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Kimberly Neuhaus, AIA

Partner

Kimberly joined The Brooklyn Studio in 2024 after twenty-six years as the principal of Neuhaus Design Architecture PC, an award-winning small Brooklyn firm.

Kim believes that architecture is by nature a collaborative process, bringing the client’s needs and desires together with the architect’s vision and knowledge and the builders experience and craftsmanship to realize something new and wonderful.

A Texan who fell in love with NYC on a childhood vacation, Kim moved North to attend Columbia where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies followed by a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

She began her career in New York working for Buttrick White & Burtis, and then moved on to Baxt Associates where she was introduced to both Brooklyn and the intrinsic adaptability of the urban rowhouse.

She is a member of AIA Brooklyn and the founder of its Custom Residential Architects Network committee. When not working, she enjoys spending time with friends and family and dinghy sailing on Jamaica Bay.

The Proust Questionnaire

Taking inspiration from a popular nineteenth-century parlor game, we sat down with each member of our team and asked them a few questions about their inspirations and aspirations.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Being on the water.

What is your greatest fear?

Chaos.

What is your greatest extravagance?

Fresh cut flowers every Sunday.

What talent would you most like to have?

Teleportation.

What is your favorite color?

Peacock Feathers (Benjamin Moore 724).

What is your favorite virtue?

Integrity.

Which living architect or designer do you most admire?

Ted Flato.

Which dead architect or designer do you most admire?

Antoni Gaudi.

What is the trait that you most appreciate in a building?

Contextual responsiveness.

What is your favorite type of project to work on?

One with an interesting problem to solve and thoughtful clients.

Who is your favorite author?

Kazuo Ishiguro.

Who is your hero of fiction?

Alexandra Bergson.

Who is your favorite artist?

Georgia O’Keefe.

What is your most treasured possession?

A singing bird box automaton that belonged to my great-grandmother.

Where would you like to live?

Brooklyn, now and always.

What quality do you most admire in others?

Kindness.

Stranded on a desert island, you have two books in your possession. What are they?

A spiral bound sketchbook and Complete Poems by E.E. cummings