Design of two new buildings totaling 92,200 square feet integrating into the historic fabric of the TriBeCa North Historic District.

Buildings in the TriBeCa North Historic District consist of two categories; those built for storage as the warehouse emerged as a building type in the 3rd quarter of the 19th century, and those built for industrial operations at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.

The storage buildings were designed for goods, not human occupancy, while the industrial buildings were designed for human occupancy with large windows for natural light.

In the character of the TriBeCa North Historic District, 414 Washington Street and 415 Washington Street have distinct traditional brick construction in a utilitarian, rational design containing:

• Tripartite facades composed of red brick arches clearly expressing the structure with the substantial depth of masonry fully apparent
• Flat openings with a slight camber at the first floor, segmentally-arched openings at the middle floors, and round-arched openings at the top floors
• Raised platforms with glass lenses distinguishing the base and facades, terminating in simple corbelled brick cornices
• Canopies and utilitarian lighting marking the entrances and granite sidewalks
  

The two buildings are being constructed as one project. On opposite sides of the street and oriented in opposite directions, their juxtaposition creates a spatial relationship.

The buildings do not pretend to be warehouse buildings converted to human occupancy; they look to the District buildings through contextual materials, details, height, color, geometry, and bay width. The clarity and directness of the design speaks to the 21st century.

The projects were approved by the Landmark Preservation Commission December 2005.