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August, 22, 2023
Fast Company
This Brooklyn apartment took the roof off its hallways to flood the building with natural light
“The value should not just be coming from the unit itself but from the quality of the journey from the street to your home and how that could be light-filled, joyous.”
December 26, 2022
Architectural Record
RECORD Editors' Top 10 Projects from 2022
From around the world, the selection—which includes arts and culture centers, a library, an urban bridge, a climate-sensitive residence, a synagogue, and a stadium—reflects a rich diversity of form, materials, and sensitivities.
December 16, 2022
Architectural Digest
AD100 Firm SO-IL Designs a Housing Community That Balances Indoor and Outdoor Living
Each of the 18 apartments incorporates multiple outdoor rooms, in addition to a porch-like courtyard space that fosters social connection.
December 14, 2022
The Architect's Newpaper
Best in Show Announcing the winners of AN’s 2022 Best of Design Awards
The scheme, combined with its inventive material resolutions, is a welcome take on how high-end housing can advance conceptual goals beyond mere luxury.
December 7, 2022
Architectural Digest
What if you make that a journey through light, air, and community?” The AD100 newcomer and his team have done just that at 450 Warren, pioneering a new model for multi-unit housing that privileges engagement with outdoor space and your fellow neighbors.
November 29, 2022
Architectural Digest
SO-IL: Meet the AD100 2023 Debut
Founded by husband-and-wife team Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, this Brooklyn studio has paved the way for a new generation of architects, challenging the status quo in enigmatic buildings of all kinds.
October 16, 2022
Bloomberg
The Brooklyn Condominium That’s Reinventing Outdoor Common Space
By breaking up the communal space in 450 Warren, the designers could give every apartment windows on at least two sides, and every living room and primary bedroom a balcony, some with spectacular views of downtown Brooklyn’s new towers.
October 3, 2022
Architectural Record
SO — IL's 450 Warren in Brooklyn Offers a Radical Approach to Housing
As buyers begin to move into this first architect/developer collaboration, the experiment is proving to be a success.
October 1, 2022
GUBI
Lightwells, patios and loggias are woven into the fabric of the building, maximizing its exterior circulation while creating shared spaces for communing with neighbors – improving quality of life through exposure to nature and opportunities to socialize.
August 5, 2022
6sqft
$3.3M Gowanus penthouse has five private outdoor spaces
In New York City, having access to one private outdoor space is enviable enough. This three-bedroom Brooklyn penthouse boasts five separate outdoor spaces.
May 17, 2022
LX Collection
In New York, the Connection Between Nature and Residence Grows
450 Warren in Brooklyn also puts greenery on par with architecture. The building features interior atriums and open-air walkways that are enclosed with metal mesh that connects residents to air and trees even as they move inside the structure.
May 4, 2022
Mann Report
450 Warren Announces Sales Milestone
“We have been thrilled with the response to 450 Warren,” said Sam Alison-Mayne and Sebastian Mendez, partners at TANKHOUSE. “The design of the building has always been about fostering a dynamic shared community, and our future residents truly embraced our vision. We also welcome GBA and MTHD by Oscar, who have been an important part of this thriving neighborhood, to join 450 Warren in its retail spaces.”
March 8, 2022
Fast Company
The 10 most innovative architecture firms in 2022
Instead of the typical building layout with apartment doors lining a narrow hallway, SO-IL’s design turns the building inside out, dividing it into three buildings that are separated by courtyards. Each is ringed with exterior walkways on each level that lead to the units and look out across the courtyards at the other walkways. In front of each unit, a small semi-covered room serves as a mini-stoop, neither fully private nor fully public.
February 7, 2022
Architectural Digest
The Innovative Brooklyn Architects Paving the Way for a New Generation
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, condo buyers are willing to pay a premium for terraces and gardens. That’s good news for Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu, designers of a new building in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn where every unit has at least two balconies and where front doors open onto shaded outdoor walkways. Despite prices in the millions, listings are nearly sold out, and the developer is working with Idenburg and Liu on two more buildings like it.
