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New housing frontage is composed of brick masonry and multi-paned floor-to-ceiling windows, recalling Bedford-Stuyvesant\u2019s diverse industrial heritage in the heart of Brooklyn, New York.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York\u2019s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn experiences revival with affordable housing from RKTB Architects<\/a>, a storied firm focusing on residential and educational projects.<\/p>\n

The New York design firm is working to create innovative solutions for new housing while preserving and celebrating the area\u2019s character as its growth accelerates. Residents should be able to move in this fall as the project nears completion on Fulton Street in the heart of Bed-Stuy.<\/p>\n

\u201c1425 Fulton Street is the single most difficult zoning exercise we\u2019ve ever done,\u201d says Peter Bafitis, AIA, managing principal of RKTB. \u201cTo make the project financially feasible required a complex zoning patchwork that borrowed air rights from several adjacent properties, including a church\u2026 to the rear of the site.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eight of the nine-story building\u2019s 26 apartments are earmarked as affordable housing units, with a shared lounge and fitness room at street-level, laundry and bike storage amenities in the basement, and a roof terrace with panoramic views of Brooklyn and Manhattan.<\/p>\n

The mid-rise\u2019s frontage is composed of brick masonry and multi-paned floor-to-ceiling windows recalling the neighborhood\u2019s diverse industrial heritage.<\/p>\n

Project manager and associate principal Nelson Vega, AIA, is leading construction of the visually arresting profile of brick, gridded glass and high-performance exterior insulation and finishing systems (EIFS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York\u2019s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in Brooklyn experiences revival with affordable housing from RKTB Architects, a storied firm focusing on residential and educational projects. The New York design firm is working to create innovative solutions for new housing while preserving and celebrating the area\u2019s character as its growth accelerates. 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