Nelkin Residence

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Nelkin Residence

2008-2010 Astoria, New York City. The Nelkin Residence Project was a conversion of a 3 family, fully detached brick apartment building into a 2 family custom hand built luxury residence. The project was a complete interior and structural redesign and rehabilitation.

Kitchen counter edge detail: Matte black basalt stone, elevated on a custom fabricated steel reveal.

Kitchen counter edge detail: Matte black basalt stone, elevated on a custom fabricated steel reveal.

Dining Room: Quarter sawn teak veneer builtin cabinetry and television set.

Dining Room: Quarter sawn teak veneer builtin cabinetry and television set.

Floating Concrete Stair/bookcase: Custom cast and polished concrete stair treads patterned into the spacing of the vertical steel tubing and the horizontal white oak railing.

Floating Concrete Stair/bookcase: Custom cast and polished concrete stair treads patterned into the spacing of the vertical steel tubing and the horizontal white oak railing.

Material intersection detail.

Material intersection detail.

Basement staircase detail: Half inch thick steel plate, water-jet cut and assembled with quarter sawn white oak treads, and a woven steel wire mesh railing.

Basement staircase detail: Half inch thick steel plate, water-jet cut and assembled with quarter sawn white oak treads, and a woven steel wire mesh railing.

Second floor hallway: Top of the steel and oak stair/bookcase, looking out over the kitchen, and adding distance and privacy for the master bedroom suite.

Second floor hallway: Top of the steel and oak stair/bookcase, looking out over the kitchen, and adding distance and privacy for the master bedroom suite.

Roof Deck: Ipe railings and rain-screen walls, with concrete paving tiles.

Roof Deck: Ipe railings and rain-screen walls, with concrete paving tiles.