TBo creates sunlit concrete-framed extension for Brooklyn townhouse

A 124-year-old Brooklyn townhouse has received an extension by local studio TBo that provides space for a multi-generational family and creates "gentle oppositions" between the old and new architecture.
The project, Monroe Street House, involved the renovation and expansion of a Federal-style brick townhome dating to 1899.
Monroe Street House has received a concrete-framed extension
The multilevel building rises up from a slender lot – about 17 feet wide and 100 feet deep (5 by 30 met