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Rugby Duplex


Location: Brooklyn, NY 
Size: 1,500 sf 
Role: Architect of Record

Press: Dwell magazine

Rugby Duplex translates Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square into architecture: a creamy, low-contrast envelope holds concentrated passages of color—juniper corridor, turmeric stair, mulberry terra-cotta floors—that double as spatial cues. The palette isn’t decoration; it’s a legible system for orientation and atmosphere.

Material choices privilege tactility and longevity: reclaimed maple-pine lanes form custom millwork; terracotta and ceramic add mineral depth; low-VOC finishes and healthy adhesives reduce indoor toxins. In plan, the design compresses circulation to enlarge communal rooms. A borrowed-light opening near the sunshine-yellow bath bounces warm light into the dressing area, extending the perception of space. The result is a compact, materially rich renovation that turns everyday movement into a chromatic experience.

Team: Lindsey Wikstrom, Jean Suh, Emma Jurczynski

Photography: Angela Hau


Rugby Duplex





          
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Location: Brooklyn, NY 
Size: 1,500 sf 
Role: Architect of Record

Press: Dwell magazine

Rugby Duplex translates Josef Albers’ Homage to the Square into architecture: a creamy, low-contrast envelope holds concentrated passages of color—juniper corridor, turmeric stair, mulberry terra-cotta floors—that double as spatial cues. The palette isn’t decoration; it’s a legible system for orientation and atmosphere.

Material choices privilege tactility and longevity: reclaimed maple-pine lanes form custom millwork; terracotta and ceramic add mineral depth; low-VOC finishes and healthy adhesives reduce indoor toxins. In plan, the design compresses circulation to enlarge communal rooms. A borrowed-light opening near the sunshine-yellow bath bounces warm light into the dressing area, extending the perception of space. The result is a compact, materially rich renovation that turns everyday movement into a chromatic experience.

Team: Lindsey Wikstrom, Jean Suh, Emma Jurczynski



Each room is dynamic and sensitively framed, connected to the room next door, but not by too much. The client wanted to feel a good flow through the home without creating an entirely open fl oor plan. To meet this goal, we used built in shelving as a separating partition between the living and dining rooms, and a low peninsula to separate the kitchen from the dining room. Circulation spaces are saturated in deep color to create thresholds between rooms that are used everyday, making the seemingly mundane feel very much alive.