office space , market-rate and affordable housing , neighborhood retail , and community facilities . PAU was tasked with creating open architecture that seamlessly connects the existing neighborhood to the recaptured waterfront a quarter-mile long . The result is a state-of-the-art , 425,000-square-foot workspace housed within a beautiful , idiosyncratic urban artifact that is unique to post-industrial Williamsburg , offering a singular experience for its inhabitants and the larger community alike .
Rather than navigating the misaligned floors and window sills across the combined masonry shell , PAU adopted a different approach : nesting a brand-new building into the existing envelope , with a 10- to 12-foot gap between the new and the old . www . refurbandrestore . co . uk - 5