Brick office block by Gensler echoes Williamsburg's industrial past

Gensler has completed an irregularly stacked office block with a brick facade in New York that echos the factories and warehouses of its Williamsburg waterfront location.
Called 25 Kent, the eight-storey office complex is split in two. Dual red brick structures mirror each other across a plaza that cuts through the middle of the site.The two blocks are tiered, with a series of terraces off-set from one another at every other level to form a vertically zigzagging facade. Floor-to-ceiling glazing