A complete renovation of a 6,300 square foot townhouse on the Upper East Side. We are creating a sculptural staircase out of curved plaster and walnut that unites the seven levels of this sprawling home. The elegant brick building has a charming history, occupied in the 60’s by actress Diana Lynn and her husband Mortimer Hall, the son of the owner of the New York Post.

A colonial revival home built in 1899 on one of the most picturesque well-preserved landmarked blocks in Ditmas Park. It had been left abandoned for many years before being purchased by a family relocating from Los Angeles looking to make it their home. Our design combines respectful historical restoration with more playful mid-century interventions.

A 25 foot wide, 2-family brownstone in Cobble Hill being converted back to a one-family residence. We are retaining much of the historic detail of the home including phenomenal original plastic crown mouldings, but updating the house with bold patterns, rich texture, and uniquely detailed millwork.

A renovation to a landmarked townhouse in Crown Heights. The owners are both creatives — she’s a visual artist, he’s a musician and they had completed some recent updates on the house when we entered. We proposed a light touch renovation to create a more unified overall palette complementary to the previously finished work. Landscaping in the rear yard is being designed by Field Form.

Our client purchased this newly renovated (but starkly minimal and white) two-bedroom loft in a quintessential Tribeca loft building. We are making minor architectural edits, adding custom millwork, and imbuing the space with more texture and color.

We completed the architectural renovation of this 3 bedroom co-op apartment on Third Street in Park Slope and the owner’s asked us to return to complete a more fully developed interior design and furniture. Working with some existing pieces, we created a palette of layered patterns in a 70’s bohemian mood.

A pied-à-terre in a new construction condominium apartment in Trois Rivieries, Quebec. The owners asked us to re-think the floorplan and interior architecture. Our design includes a French-inspired material palette of checkerboard stone flooring and glazed terra cotta tiles combined with contemporary details like large scale sliding glass doors to personalize an otherwise non-descript white box. The home has sweeping view of the 3 points where the Saint Maurice and the Saint Lawrence rivers meet (the origin of the town name, Trois Rivieres) and is where the wife spent her childhood.

This Brooklyn-based sneaker shop with a cult following occupied a small storefront in Park Slope for many years and is now expanding into a new showroom double the size and down the block. Our approach is inspired by the bright colors and playful shapes of Memphis Milano.

This narrow 7′ wide storefront near the Brooklyn Navy Yards provides accessory usage for an artist’s production studio. Our proposal emphasizes flexibility, concealed storage, and art display in order to maximize the functionality of an incredibly compact space.

By combining a second floor apartment with a ground floor medical office, we were able to create a 3,800 sf maisonette. It’s a unique configuration that gives the owners the best of both worlds — a private, street-level entry to a home in a full-service co-op building.

When the owners purchased this home on a landmarked block in Cobble Hill, it had been carved up into three non-descript apartments by a developer. Originally built in the early 1850’s as part of a long row of townhouses in an Italianate style. We brought back some of the historic detail that had been lost in previous renovations while converting it to a single family home.

This brownstone had been owned by a family for many decades and carved up into many small apartments when our client’s purchased it. It required a total renovation and modernization. We worked with the Landmarks Preservation Commission to restore the quintessential stoop that had been removed in the 1940’s.

A newly constructed modernist home with sweeping views of Ross Peak Ranch in Bozeman, Montana. We were asked to design finishes and furnishings for the interior. Our approach maintained the outdoorsy spirit of the West with richly patterned weaves, a variety of textures, and sweeps of earth tones.

A monumentally tall pavilion presenting Adam Pendleton’s video work, “What is Your Name? Kyle Abraham, A Portrait” at the Kemper Museum at Washington University. The volume appears at first to be a simple black box but the interior is more complex than expected. A distinctive corner knife edge entrance takes viewers to a surprisingly scaled 16′ tall video projection on the interior. This was our third design for one of Adam Pendleton’s exhibitions.

A phased renovation of a small property in the Hudson Valley consisting of a 2,000 sf home, pool, and the conversion of a detached garage building into a guest house. The property includes a native species meadow with walking paths and excellent hills for sledding.

This large, 2 bedroom apartment sits on the 12th floor of one of Park Slope’s premier pre-war cooperative buildings overlooking Prospect Park. We modernized the apartment for a young family reconfiguring servant’s quarters into a large eat-in kitchen. The home has sweeping views across brownstone Brooklyn towards Manhattan.

