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RKTB Architects has been selected to design a new housing development for low-income seniors in Brooklyn, New York.<\/span>
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Architecture, design, and planning firm RKTB Architects<\/a> has been selected for a new, 135-unit housing development for low-income seniors on a prominent site in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n

Described by\u00a0Brooklyn Daily Eagle<\/em>\u00a0as a \u201csleek brick-and-glass building\u201d planned with environmentally conscious design features including rooftop solar panels, the new eight-story structure, dubbed Catholic Charities Loreto Apartments, brings the needy borough about 80 apartments for formerly\u00a0homeless seniors, as well as affordable independent residences for seniors, or AIRS as they are locally known, for tenants at 40 and 50 percent of area median income (AMI).<\/p>\n

Sited where a historic Brownsville church once stood, the new apartment building design will add much-needed housing to the area. The city\u2019s Housing, Preservation, and Development (HPD) department committed a few years ago to build 2500 new affordable homes in this area.<\/p>\n

RKTB has a unique social mission, working to \u201chelp neighborhoods prosper and to promote equity in society.\u201d With a diverse portfolio in housing, educational, cultural, civic, and healthcare \u00a0projects\u2014and specialties in fa\u00e7ade and roof projects as well as adaptive reuse of entire buildings\u2014RKTB has long-term relationships with public agencies and nonprofits addressing homelessness, availability of early childhood education, supportive housing, and affordable healthcare and living options, the firm said in a press release.<\/p>\n

RKTB\u2019s concept for increasing availability of new low-income and workforce housing in urban midblock locations, the\u00a0Affordable Infill Prototype<\/em>, has been\u00a0showcased by regional leaders including New York City\u2019s Public Design Commission. With Carmi Bee, FAIA, the RKTB housing team is led by managing principal Peter Bafitis, AIA, who has chaired an AIA chapter Housing Committee for a number of years and has experience on built works from Washington, D.C., to Florida and from Japan to Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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