Burnham Building and Irvington Library, Irvington, New York
Burnham Building and Irvington Library, Irvington, New York
Project Overview
The project is an award-winning renovation of a landmark mill building along the Hudson River. The ground floor houses the 10,000 square foot Irvington Public Library while the upper floors have been converted into 22 units of affordable housing. The existing building is an assemblage of five different structures built over time starting with the Queen Anne style main building and carriage house built in 1881.
View of the Burnham Building (South Astor Street Elevation)
Library Interior - Circulation Desk
Local History Room features Stickley table, and chairs, Tiffany lamp, and new custom cabinetry
Stephen Tilly, Architect
For the village, we provided a community exhibit/meeting space and a technologically sophisticated library resonant with “heirloom” historic elements from the library’s previous cramped quarters. The new facility includes stacks for 40,000 volumes, a browsing area, a large children’s library with preschool and storytelling rooms, an archive for local historical documents, a multipurpose room, and cabling for 24 computer workstations. For the housing developer, we designed comfortable, handicap-accessible apartments and common spaces, including a rooftop planted terrace and a greenhouse with solar powered shading. The studio, one and two bedroom apartments are occupied by village employees, volunteers, and the elderly. The entrance into the apartments is fabricated of a new glazed circulation core. Located at the rear of the building, separate from the library, it is directly adjacent to a newly landscaped parking lot for residents.
Completed exterior courtyard
www.stillyarchitect.com
Burnham Building and Irvington Library, Irvington, New York The project demanded expertise in landscape design, green building technologies and historic preservation. The renovation meets very high standards for energy conservation. All of the existing masonry walls were furred-in, and four inches of blown-in cellulose insulation were added in order to bring the exterior building envelope up to R-19. In a more innovative move, a rooftop photovoltaic system was added. It powers a sun-shading system and ventilation fans for the historic greenhouse. Wherever possible, we took advantage of existing building features (and eccentricities) and recycled elements from the old horticultural factory as well as from the library’s former Tiffany and Stickley fixtured quarters. Dates: 1993-2000 Project Staff : Stephen Tilly, Principal Robert Gabalski, Senior Architect Julie Evans, Interior Design Elizabeth Martin, Landscape Design
Features & Awards
Features: • Re-use of an historic mill building in an “urban village” setting • Across the street from commuter rail line • Photovoltaic demonstration project on the roof • Double-windows on the west face of building for insulation and sound attenuation Construction: • Existing masonry building • New steel-stud interior partitions • New aluminum curtain wall at apartment entry • Re-used existing historic building components Awards: 2001 Green Building Award, First Prize, Schools & Government Buildings, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
Recycled Lord Horticultural Works door opens into technical services room
Historic greenhouse, with photovoltaically controlled sunshades
Community Design First Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter, 2000 Year 2000 Award, Preservation League of New York New York Conference of Mayors Award, 2000
Planning Achievement Award, Westchester Municipal Planning Clients: Federation, 1999 Irvington Public Library Publication: Yesterday’s Structures: Today’s Homes, Village of Irvington Lucy Rosenfeld, pp.162-164 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY 10533 Christopher Mitchell, Former Vice President, Library Board of Trustees (914) 591-7412 Larry Schopfer, Village Clerk (914) 591-4358 Burnham Building Housing Jonathan Rose & Companies 33 Katonah Avenue, Katonah, NY 10536 Jonathan Rose, President (914) 232-1396 [email protected] Greyston Foundation 21 Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703 Shelley Weintraub, Director of Real Estate (914) 376-3900 [email protected] Stephen Tilly, Architect
Study nook in stacks
www.stillyarchitect.com
Project Overview
The project is an award-winning renovation of a landmark mill building along the Hudson River. The ground floor houses the 10,000 square foot Irvington Public Library while the upper floors have been converted into 22 units of affordable housing. The existing building is an assemblage of five different structures built over time starting with the Queen Anne style main building and carriage house built in 1881.
View of the Burnham Building (South Astor Street Elevation)
Library Interior - Circulation Desk
Local History Room features Stickley table, and chairs, Tiffany lamp, and new custom cabinetry
Stephen Tilly, Architect
For the village, we provided a community exhibit/meeting space and a technologically sophisticated library resonant with “heirloom” historic elements from the library’s previous cramped quarters. The new facility includes stacks for 40,000 volumes, a browsing area, a large children’s library with preschool and storytelling rooms, an archive for local historical documents, a multipurpose room, and cabling for 24 computer workstations. For the housing developer, we designed comfortable, handicap-accessible apartments and common spaces, including a rooftop planted terrace and a greenhouse with solar powered shading. The studio, one and two bedroom apartments are occupied by village employees, volunteers, and the elderly. The entrance into the apartments is fabricated of a new glazed circulation core. Located at the rear of the building, separate from the library, it is directly adjacent to a newly landscaped parking lot for residents.
Completed exterior courtyard
www.stillyarchitect.com
Burnham Building and Irvington Library, Irvington, New York The project demanded expertise in landscape design, green building technologies and historic preservation. The renovation meets very high standards for energy conservation. All of the existing masonry walls were furred-in, and four inches of blown-in cellulose insulation were added in order to bring the exterior building envelope up to R-19. In a more innovative move, a rooftop photovoltaic system was added. It powers a sun-shading system and ventilation fans for the historic greenhouse. Wherever possible, we took advantage of existing building features (and eccentricities) and recycled elements from the old horticultural factory as well as from the library’s former Tiffany and Stickley fixtured quarters. Dates: 1993-2000 Project Staff : Stephen Tilly, Principal Robert Gabalski, Senior Architect Julie Evans, Interior Design Elizabeth Martin, Landscape Design
Features & Awards
Features: • Re-use of an historic mill building in an “urban village” setting • Across the street from commuter rail line • Photovoltaic demonstration project on the roof • Double-windows on the west face of building for insulation and sound attenuation Construction: • Existing masonry building • New steel-stud interior partitions • New aluminum curtain wall at apartment entry • Re-used existing historic building components Awards: 2001 Green Building Award, First Prize, Schools & Government Buildings, Northeast Sustainable Energy Association
Recycled Lord Horticultural Works door opens into technical services room
Historic greenhouse, with photovoltaically controlled sunshades
Community Design First Honor Award, American Institute of Architects, Westchester/Mid-Hudson Chapter, 2000 Year 2000 Award, Preservation League of New York New York Conference of Mayors Award, 2000
Planning Achievement Award, Westchester Municipal Planning Clients: Federation, 1999 Irvington Public Library Publication: Yesterday’s Structures: Today’s Homes, Village of Irvington Lucy Rosenfeld, pp.162-164 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY 10533 Christopher Mitchell, Former Vice President, Library Board of Trustees (914) 591-7412 Larry Schopfer, Village Clerk (914) 591-4358 Burnham Building Housing Jonathan Rose & Companies 33 Katonah Avenue, Katonah, NY 10536 Jonathan Rose, President (914) 232-1396 [email protected] Greyston Foundation 21 Park Avenue, Yonkers, NY 10703 Shelley Weintraub, Director of Real Estate (914) 376-3900 [email protected] Stephen Tilly, Architect
Study nook in stacks
www.stillyarchitect.com
