Ennead Profile Series 5: Common Ground - Schermerhorn House

by Architects, Ennead

• ISBN13: 9781935935360
• ISBN10: 1935935364
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-22
• Publisher: ORO editions

Summary

Schermerhorn House will provide safe and dignified affordable housing for low-income workers from the community, especially those in the performing arts and entertainment industry, people transitioning out of homelessness, and people living with AIDS. An innovative collaboration of non-profit organizations, government, and the private sector, it will be an important contribution to the revitalization of downtown Brooklyn and establish a green design standard for affordable housing development throughout New York City.

Author Biography

The Ennead Profile Series is comprised of books on single buildings, which together communicate the firm’s sensibilities. Corresponding to Ennead Architects’ philosophy of creating a singular and appropriate architectural response to the particular program, site, and client conditions, each book is, itself, a distinct reflection of the individual building and its makers. The Designer of the building is deeply involved in the book’s design and evolution: the building is translated, shared and re-explored for the reader from the intimate perspective of the architect who designed it. The result is a presentation of architecture that is fresh, at times messy and never didactic.