Island’s eastern shore. The house comprises two volumes—a main living space and a recreation pavilion—both of which sit on a base that [...]

Manhattan Triplex This renovation combines what were three separate apartments in a pre-war building into a single contemporary triplex. Refined details and a restrained color palette throughout create a coherent whole, while concealed light fixtures and the absence of hardware lend the [...]

Upper West Side Apartment After originally renovating this Upper West Side duplex apartment in 2008, 1100 Architect returned for a second renovation when the clients bought the neighboring unit. Careful detailing and a cohesive design approach allowed us to combine the two apartments into a single [...]

Hudson River House The design of this home, situated on a sloping site in the Hudson River Valley, was guided by the immediate surroundings—the vistas provided by its perch above the Hudson River and the changing elevations of the land. The house’s shifting volumes create terraced areas [...]

Water Mill Houses: Main House This house was designed as the centerpiece of a 15-acre residential complex in Water Mill, NY. It stands on the highest peak of the property, allowing for unobstructed views of the surrounding landscape and shoreline. The structure is divided into [...]

Water Mill Houses: Pool House Part of a 15-acre residential complex in Water Mill, NY, the Pool House serves as the main recreation area for the clients and their guests. Embedded into a hill in the forest, the structure offers views of the surrounding landscape and includes a covered [...]

Water Mill Houses: Guesthouse When the owners of the Water Mill House determined to add a guest house to their residential complex, they turned to 1100 Architect. Our design—a glass pavilion set into the forest—offers panoramic views of the surrounding natural context, but, because of its careful placement, [...]

Water Mill Houses: Bunkhouse The Bunk House, part of a residential complex in Water Mill, NY, was designed as a place for the client’s children and their friends to sleep and play. To minimize the impact on the landscape, the house is partially embedded into the sloped topography, [...]

Avant Chelsea The design of Avant Chelsea—a 40,000-square-foot, 12-story residential condominium on a tight and challenging site in New York City—maximizes the size of the building allowed by zoning regulations through an array of setbacks that add bedrooms and terraces to the uppermost four stories. On the street-facing façade, [...]

Brooklyn Brownstone The renovation of this mid-nineteenth-century brownstone in Brooklyn Heights balances historic and contemporary design elements, creating a residence that suits the client’s sensibility while remaining sensitive to its landmarked context. The design includes a full renovation of the street-facing façade, enhancing the building’s [...]

Harrison Street Townhouse The design of this Tribeca townhouse entailed the complete reconstruction of an historically significant building that had fallen into disrepair. Working in close collaboration with the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, 1100 Architect transformed the 1919 structure to create a contemporary living [...]

House on the Upper East Side The design of this townhouse, situated in a neighborhood of ornate historical-revival brownstones, adapts the geometry and materiality of its context and expresses it in a contemporary architectural language. Clad in large slabs of limestone and resin-baked [...]

SoHo Residence 1100 Architect renovated a floor of this historic cast-iron building in SoHo to create a home for two artists. Carefully-placed partitions separate the spaces while preserving the open loft character of the former painting studio. Rooms that require complete separation (such as the bathroom, laundry, [...]

Carriage House This design transformed an historic Greenwich Village carriage house into an inviting and contemporary residence. The main living area–used to entertain guests and showcase the client’s art collection—is an open space that features white walls, dark-stained oak floors, and a lighting installation by [...]

Naha City Gallery and Apartment This design of this mixed-use building, located in the capital of Okinawa, Japan, includes a gallery, retail space, three full-floor apartments, and an underground parking garage. The building’s north and south facades are fully glazed, allowing ample natural light to enter [...]

East Side Penthouse For this penthouse on Manhattan’s East Side, 1100 Architect transformed what had been a traditional and ornamental space into a contemporary environment in keeping with the client’s modern tastes. The design was also informed by the client’s significant collection of Pop Art, [...]

West Village Townhouse The renovation of this West Village townhouse integrates new materials into an existing structure and maximizes the exposure to natural light. The new rear façade blends glass and steel with the original brick openings to create a two-story glass-walled garden room that introduces [...]

Abell Duplex For this apartment combination project, 1100 Architect merged what had been two apartments on separate floors into a single cohesive space. A sculptural staircase visually connects the floors while separating the social spaces—a living room, dining room, and kitchen—from the private study and [...]

SoHo Loft For the renovation of this SoHo loft, raw existing elements were coupled with refined and highly finished ones to create an interplay of textures and materials. The polished floor—made from a colored epoxy and covered in glossy urethane—provides a visual counterpoint to the worn ceiling rafters, [...]

HM/FM House Set on a hill overlooking Cape Cod Bay, this vacation home was based on a simple structural idea: the intersection of two volumes, one grounded and the other aloft. The house is constructed of affordable local materials and prefabricated elements that determine the [...]

Greenwich Village Duplex For the renovation of this duplex in Greenwich Village, 1100 Architect transformed a former artist’s studio into an open living space. Wooden wall paneling unifies the apartment and helps to mediate between the disparate scales of the rooms. Storage is discreetly incorporated into the [...]