A closer look at our project featured in yesterday’s @nytimes .
The kitchen at Java Haus — where a dramatic double-height volume and a 16-foot tall high-performance window draw southern light deep into the heart of the home, serving as its primary gathering space. White oak cabinetry, plaster walls, and honed stone countertops keep the palette quiet and grounded, letting the space — and the light — take center stage.
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Architecture & Interiors: reBuild Workshop
Photography: @tycole
Styling: @katjagreeff
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We’re proud to share that Java Haus — our Greenpoint, Brooklyn Passive House — is featured today in The New York Times.
What started as a 1910s two-story timber-frame townhouse, originally split into two rental units, is now a light-filled, all-electric, single-family home built to Passive House standards. A vertical addition, double-height volumes, a landscaped roof terrace, and an 8.4 kW solar array — all woven into the bones of a century-old structure.
This project is everything we believe renovation can be: deeply sustainable, beautifully crafted, and rooted in the neighborhood it calls home.
Thank you to @tmckeough and the @nytimes for the wonderful feature, to our consultants and project partners, and above all to our clients — for trusting us with their home.
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Link in bio to read the full story.
Photography @tycole
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Project Team:
Architecture, Interior Design & Construction: reBuild Workshop
Passive House Consultant: bldgtyp
MEP: Green Solutions Consulting Engineers
Structural: Urban Engineering, PC.
Landscape: Brook Landscape
Solar: Brooklyn SolarWorks
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Another look at the double-height kitchen at our Greenpoint Passive House — Vermont stone counters and a wraparound island, walnut cabinetry, a sculptural Bocci 28.16 pendant overhead, and a tall, high-performance window pulling south light all the way through.
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As featured in @nytimes — link in bio.
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Architecture & Interiors: reBuild Workshop
Photography: @tycole
Styling: @katjagreeff
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Honored to be a finalist in the 2026 @nycxdesign Awards (Residential Transformation) for Seashell House — our recently completed renovation of an 1897 landmarked brownstone in Park Slope. Thank you to the NYCxDESIGN community, our clients, and the team that made this project what it is.
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Photography: @hawkclaw
Styling: @tpe_interiorstyling
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A quiet moment in the second-floor library at Java Haus — perched above the double-height kitchen, washed in south light from the oversized window at the back. A Passive House in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Furnishings: Custom bookcase by @rakksselving and @mock.studio Jonas sofa from @designwithinreach Gwynth lounge chair by @cb2 Islets coffee table by @fredericiafurniture Formakami pendants by @andtradition Rugs by @luluandgeorgia
As featured in the @nytimes — link in profile.
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Architecture & Interiors: @rebuildworkshop
Photography: @tycole
Styling: @katjagreeff
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Another exciting project in the works — a complete reimagining of a Park Slope, Brooklyn home, with a contemporary take on classic townhouse living. A first look at the kitchen and entry. Follow us for more
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In the works: concept sketch for a rear addition to a 4-story historic townhouse in lower Manhattan. Follow us for updates of this exciting project.
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The primary bathroom at Java Haus.
Gray Bardiglio and White Carrara marble tile from @artistic_tile clad the walls and floors. Custom oak vanity by our studio, sconces by @cedarandmoss . Fluted low-iron glass in the shower, with a walkable skylight above that pulls in daylight while keeping the weather out.
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As featured in the @nytimes — link in profile.
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Architecture & Interiors: @rebuildworkshop
Photography: @tycole
Styling: @katjagreeff
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The center room of this 1897 Italianate brownstone was once closed off by a closet blocking the original pocket doors. We reopened the space, preserving the intricate fretwork as a “portal” between the historic parlor at the front and the new contemporary kitchen at the rear — now flanked by Jenny wall sconces from @blueprint_lighting .
In the foreground, a vintage travertine coffee table from @chairishco pairs with Maker’s armchairs and a Dixon Six light fixture by @lawsonfenning .
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As featured in @dwell — link in profile.
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Architecture & Interiors: @rebuildworkshop
Photography: @hawkclaw
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The living room at Java Haus, Greenpoint — where rigorous performance meets a warm, restrained interior.
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Nelson Ball Pendant overhead. Muuto In Situ sofa. Saarinen Womb Chair in Kvadrat Sahco Safire fabric. Ben Soleimani Alterno rug underfoot. Every object chosen to feel as resolved as the building around it.
Project recently featured in the @nytimes
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Architecture & Interiors: @rebuildworkshop
Photography: @tycole
Styling: @katjagreeff@muutodesign@knoll@benoleimani@designwithinreach@arper@kvadratfebrik
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