A new residential building in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood is bridging the area’s past and present. The six-unit building, completed earlier this year, nods to the area’s richly layered heritage, says Sara Ianniciello, the project’s lead interior designer and founder of Makers Collective Design.
The building is located on a busy corner, with Union Street to the west and a run of row houses to the south. The new building acts as a connection point between the two, offering respite with rich interior finishes that evoke luxury and calm.
Ianniciello looked to nearby factories and workshops for design inspiration, using their proportions and materials as a kind of borrowed language. Blackened metal, prevalent in factory windows and doorways, informed the design of the divided-light steel windows.
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The fifth-floor duplex features a living space with soaring 20-foot ceilings inspired by the lofts in the area. A graceful archway leads into the kitchen, where the ceiling lowers to 13 feet and is visually demarcated by walnut beams.
Calacatta Viola marble was selected for the countertops and backsplash, injecting deep purple and pink hues that balance with the patinated blackened steel used to clad the rangehood.
Up the slim oak staircase, each of the three bedrooms is compact yet carefully planned for comfort and quiet. The accompanying bathrooms feature Nordic grey marble in various sizes, creating a moody, spa-like ambiance.
The fifth-floor duplex is spread out over 1,400 square feet. This month, her team of four moves to offices in a former pencil factory in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The project was the first for her now three-year-old firm and remains a touchstone for her work.
The result is a unique blend of old and new, with the building‘s interior finishes and design elements working together to create a sense of luxury and calm. The use of materials such as walnut wood and unlacquered brass adds to the building’s sense of sophistication and refinement, with rich interior finishes that evoke luxury and an enveloping sense of calm.
