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Front Street, Block 93
In 2003, Cook+Fox Architects and developer Yarrow LLC began to redevelop eleven dilapidated, nineteenth-century warehouses and three vacant lots along Front Street in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport Historic District. Seeking to unite the related ethics of preservation and conservation, the project was designed to introduce modern architecture and green design to the area in a way that would carry on an authentic urban dialogue.
A minimally-invasive restoration interwove 95 modern apartments and lofts and 13 small-scale, independent, ground-floor retail spaces into the brick warehouses’ existing fabric for a total of 150,000 square feet of redeveloped space. Apartment interiors incorporate original timbers and masonry, and feature large windows that provide ample natural daylighting and waterfront views. Buildings also incorporate ten geothermal wells, which are driven more than a quarter mile into Manhattan bedrock, effectively eliminating the need for cooling towers on sensitive rooftops.

*Work performed by Richard Cook and Robert Fox in affiliation with Cook+Fox Architects. Detailed Terrapin Case Studies are available in the Workroom, our private extranet full of detailed information and resources to help you make an informed decision.

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Biophilic Design wins American Publishers Award

Bill Browning and Bob Fox are among the authors of a new book, Biophilic Design: The Theory, Science, and Practice of Bringing Buildings to Life edited by Yale professor Stephen Kellert and winner of the 2008 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence in the Architecture and Urban Planning category.

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Terrapin featured in Green Community

Terrapin has contributed an essay on Energy and Communities for the American Planning Association’s upcoming book, Green Community. Based on the National Building Museum's Green Community exhibition (www.nbm.org), these collected essays illuminate connections among personal health, community health, and our planet's health.

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