An Architects Own Home That Is New York’s First Sustainable Mass Timber Home (House Tour)

You left the fridge open.

Luxuriously understated.

I didn't expect to find a sustainable home in the heart of New York City! I love how nature compliments the home by using sustainable materials.
From hoarder nightmare turned into an angelic lovely home! Thanks Local Project

New York City used to be such a lovely place but blacks and hispanics have terrorized this place and turned it into a slum

please elaborate: how - on earth - does a 3 person home for $7.5m solve ANY housing crisis?!

I was born and raised in Brooklyn, Clinton hill and it has changed so much. I don't how to feel about it. knowing that the main demographic of this neighborhood used to been mainly African American and hispanics. I'm wondering if Hispanics were the one that help them build their home.

love this one, and love mass timber! something so comforting about it

Upper class folks are so tone deaf. “Solving the housing crisis” lol stfu

The idea is lovely, but I wish someone with GOOD TASTE would do the interieur design. Nothing fits together. The kitchen is way to dark and on and on. It's painful to look at.

An oasis in the middle of the city. Definition of artistry!

It's so funny when the guy says “ we have a garden under the stairs”. All I see is a small shrub😅

This house gives me boiled chicken vibes

beautiful work - but I gotta ask... what is it with all those shots of the open fridge? haha
showing off how much vegetables they have?

Stunning! in all this flood of moody depressing dark which seems to be the trend these days, this was so joyful, and full of love and light, and yet still urban and sophisticated. Beautiful.

Most homes in that area is made of wood resting on brick sides, all stairways are made of wood throughout NYC. Beautiful, my mother was born blocks from there.

such an inspiring home for a new york native watching, well done yall!

Amazing looking house. But, personally I like a concrete house better.

W😍W!!!

Phenomenal! What an oasis in NYC. ❤

Incredibly Beautiful! Love All The Light

There’s something really, really gross about the beginning of the video and how you smugly discussed the “disgustingness” of the “hoarders” that were there while pretending you care about the housing crisis because you used mass timber. And sustainability goes way beyond low energy appliances - it also goes to reducing personal footprint and consumption

I’d say it’s performative liberalism but you actually didn’t even try to perform.

"the house is designed to be disassembled with zero waste..." Like in what world would a structure like this be disassembled? That is just a talking point and, in my opinion, disingenuous.

Absolutely stunning. And in regards to their statement about the housing crisis, I do believe what they’re saying (and please correct me if I’m mistaken) is by using sustainable prefab materials such as what went into this home, quality housing can be created in a relatively inexpensive way with a quick turnaround time and low impact to the environment. And this can be done creating a single family home or multi unit development.

I lovvveeee this channel... and I loooooveee this house... possibly my favorite place I've ever seen in Brooklyn.
But the whole "mass timber framing" being billed as "innovative and new" is... uhh.. well... I mean what?? 😅 I guess this is just a sign that ultra modern city architecture has become so heavily filled with concrete and steel that designers are seeing materials like wood as something unique lol

But all that aside: This place is amazing.

I'll be honest, I was predisposed to snark. Mentions of the housing crisis felt tone deaf for a multi-million-dollar single-family residence, and sustainability talk is de rigeur but mostly just that: talk. However, the mass timber construction methods and the ability to use joinery that can be taken apart got my attention, and respect. Still a bit of a shiny bauble, however exquisitely made, and it loses points because this ex-New Yorker happens to think New York is ugly, but it was still an interesting journey. Cheers to the architects and builders.

I have grown so accustomed to seeing your great projects originating in Australia or New Zealand. It is great to see your expertise being utilized on this project in Brooklyn. It is also good to see craftsmanship on that level exists in the US.

What type of tree is that in the kitchen

Beautiful!But you need an elevator!!So many stairs!!All of us geting older!!My greetings from Greece!!!

Nice!

The views of the cathedral are an amazing contrast with the simple light coloured timber features

Love it!

Did horses use to live there?

The Japanese maple is already stressed with dying leaves ! It needs more light guys🌿🌱🎏

WOW!

PERFECTION!

Sounds more like a F&P promo

What a beautiful home

Where is the "hoarder" now?

WOW UNREAL.

Beautiful....in and out!

Una casa en la que viviría, me encantó 😅

Dang cold house...looks like no life in there...Another ridiculously priced house in Brooklyn!! We are not Manhattan.

So...to understand it correctly...it's the first house in nyc, if not the world, where they use timber or wood? That is soooo insane ... lol 😂

Good design and dirt cheap might be a sustainable home solution.
There must be examples, you should do a few videos.

I do enjoy this video, it is inspirational.

The house is in my old neighborhood. Across from Bishop McLaughlin High School.

The "shakkei" of the cathedral is amazing!

The position of the 'cool draw' balances the flow of the building.... oh really. It's a detriment to a project when professionals of a discipline forgo the input of others for whatever reason.

my favorite part is the master's sunken living also. the rest of the house becomes unimportant [to me] with that priceless view of the cathedral.