Category: Projects

This four-unit multi-family building reclaims an open parking lot and will provide comfortable, healthy, and quiet apartments to live in. Most importantly, this project will be a teacher, helping people become aware of the benefits of a new type of building that is economical to build, easy to replicate, desirable to live in, and transformative in its efficiency and resource use. Read More

Caton Flats wins 2023 National Association of Home Builders Best in American Living Platinum Award in the Affordable, Multifamily category! This 255 unit Brooklyn development offers much needed affordable housing, office space for local community organization The Caribbean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), attended parking, the redeveloped and expanded Flatbush Central Caribbean Marketplace, as well as a shared commercial kitchen and design studio focused on opportunities for BIPOC entrepreneurs.…

We're excited to share that Engine 16 recently passed its final blower door test. This was a huge step for the project, which is seeking passive house certification from the Passive House Institute. We are thankful to be working with the R. Sutton & Co. team and BLDGTYP, LLC Passive House Consultants, and we are incredibly happy to have Kevin Brennan, who implemented the air sealing on this project. The support of such an amazing…

Charlotte of the Upper West Side is in the news again, and in the Wall Street Journal again! What a great feature on its clean air and the healthy living environment created inside this Passive House building. "Charlotte of the Upper West Side, a building in Manhattan that opened in 2023, has seven full-floor units, each with a private entrance. The building has airtight construction with enhanced insulation. Each unit…

When I stepped into John Roe’s apartment early last December, slipping off my boots at the elevator that opens into the home, it wasn’t immediately clear that people inhabited the space, let alone a child. The four-bedroom, four-and-a-half bath Manhattan residence looked like a showroom. Continue Reading

For Matthew O’Malia and his firm OPAL Architecture, each design opportunity is not just a creative exercise, it’s also a potential manifesto. The question of where to build is answered by the custom client, but what remains in play is what to build and how to build it. Indeed, how should we build is a conundrum that’s dogged and excited Matt for years, ever since he partnered with builder Alan…