We had completed three apartment combinations in this 60 unit condominium building when we were asked to provide designs for the renovation of the hallways. Our design centers around graphically patterned carpeting, new lighting, and wayfinding signage. This project is part of a larger series of upgrades to the buildings public amenity spaces. Phases 2 and 3 will encompass gym and lobby renovations.

A pied-à-terre in Brooklyn Heights for a retired couple who spends most of the their time on the North Fork. We reconfigured much of the apartment to create a two bedroom unit (a room for frequent guests). This is one of three renovations we have completed in this pre-war cooperative on Henry Street.

A Reggio Emilia influenced preschool in Park Slope with a long neighborhood history moved into a new space. We worked with Barker Associates Architecture Office to create a bright, punchy, crayola graphic space inspired by children’s cut outs.

A large combination of 3 existing apartments in a pre-war building. This was the first of three renovations we’re completing in this pre-war landmarked co-op.

The client purchased a unit in the new construction condominium building designed by Norman Foster in midtown Manhattan for use as a pied-à-terre. Our interior design of this creates a variety of textures in a neutral tonal palette. This was the second project with this client in the building.

This large renovation of a co-op apartment overlooking the Brooklyn Museum reconfigured a large portfion of the space to accommodate a guest room. Our design relocated the kitchen which serves as the center of the new home.

A young woman purchased her first home in Kips Bay and asked us to help design the interiors. Our approach included saturated colors and textures. 

We designed the interior renovation of a large home in Columbia County with sweeping views of the Berkshire Mountains. We reorganized the public spaces, creating a new tambour covered staircase and dramatic two story blackened terra cotta fireplace.

The largest presentation of Adam Pendleton’s work to date at the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (Mumok) in Vienna, Austria. We designed five pavilions to exhibit his video works. 

We returned to our Douglas Manor Colonial to redesign two of the bedrooms for the daughters with dramatic combinations of colorful, graphic wallpaper.

This townhouse on Tenth Street provides a home for three generations of a Park Slope family. Soft pinks with black millwork and fun wallpapers (one by Humbert Leon). Rear yard landscape design by Brook Landscape.

A renovation of a pre-war apartment in one of the most storied buildings in Carnegie Hill, 1185 Park Avenue. Designed by renowed firm Schwartz & Gross in 1929 and known for it’s massive carport forecourt. Our renovation preserved the classical bones and proportions of the space while including more modern details.

A colonial revival with great curb appeal in Douglas Manor. We designed a renovation to modernize this home and returned years later to complete the interior design. 

A renovation of a duplex coop apartment in Park Slope that replaced a tight, off-the-shelf, spiral staircase, with a custom plastered curving one creating a more dramatic and inviting path between the two levels.

A renovation of a classic 3 bedroom co-op where we reconfigured the public areas to carve out space for a new powder room for a family of five.

Our clients approached us to customize this non-descript white box, new construction townhouse. Our design focuses on dramatic plaster curves that emphasize the multiple double height spaces throughout. Landscape design by Brook Landscape.

This large apartment combination is our third project in this condominium building. Our design utilizes a dozen different types of stone to dramatic effect.

With design patterns influenced by the Lebanese cuisine they serve, deep colors—purple, dark green, and brown—saturating the space, a move balanced by brass fixtures, white-painted ceilings, light hay chairs, and white oak millwork. The wood spines and arches carve the floorplan into zones and niches, respectively, while a glass-block wall screens a prep area. Nabila’s now sits on a bustling corner of Court Street in Brooklyn, serving up a whole new culture to taste.

A family seeking a refresh of a Park Slope home they have owned and renovated for over a decade. We reorganized the primary living space, shifting the kitchen to bring the center of the home forward and create a new office space in the rear.

Renovation of an existing warehouse building in Willliamsburg for an art studio, exhibition, and print making space.

Interiors and furniture consulting for a family’s mountain ski house in the Catskills near Windham Mountain. Home is used as a weekend getaway and occasionally as a short term rental.

This project sits on the top, 12th floor, of a classic SoHo loft building. Our design utilizes the skylight to create an “atrium” around which the 6 treatment rooms are organized.

The renovation of a historic barn on a property in Germantown for use as a guest house. Our design lines the interior with plywood to create a minimalist, refined interior.

We returned to this Landmarked townhouse which we had renovated years earlier to complete the interior design of the spaces for the growing family.

