IVAN BRICE ARCHITECTURE
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      • 135 Wooster St
      • Public Health Lab
      • 124 West 72nd St
      • 49 East 68th St
      • Mundelein Hall
    • Roofing/Waterproofing Assemblies >
      • Landmark School
      • City of Norwalk
      • 330 Riverside Dr
      • PS 279
      • PS 206
      • PS 21
    • Window Replacement >
      • Americas Society
      • Co-op City
      • 250 Cabrini Blvd
      • 37-06 82nd St
      • Castle Village
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171 WEST 12TH ST  Greenwich Village Historic District  Manhattan
Matthew Amses, Board President: "Thank you for the excellent work on our project."
As one of the first co-op buildings built in NYC, this 1920s Italian Palazzo style building’s exterior had endured many years of deferred maintenance, resulting in water intrusion and potentially unsafe conditions. Our office was hired to perform a comprehensive inspection and capital budget report, resulting in a phased approach to restoring the exterior envelope that included roofing replacement, masonry repairs and window replacement. 

The most pressing concerns were to replace leaking skylights at the bulkhead, cracked and loosened terracotta barrel-style copings overhanging the front parapet, and spalling cement stucco at the side yard walls. As is not uncommon in NYC, the inner face of the parapets and the bulkhead walls were found fully covered in layers of cracked, peeling asbestos tar coatings that had to be removed by a certified abatement contractor. For rear parapets that were found structurally weak beyond repair, we rebuilt and reinforced the new parapets with dowels and tieback plates, while adding an internal waterproofing membrane. The bulkheads and chimneys were made watertight with durable, iconic weathered copper-color standing-seam cladding. All material replacement and masonry repointing was carefully detailed/specified/selected so that the bricks, mortar and tooling satisfied all NYC-Landmarks Preservation requirements. ​


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  • INTRO
  • PROJECTS
    • Repurposing & Retrofit >
      • Mundelein Hall
      • Americas Society
      • Bethell Senior Ctr
      • St. John Cathedral
      • Syers Penthouse
      • Firehouse Gallery
    • Strategic Planning & Design >
      • Stone Court
      • Cabrini Terrace
      • Riverbay Lobbies
      • Belmondo Montauk
    • Facade Restoration & Reconstruction >
      • Americas Society
      • Evergreen Apts
      • Roger Morris Apts
      • 171 West 12th Street
      • 135 Wooster St
      • Public Health Lab
      • 124 West 72nd St
      • 49 East 68th St
      • Mundelein Hall
    • Roofing/Waterproofing Assemblies >
      • Landmark School
      • City of Norwalk
      • 330 Riverside Dr
      • PS 279
      • PS 206
      • PS 21
    • Window Replacement >
      • Americas Society
      • Co-op City
      • 250 Cabrini Blvd
      • 37-06 82nd St
      • Castle Village
  • EXPERTISE
  • TEAM
  • CLIENTS
  • NEWS
  • RESOURCES
  • CONTACT