Park Slope Neo-Tudor

This Neo-Tudor home in Park Slope presented a distinct creative departure. Built as half of a 1919 pair, its interior had been eroded by decades of shifting use, from residence to doctor’s office to B&B and back to residence. Unlike our projects where historic elements provide inspiration for design, here, a blank canvas became our opportunity to reimagine the space to fit a young family’s life.

We introduced bleached walnut as a sculptural presence to establish order throughout the home. Floor-to-ceiling casework organizes the living, dining, and kitchen areas without the need for heavy walls, maximizing gathering space in the compact home. A 28-foot continuous bookshelf anchors the plan: it begins in the living room, unfolds into a dining niche, and then culminates in the kitchen. A curvilinear walnut stair rail draws the eye upward, while expanded openings at the rear dissolve the boundary between home and garden.

Behind its Tudor facade, this home has found its fifth life—this time as a light-filled, book-lined sanctuary for a family who embraced the serenity of a modern home within a historic shell.