Worrell Yeung refreshes Broadway Loft for a growing NYC family

A Manhattan family that needed more living space has commissioned New York studio Worrell Yeung to overhaul their apartment in a historic NoMad building.

The growing family was committed to remaining in a 1,600-square-foot (149-square-metre) loft in Gilsey House that they had lived in for over a decade.

The Broadway Loft's living room has a low marble table that serves multiple functions

Worrell Yeung therefore redesigned the Broadway Loft to better suit their current lifestyle.

"The family had lived in the apartment for nearly 14 years and had been looking to purchase a new home to solve their growing need for additional space, privacy, and storage," the team explained.

An open-plan kitchen provides further flexible space

"If redesigned to create more storage, enhanced access to natural light, and an additional bathroom and bedroom, it could be their ideal home — one still filled with important memories, but also embodying their transitions and growth as a family," they added.

All of the apartment's existing walls were removed, revealing the building's steel structure, sprinkler piping, and original moldings from its construction in 1867.

Kitchen cabinetry is coloured light grey

The layout was then reconfigured to include two bedrooms, a second bathroom, and plenty of storage space. "Utility and storage was paramount to the design of each programmatic element," said the architects.

Upon entering the home, a full-height closet creates a foyer, and provides some separation between the front door and the open-concept living area.

A full-height closet acts as a room divider

Worrell Yeung envisioned the kitchen, living and dining room as a continuous space to be used flexibly by the family.

"We created an efficient layout that added an additional bedroom and bath, but also made the living space larger, more airy with more access to daylight," said studio co-founder Max Worrell.

Exposed pipework is highlighted with soft hues in some places

Along the living room's longest wall, a low piece of marble serves as a desk, seating area and fireplace surround.

"The built-in lies low on the wall, leaving ample space above for a salon display of the couple's vibrant art collection," said the team.

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The kitchen features cabinetry finished in neutral grey tones and a breakfast bar for informal meals.

Above the new bathroom is a sleeping loft accessed by a built-in wooden staircase, making the most of the apartment's footprint. Similarly, the children's bedroom features a lofted sleeping area, which frees up the floor for other activities.

The children's lofted bed is reached via a teal staircase-cum-storage unit

Within the main bedroom at the end of the hallway, Worrell Yeung incorporated a generous walk-through closet leading to an ensuite.

Given that the family's large collection of art, objects, sculptures and memorabilia would bring plenty of colour into the rooms, Worrell Yeung opted for an otherwise more restrained palette for walls, floors and ceilings.

The redesigned apartment offers better access to natural light

"When we started talking about the material palette, the idea was always to have really beautiful materials, like the bone white floors, but also let it be very neutral," said Worrell Yeung co-founder Jejon Yeung.

"We knew the clients had a lot of art and colorful furniture, so we wanted to let the architecture exist more calmly in the background," he added.

A walk-in closet leads to an ensuite bathroom

Worrell Yeung was founded in Brooklyn in 2014 by the duo, whose other projects in New York City include a Chelsea loft and an apartment in Dumbo's Clocktower Building.

The photography is byAlan Tansey.

Project credits:

Architect​: Worrell Yeung
MEP​: Engineering Solutions
Expediter​: Anzalone Architecture
Contractor​: Bednarz Construction

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Worrell Yeung updates 1970s Hamptons house designed by Charles Gwathmey

A cedar-clad dwelling on Long Island that was originally designed by famed US architect Charles Gwathmey has received a sensitive refresh by New York studio Worrell Yeung.

The House in the Dunes is located in the Hamptons beach town of Amagansett. Formerly called the Haupt Residence, the dwelling was designed in the 1970s by Charles Gwathmey, a noted modernist architect who died in 2009.

The House in the Dunes is located in the Hamptons town of Amagansett

Worrell Yeung, a Brooklyn-based firm, was tasked with updating the home to meet the needs of a new owner while preserving the integrity of the original design. Gwathmey's drawings served as a guide throughout the project.

"We were very excited when we got the call about the house – especially given that it was in its original condition, totally untouched," said studio co-founder Max Worrell. "Our intention, at first, was really to do as little as possible."

Grey cedar cladding and expanses of glass wrap the house

Situated on a one-acre site with ocean views, the rectilinear, 4,400-square-foot (409-square-metre) home has two levels and a basement. Facades are wrapped in grey cedar and large stretches of glass.The exterior work entailed a full refurbishment of the building envelope. The roof, siding, doors and windows were all replaced, as was the deck surrounding a generous swimming pool.

The outdoor deck incorporates a large swimming pool

Within the light-filled home – which has four bedrooms and a den/library – the architects used materials that were sensitive to the original finishes.

In the kitchen, for instance, the team swapped out laminate countertops with Corian in a glacier white hue. The kitchen floor is covered in full-body porcelain tiles from Lea Ceramiche.

The architects reconfigured the home's primary bathroom suite to make it larger and more efficient. New ceramic tiles match existing tiles.

The most notable spatial change to the home was the removal of a half wall between the kitchen and living room, resulting in a more open public area.

A half wall between the kitchen and living room was removed during the renovation

"This small move was one of the most significant changes made to the original structure," the architects said.

Other modifications include a redesign of the living room's fireplace wall, where shelving and a television were removed to provide a cleaner surface for displaying art. The team also restored the room's built-in furniture and coffee table.

A dining area in the open-plan kitchen

The architects made sure to preserve the dwelling's strong connection to the coastal landscape.

"The house's interiors have a direct connection between the indoors and the outdoors, extending beyond the polygonal pool to the ocean," they said.

Corian countertops were installed in the kitchen

The home was sold in July after being put up for sale earlier this year. The asking price was $9.25 million (£6.67 million), according to the Wall Street Journal.

Other recently completed projects in the Hamptons include a waterfront home by KOS+A wrapped in teak and charred cedar and a holiday dwelling by MB Architecture that is composed of stacked shipping containers.

The photography is byNaho Kubota.

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