One Architect Shows Sustainable Home Renovation Is Possible in Brooklyn
Using a technique called mass timber construction, a Brooklyn architect created a sustainable home for his family — with a tree growing at the center.
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Using a technique called mass timber construction, a Brooklyn architect created a sustainable home for his family — with a tree growing at the center.
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Schiller Projects and Novak Hiles Architects Collaborate on Beguiling Garden Pavilion April 19, 2021 A close up of the canopy. Photography by Andy Tye/French+Tye. Sometimes the most sober-minded research leads to the most playful outcomes. Take this beguiling garden pavilion, perched on a London rooftop, by New York’s Schiller Projects in collaboration with local firm Novak Hiles Architects. Comprising a curved oak bench sheltered by a canopy of oak-veneer petals, the little structure appears inspired by the overlapping plates of an armadillo’s shell. But not at all. “The inspiration c...