Old Buildings, New Forms: Porter House

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Porter House

A Parasite at 60 9th Avenue; Meatpacking District/Chelsea
Original Building: Wine Merchant’s Warehouse, 1905

Addition: SHoP Architects, 2003

Points of Contact: mid-block meeting w/ the historic Homestead Restaurant (1868)

Points of Contact: rear addition further down 115th, with brick detailing in-kind

Points of Contact: not just a tower, but a cantilever makes this an embrace

Studies: Searching for Patterns

Studies: Searching for Patterns

A Combined Work Image courtesy SHoP Architects
A Combined Work

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