Atlantic Avenue travels from the Brooklyn waterfront all the best way to Jamaica, Queens. It’s a well-used thoroughfare, regardless of the place you end up on the 10-mile stretch. However its western-most part, the size that serves because the border between Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill, is comparatively greener and extra peaceable than the remainder, even whether it is buzzy with stylish eating places, espresso outlets, and boutiques.
Above one in every of these eateries is a very tranquil house, a quiet oasis that belies the road life taking place just under it. It’s the work of Adam Robinson, of Montreal-based Bureau Tempo. Although sizable by New York Metropolis requirements, the 1,600-square-foot loft, housed in a former industrial constructing that dates again to the early twentieth century, had just one bed room and little storage when Adam was introduced on by the the shopper, a single skilled. “The house lacked just a few of the facilities that the proprietor desired: There was no visitor bed room, it had insufficient storage, and no entry closet. The important thing to the challenge was creating these extra practical areas whereas sustaining the light-filled openness of the loft,” says Adam.
Right here’s how he designed a serene residence that has ample storage, a further versatile examine/visitor room, and an open ground plan for straightforward entertaining.
Images by Alex Lesage, courtesy of Bureau Tempo.




