This view of the townhouse is looking back at the house from standing in the rear outdoor entertaining area. The completed and finished look from Ensemble Architecture, DPC is a sensational one with indoor, outdoor flow being one of the property’s key features amongst others.
The Cumberland Townhouse, as pictured above, is located on a park block in the neighborhood of Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York. The house was in a dilapidated state when the owner’s purchased the building; the rear wall was falling down and water had been entering the building for several years.
This is a long view from kitchen through to the dining area and then beyond to the outdoors via the expanding doors that fully open out to reveal the rear entertaining area.
The house was completely transformed with a new rear wall and a two-story addition at the rear of the house. The addition is open to the living room above and is connected through interior steel and glass windows that mimic the two-story, exterior windows.
The stunning dining area with the doors fully opened to the rear entertaining yard with its outdoor bbq and seating area.
The doors at the garden open completely to create a seamless connection between the kitchen / dining level and the garden.
The master bedroom of the Cumberland St townhouse with a view through to the ensuite bathroom and an extensive bookcase to satisfy any avid night time reader.
Vines are planted in recessed planters along the 2 story party walls in the dining room–the room was designed with the idea of being an indoor-outdoor space where the garden melds with the interior spaces.
The Cumberland St townhouse sitting a living room with a parquet floor as viewed from another lounge room
The vines will cover the double-story party walls and will add an organic quality to all of the spaces that the dining room connects. The top of the addition is a private master bedroom balcony.
Cumberland St townhouse living room with ornate fireplace, large turkish floor rug and a relaxing chaise.
Ensemble Architecture, DPC
168 7TH STREET, 3C
BROOKLYN, NY 11215
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The Cumberland St townhouse staircase with parquet flooring hallway.
Photographer: Dustin Aksland
Cumberland St townhouse ensuite bathroom.
Cumberland St townhouse bathroom with clawfoot bath, overhead shower, mid century art deco pedestal style basin and ceramic tile floor.
Another bedroom used as a baby nursery bedroom.
Minimalist living room with two chairs, fantastic elevated outlook and the parquet floor.
Kitchen butlers sink and dishwasher.
Another view of the kitchen bench area showing the oven and the cooking area.