February 2, 2022
Architectural Digest
Dixon embraced the building’s spaciousness and natural light—every room in the apartment has a window—by keeping furnishings “restrained and muted in color,” according to a release.
January 3, 2022
Domus
The most anticipated buildings of 2022
Some of the most influential architects on the planet draw a future on a human scale in which sustainability, culture and urban regeneration are essential dogmas.
October 27, 2021
Mann Report
450 Warren Street in Gowanus, Brooklyn Launches Sales
The event, held outside in one of the three courtyards at the building, showcased the multitude of green spaces that residents will enjoy and the striking architecture by visionary architects SO – IL.
October 21, 2021
Haven
Built In Furniture Easing Moving Woes In Style
450 Warren is a brand new development seeking to bring back some of the forgotten essential qualities to New York City living.
October 15, 2021
New York Times
Today’s Must-Have Amenity? A Little Green Space.
To get to their apartments in one of three structures, connected by footbridges and courtyards, residents will walk through open-air passages enclosed by metal mesh, rather than using interior hallways.
October 13, 2021
Architectural Digest
7 New Real Estate Developments Making their Mark in Brooklyn
Designed by the Brooklyn architecture firm SO – IL, it’s a building where residents don’t have to be enclosed inside four walls from the time they enter the lobby to when they reach their apartments.
September 16, 2021
Dezeen Awards
SO-IL have been shortlisted in the architecture studio of the year category of Dezeen Awards 202
Shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2021 architecture studio of the year, SO – IL creates spaces and objects for future culture.
August 19, 2021
Architecture Digest
Residents enjoy a sense of openness throughout, starting with the glass-enclosed lobby and 40-foot trees that rise through the center of the building.
August 13, 2021
CityRealty
Sales launch at 450 Warren Street, introducing a new Brooklyn paradigm for indoor-outdoor living
However, none have taken it to nearly the level of 450 Warren Street: Not only do all 18 condo units come with private outdoor space, but from entering the lobby to arriving at their apartments, residents enjoy abundant greenery and are never enclosed inside four walls.
August 12, 2021
Surface
These Lush Condominiums Bring Indoor-Outdoor Living to Brooklyn
Instead of arraying units along dimly lit hallways like most New York buildings, 450 Warren instead offers semi-enclosed outdoor foyers surrounding an open-air central courtyard of three gardens with plant species native to the nearby Gowanus Greenway.
August 9, 2021
Fast Company
Everyone gets a stoop in this inside-out apartment building
The design of the exterior spaces and the separation of the project into three separate buildings also meant that every unit has more windows, bringing in more natural light than is normal for a New York City apartment, and also adding to the sense of connection between residents who can more easily see each other when looking out at their shared spaces.
August 9, 2021
The Architect's Newspaper
Tankhouse, a design-forward Brooklyn-based developer, is cut from a different cloth
Today, the company has four projects in various stages of completion. Principals Sebastian Mendez and Sam Alison-Mayne’s approach is “holistic, philosophical, yet also very pragmatic and hands-on,” and driven by an authentic commitment to architecture.
August 9, 2021
designboom
450 warren by SO IL to offer an experimental, indoor outdoor way of living in brooklyn
TANKHOUSE developers announce the launch of sales at 450 warren in brooklyn, the first new york condominium designed by SO — IL.
July 22. 2021
Mansion Global
New York’s Rising Designers Are Creative While Being Socially and Environmentally Conscious
At the moment, SO – IL is working on a prototype of an off-the-grid adaptive reuse housing project on Governors Island, housing projects in Brooklyn, the Martin Luther King Jr. public library branch in Cleveland, a masterplan project for the Arts Precinct of Melbourne Australia, an arts campus/adaptive reuse project in northern France, two museum projects in China (UCCA Edge in Shanghai and K11 Art Center in Hong Kong), and one gallery and artist-residency space in Brooklyn, and, they are nearing completion on 450 Warren, their first multifamily project in New York City.
June 22, 2021
Mansion Global
Back in New York, in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood, Tankhouse developers and SO-IL architects created 450 Warren, an 18-unit condo building where every apartment has an exterior entrance.
