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Ed Kopel AIA

120 Hoyt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
P. 718.237.0162
F. 718.237.0164
ek@edkopel.com

 
RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS
Roth Residence
Roth Residence, New York, NY
This project consisted of joining two small apartments for a growing family. The combination of the one bedroom and the studio created a linear space with little light. Rather than fight the linearity, it became a method for organizing the architecture. Read more 
 
Finger Residence - bedroom
Finger Residence, Brooklyn, NY
This project was for a family owning a brownstone in Boerum Hill. In preparation for a multi-year assignment abroad, the owner requested that the existing basement be converted into a guest apartment for themselves. Read more 
 
Diamond Residence, New York, NY
This project is a gut renovation of a post war apartment for a woman with advanced Parkinson’s disease who remains socially active and sits on a number of boards. The design strategy was to create a formal entry hall that would act as a “circulation node”... Read more 
 
Kopel Residence
Kopel Residence, New York, NY
In preparation for the birth of Ed Kopel's daughter, he and his wife decided to convert their one bedroom floor-through brownstone apartment into a two bedroom. Having seen a bunch of similar brownstone alterations they thought were unsuccessful, they decided that theirs would be different... Read more 
 
Connecticut Pool House
Connecticut Pool House, Ridgefield, CT
This 1000 square foot pool house, with a gabled roof, a cupola, and clapboard siding, draws on the language of the adjacent house while fitting seamlessly into the bermed landscape. Inside, the exposed, centralized wood trusses and cathedral ceilings provide a heroic character to a modest shelter. Read more 
 
Orlian Residence
Orlian Residence, Great Neck, NY
The client required a new sheltered entry. The thin, back-pitched roof supported on slender posts, provides a heroic and identifiable entry. The eye is drawn away from the flat banality of the existing façade, to the new, white grand, yet modest, frontispiece. Read more