“Uninspired” was one of the kinder things that could be said of this 1,250-square-foot duplex when Gowanus-based architect Lynn Gaffney and her clients first laid eyes on it (for proof, see the ...

When my wife and I bought our house a few years ago, we were delighted by its century-old charm. Then I fell down the stairs—more than once. Upon sober inspection, it turned out our vintage stairs, ...

The freedom of being just outside the Cobble Hill Historic District allowed Sarah Jefferys to create what she called “a modern play” on a bay window for the front of a light-challenged, 16-foot-wide ...