May 13, 2021
New York Post
Brooklyn fine-fine: Architects give NYC’s biggest borough a fresh look
“People love Brooklyn because of the community, the green spaces and the experience of moving through the city,” said Idenburg.
March 2, 2021
New York Times
The pandemic has prompted some builders to reconsider open plan apartments to include an entry space, a de facto “airlock” between the outside world and the rest of the apartment.
October 6, 2020
New York Real Estate Journal
TANKHOUSE tops out 450 Warren with SO–IL
Behzad Amiri is exclusively handling the sales and marketing for 450 Warren with Corcoran New Development. KSK Construction handled construction for 450 Warren St.
September 30, 2020
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Around Brooklyn Condo building tops out on Warren Street
The building is two blocks from the Bergen Street subway station, which is serviced by the F and G trains, according to New York YIMBY.
September 30, 2020
Mann Report: Residential
450 Warren Tops Out in Brooklyn
450 Warren perfectly epitomizes what buyers are looking for today, as homes with layouts featuring gracious living environments and significant indoor-outdoor space continue to grow in popularity.
September 30, 2020
Off the MRKT
Walk Inside 450 Warren in Gowanus
Last week new photos surfaced of 450 Warren, the inaugural New York residential building designed by Brooklyn-based architecture firm SO–IL, who is world renowned for award-winning site-specific installations, museums, and private homes.
September 29, 2020
Lux Expose: Real Estate
450 Warren Has Officially Topped Out in Gowanus, Brooklyn
Scheduled to launch sales next year, the property will feature 18 condominiums, as well as extensive communal and private outdoor space for every residence – especially newsworthy during these times.
September 26, 2020
designboom
SO — IL and TANKHOUSE announce topping out of 450 warren in gowanus, brooklyn
450 Warren gave us the opportunity to explore the question: how do we want to inhabit the city today?
September 25, 2020
CityBizList
450 Warren Tops Out In Brooklyn
Brooklyn-based developers TANKHOUSE today announced that 450 Warren, a 18-residence condominium between Bond and Nevins Streets in Gowanus, Brooklyn, has officially topped out at five stories and 55 feet.
September 24, 2020
Real Estate Weekly
Located at the intersection of Bond Street and Warren Street, the 18-unit building was designed by architecture firm SO–IL, making its foray into the new construction arena after building a reputation for site-specific installations, museums, and private homes.
September 23, 2020
NY YIMBY
450 Warren Street Tops Out In Gowanus, Brooklyn
450 Warren rediscovers essential qualities in new development living spaces, with a focus on light and air, creating dynamic shared spaces and residences with private outdoor space and multiple exposures.
A porous architecture with more courtyards, light, air, landscape, and connectivity to the city. Houses with multiple exposures and orientations, even on small or single-sided sites. Indoor/outdoor terraces, balconies, shared areas, stoops, entryways, exposed egress. These qualities belong to an expanded definition of luxury. This could be the moment.” Read More →
October 20, 2020
The Architect’s Newspaper
Florian Idenburg of SO-IL
450 Warren perfectly epitomizes what buyers are looking for today, as homes with layouts featuring gracious living environments and significant indoor-outdoor space continue to grow in popularity. We have been seeing a wave of buyers moving to Brooklyn from other parts of the city and country to take advantage of the amazing culture, arts and diversity that thrive here.” Read More →
September 30, 2020
Mann Report: Residential
Behzad Amiri of The Corcoran Group
450 Warren gave us the opportunity to explore the question: how do we want to inhabit the city today? the project proposes a new way of living. light-filled and connected to our community. this project is very unique to us; our first multifamily project in the city.” Read More →
September 26, 2020
designboom
Florian Idenburg of SO–IL
450 Warren rediscovers essential qualities in new development living spaces, with a focus on light and air, creating dynamic shared spaces and residences with private outdoor space and multiple exposures. We look forward to revealing more as the project progresses.” Read More →
September 23, 2020
NY YIMBY
Sam Alison-Mayne and Sebastian Mendez of TANKHOUSE