We designed three towering scaffolds for Adam Pendleton’s solo exhibition that fill the atrium of MoMA. The scaffolding evokes the 2×4 balloon framing of American vernacular residential construction. This project was the first in an ongoing collaboration with Adam Pendleton on art and studio projects.

The second phase of a multi-year evolution for this Artist’s studio focused on creating a sequence of spaces dedicated to his working process — painting, scanning, research, model-making, exhibition, offices.

When the COVID crisis hit in 2020, like many of our fellow small firm architects, we turned our attention towards pro bono non profit work. Neighborhood Now was a program organized by the Urban Design League with the Van Alen Institute. We were part of a team assigned to help the Jackson Heights neighborhood to help to improvise physical ramifications of the pandemic. Jackson Heights was known for its local ethnic restaurant all of which shuttered. We worked to help family owned restaurants negotiate the rules of the outdoor dining area, apply for permits, and obtain approvals which allowed many previously closed restaurants to reopen reinvigorating a vital aspect of the neighborhood.

A house for an artist couple. He teaches illustration at FIT and paints with egg tempera. She illustrates children’s books. They bought the house in the 90’s and raised a family there. Now that their children are grown they wanted to renovate the home for themselves. They used the parlor and garden levels primarily. We organized the house by flipping the kitchen/living to the parlor and turning the garden level into the bedrooms.

A large combination of 2 apartments on the upper floor of this condominium building. Combining a 3 bedroom with a 4 bedroom.

A tone-on-tone oasis offers a tranquil refuge for a world traveler.

Prior to the conversion to an art studio space, this storefront housed an antique store. This was the first phase of a multi-year evolution of the space.

This large renovation of a co-op apartment overlooking the Brooklyn Museum reconfigured a large portion of the space to accommodate a guest room. Our design relocated the kitchen which serves as the center of the new home.

Pro Bono project through Design Advocates with Studio For, Gleicher Design, FSIKC assisting in the renovation of an office space non-profit organization that helps elderly people age in place.

Renovation and combination of the two top floors of a co-op townhouse overlooking Washington Park in Fort Greene.

In 2019 we relocated our offices to a larger space in the Old American Can Factory. We built out our current home and are constantly making revisions to the space in an ongoing way.

We assisted the owners with a DOB and LPC filing related of the interior renovation of their 2 bedroom home on the Upper East Side

We served as Architect of Record for a renovation in a duplex condominium in Brooklyn Heights overlooking the Hudson River.

An interior design project for a retired couple in a condo high res in Miami.

This renovation of a post-war Art Deco condominium building focused on reconfiguring the spaces to create an office.

A three room wellness acupuncture clinic on Broadway.

We designed the first brick and mortar location for the menswear brand in the new Hudson Yards retail space. We also designed brand extensions for the company including a custom made video game “MACK MAN” based on Pac-Man that could be played on a custom designed console in the store.

This house for two actors sits on a charming colorful block in Boerum Hill. Our design is accented with Scandinavian details, lush leather materials, and a refined palette of pale pinks and olive greens.

Small townhouse in Park Slope, passed down from one generation to the next. FTA’s client asked us to renovate a floor in the home that she grew up in for her new family.

We created a starkly modernist and minimal interior within a historic landmarked townhouse originally built in 1849.

A full renovation of a three family townhouse in Clinton Hill with a community space on the ground floor. Project completed by Davies Tang and Toews when Frederick Tang was a partner.

This sprawling apartment combination units three units in a post-war co-op building. Our design combines art deco accents, with deep color, flexible millwork.

Adding a mezzanine in a large upper east side condo building.

Renovation of a corner building on 9th street and 6th avenue in a prominent retail commercial corner in Park Slope for a yoga studio. and a meditation center.

Our design for the second location of this beloved Brooklyn bookstore creates multiple ceiling cove with lighting that mimic the effect of natural sunlight. The millwork echoes some of the design details from the original Fort Greene location.

The menswear company approached us to help to design their new office spaces. We organized all of the shared workspace to be along the perimeter preserving the 23 windows for all of the staff to enjoy. A zig zagging wall houses the conference room and support services. We also designed a number of custom furniture pieces for the office.

The clients approached us to customize and add character to a non-descript white box developer house. We reorganized the layout to create a large family room on the second floor.

When the adjacent apartment came up for sale, our clients saw the perfect opportunity to expand their space for their three sons. We created a separate wing with a dedicated media room for them.

