Located at the corner of Houston and Mulberry Street in Manhattan's NoLita neighborhood, Mulberry House consists of 8 full-floor, 3 bedroom residences, and one triplex penthouse. Its proximity to the Puck building, notable for its decorative brickwork, as well as contextual zoning regulations dictating a “predominantly masonry” façade, led to the contemporary reinterpretation of this ancient art form as a design objective. The rippled brick façade treatment acknowledges the fact that the brick is panelized not load bearing, and at the same time pays tribute to the highly articulated historic brick façades in the neighborhood. This design approach provides an energetic contradiction between the inherent solidity of masonry and the suspended nature of a curtain wall, evoked through the undulating and highly textured pattern of the embedded brickwork. In its unusually decorative application of a solid and structured material, Mulberry House takes cues from the architectural style of the Vienna Secession movement, established in the late 19th Century. Known for pushing aesthetic boundaries and exploring the use of decorative ornamentation while working outside of traditional and established academic practice, this movement informed Mulberry House’s distinctively mannered application of durable and functional materials. The building’s interior calls on that era's sense ...
Located at the corner of Houston and Mulberry Street in Manhattan's NoLita neighborhood, Mulberry House consists of 8 full-floor, 3 bedroom residences, and one triplex penthouse. Its proximity to the Puck building, notable for its decorative brickwork, as well as contextual zoning regulations dictating a “predominantly masonry” façade, led to the contemporary reinterpretation of this ancient art form as a design objective. The rippled brick façade treatment acknowledges the fact that the brick is panelized not load bearing, and at the same time pays tribute to the highly articulated historic brick façades in the neighborhood. This design approach provides an energetic contradiction between the inherent solidity of masonry and the suspended nature of a curtain wall, evoked through the undulating and highly textured pattern of the embedded brickwork. In its unusually decorative application of a solid and structured material, Mulberry House takes cues from the architectural style of the Vienna Secession movement, established in the late 19th Century. Known for pushing aesthetic boundaries and exploring the use of decorative ornamentation while working outside of traditional and established academic practice, this movement informed Mulberry House’s distinctively mannered application of durable and functional materials. The building’s interior calls on that era's sense ...