Marcy/Linden

Elena Kalman, AIA, believes in having full creative control over built environment and prefers working on every project from concept and zoning analyses to picking plants for reception desk.

The Breakers is a new building complex consisting of seventy-five residential units with a number of different configurations: some of the larger units are single-family townhouses at the water’s edge; others are two-family townhouses.

Adjacent to the Bridgefront project, this project is a former industrial building that has been converted into residential lofts. Within the lobby are two art installations: (1) a stone bench designed in the shape of a ripple, suggesting the nearby East River; and (2) a framed section of the original brick, interior wall that maintains the worn look of the bricks and is lit in the fashion of a framed painting.

Elena Kalman, AIA, designed The Bridgefront to function effectively on a very small site located between two renovated former factories in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn.

The Park Slope Terrace project is located on a street with traditional 19th century Brooklyn townhouses. For security reasons, the client requested a single corridor building, but the design of the façade with its vertical bays, creates the illusion of several smaller-scale structures that nicely fit into the neighborhood.

Elena Kalman, AIA, designed Park Circle with a zig-zag plan that enables a larger portion of the apartments than would normally be possible to face the park across the street and enjoy an eastern exposure to sunlight.

Ridgewood Properties is a former 7-story factory building that has been converted into 50 loft -style condominium units. Some of the original industrial design features and interior finishes have been preserved.

Newswalk is a renovated, ten-story, industrial building, originally erected in 1920 as The Daily News Printing Plant, which has been converted into luxury, loft-style apartments and offices.