An exhibition of our custom made pink marble cloud tables and steel cactus tables at the Brooklyn Designs Fair.

Landmarks consulting for an exterior renovation of a historic Neo-Grec brownstone originally built in 1881.

Renovation of a top-floor apartment in a small Brooklyn condo building. Our design included the creation of a skylight and chamfered ceiling for a library space.

Our design for Hey hey canteen, a fast causal Asian restaurants in Gowanus, features a thin black rope that runs around the space in a playful geometric intervention. The restrained color palette of black and white is punched up with hits of bright neon green. We also designed the branding including logo, signage, and menus. 

Landmarks consulting for an exterior renovation of a historic Italianate brownstone originally built in 1874.

A small kitchen and bathroom renovation at a pre-war co-op in Hudson Heights.

A small renovation in a tony pre-war co-op building. We renovated bathrooms, and millwork.

A renovation of a historic colonial house in Larchmont, New York. We reorganized the ground level plan to create a large entertaining kitchen for the family. The wife owns a well regarded catering company in Westchester County and did a lot of the preparation from her home kitchen.

This long linear unique space spans the width of a lower east side block connecting Allen Street on one end to Orchard Street on the other. The Allen Street side two floors of art gallery spaces
On the Orchard Street side a small project room. In between are storage spaces and office spaces clad in plywood. Quintessentially Manhattan industrial materials are preserved and celebrated. Brick piers in the cellar lime washed with a pale white, museum grade track lighting by Edison Price, concrete floors. Exposed timber beams in the ceilings were stripped cleaned and stained. Lighting design by Peiheng Tsai.

Ramp structure. Project completed by Davies Tang and Toews when Frederick Tang was a partner.

Our design for Row house on west 59th street was the first location of what is now a large national fitness chain. The upper level housed a rowing studio and the lower level a cross fit oriented gym. Graphic design by Willy Wong. Photography by Amy Barkow.

A renovation for the first home for a young couple in an contemporary condo building in the West Village designed by KPF. We created a nursery space for their growing family, added millwork, and redesigned the ceilings for new lighting.

Combination of two units in the historic London Terrace Co-ops in Chelsea. Client owned the 1 bedroom for many years before the opportunity to purchase the adjacent unit came up just in time for an expansion of his family. Fred Tang reorganized the floorplan pulling the kitchen into the living room and added details that allude to the traditional historic detailing of this pre-war building.

Townhouse Renovation. Exposed beams, exposed brick. Danish furniture by owner. Project completed by Davies Tang and Toews when Frederick Tang was a partner.

Renovation of a Fort Greene three-family townhouse with two rental apartemtns above an owners duplex.

A simple structure to house bathroom and shower facilities and a campground on a picturesque lake. Project by Davies Tang and Toews when Frederick Tang was a Partner.

An installation for the New Museum’s IdeasCity Festival in Sara D. Roosevelt Park. A collaboration with the PARC Foundation. Project by Davies Tang and Toews when Frederick Tang was a Partner.

Large renovation in a Pre-War Co-op overlooking Central Park. Photograph by Amy Barkow. Project by Davies Tang and Toews when Frederick Tang was a Partner.

This project combined a duplex apartment with the adjoining 3 bedroom to create a sprawling home on the 12th floor overlooking Central Park. Modern details. The family, based primarily in Paris, used the home as a pied-à-terre and to house their art collection. Photograph by David Land. Project by Davies Tang and Toews when Frederick Tang was a Partner.

This ground floor unit of a condo building on the upper west side was in dire need of a restoration The kitchen and bathrooms were reorganized to allow for a large generous front parlor room where much historic detailing around crown moldings and the fireplace were preserved. Photograph by Amy Barkow

This community-funded bookstore that has become a popular and beloved mainstay on Fulton Street.

This yoga studio occupied the ground floor of a former firehouse.

A renovation of the lobby and public spaces for Saxon Hall, a 16 story, 400+ unit mid-century apartment building in Rego Park, Queens. We also completed an identity and logo refresh for the building.

A glowing box made of translucent corrugated plastic carves out a separate sleeping area for kids. Published in Time Out as a follow up to the speculative studio project.

A speculative design project for Time Out New York where we were assigned an imaginary client and asked to create a studio apartment. This design for a “media junkie” uses flexible modular furniture and sliding shower curtain panels that house CDs and movie posters to create different configurations of a simple rectangular box room. This playful project led to a series of client relationships that continue to this day.