Pierhouse and 1 Hotel

A gateway to Brooklyn Bridge Park that merges landscape and development.

The Pierhouse development, a collaboration between Marvel, Toll Brothers, and Starwood Capital, encompasses 106 condominiums, a 195-key hotel, and additional retail spaces on the Brooklyn waterfront. It cleverly integrates public and private spaces, ensuring visibility and access to its extensive landscaping. With sustainability in focus, the development achieved LEED Gold 2009 New Construction status. Despite facing challenges, such as accommodating subway lines and adapting to post-Hurricane Sandy flood maps, Pierhouse successfully transformed a previously inaccessible warehouse site.

© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Stone and metal facades define the terraced residential buildings along Furman Street, stepping to maximize views, reduce bulk, and extend the park’s landscape up the structure.
Conceptual Sustainability Section. © Marvel

All residential units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor breezes through the building from Park to Street.

© David Sundberg Esto
A neighborhood living room designed as part of the 1 Hotel lobby creates a comfortable place to stop with friends or on your own and affords different levels of interaction with the other guests.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Landscape extends into and up the building allowing a connection with the natural environment.
This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways through the building connect Furman Street and the park.

"There's a real connection to the landscape and public space [at Pierhouse and 1 Hotel], and that's become so much of what we are."

Lissa So, Partner at Marvel for M/10 Anniversary.
Conceptual diagrams from competition. © Marvel
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The Furman Street facade rises in a series of articulated metal and stone panels, shaping a stepped profile that aligns with the narrow street while preserving views toward the Brooklyn Bridge.
The limestone facade at sunset creates a calm, textured surface that brings daylight into the interlocking residential units.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Marvel designed Pierhouse to perform as an extension of Brooklyn Bridge Park—a verdant backdrop recalling the high, sandy bank of pre-colonial Brooklyn Heights.
The complex features green roofs and a variety of pathways to access the park.
© David Sundberg Esto
At 620,000-square-feet, the Pierhouse complex completes Pier 1’s transformation from marine terminal to public park, creating a new model of urban living and public/private partnership.

A gateway to Brooklyn Bridge Park that merges landscape and development.

The Pierhouse development, a collaboration between Marvel, Toll Brothers, and Starwood Capital, encompasses 106 condominiums, a 195-key hotel, and additional retail spaces on the Brooklyn waterfront. It cleverly integrates public and private spaces, ensuring visibility and access to its extensive landscaping. With sustainability in focus, the development achieved LEED Gold 2009 New Construction status. Despite facing challenges, such as accommodating subway lines and adapting to post-Hurricane Sandy flood maps, Pierhouse successfully transformed a previously inaccessible warehouse site.

2017DS43 Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

The building opens up and provides direct connection between Furman Street and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

Stone and metal facades define the terraced residential buildings along Furman Street, stepping to maximize views, reduce bulk, and extend the park’s landscape up the structure.

1212 Pierhouse & 1Hotel N408 medium
Conceptual Sustainability Section. © Marvel

All residential units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor breezes through the building from Park to Street.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

A neighborhood living room designed as part of the 1 Hotel lobby creates a comfortable place to stop with friends or on your own and affords different levels of interaction with the other guests.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

Landscape extends into and up the building allowing a connection with the natural environment.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways through the building connect Furman Street and the park.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

Pierhouse integrates the built and natural environment to address the need for increased resiliency. In response to Superstorm Sandy, the design team amplified topography and landscape features to raise the building’s entry elevation by four feet while maintaining a vital connection to the park and street.

"There's a real connection to the landscape and public space [at Pierhouse and 1 Hotel], and that's become so much of what we are."

Lissa So, Partner at Marvel for M/10 Anniversary.
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Conceptual diagrams from competition. © Marvel
Pier House
© David Sundberg Esto

The Furman Street facade rises in a series of articulated metal and stone panels, shaping a stepped profile that aligns with the narrow street while preserving views toward the Brooklyn Bridge.

2016DS56 Pier House
© David Sundberg Esto

The limestone facade at sunset creates a calm, textured surface that brings daylight into the interlocking residential units.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

Marvel designed Pierhouse to perform as an extension of Brooklyn Bridge Park—a verdant backdrop recalling the high, sandy bank of pre-colonial Brooklyn Heights.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

The complex features green roofs and a variety of pathways to access the park.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

At 620,000-square-feet, the Pierhouse complex completes Pier 1’s transformation from marine terminal to public park, creating a new model of urban living and public/private partnership.

Pierhouse and 1 Hotel

A gateway to Brooklyn Bridge Park that merges landscape and development.

The Pierhouse development, a collaboration between Marvel, Toll Brothers, and Starwood Capital, encompasses 106 condominiums, a 195-key hotel, and additional retail spaces on the Brooklyn waterfront. It cleverly integrates public and private spaces, ensuring visibility and access to its extensive landscaping. With sustainability in focus, the development achieved LEED Gold 2009 New Construction status. Despite facing challenges, such as accommodating subway lines and adapting to post-Hurricane Sandy flood maps, Pierhouse successfully transformed a previously inaccessible warehouse site.

© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Stone and metal facades define the terraced residential buildings along Furman Street, stepping to maximize views, reduce bulk, and extend the park’s landscape up the structure.
Conceptual Sustainability Section. © Marvel

All residential units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor breezes through the building from Park to Street.

© David Sundberg Esto
A neighborhood living room designed as part of the 1 Hotel lobby creates a comfortable place to stop with friends or on your own and affords different levels of interaction with the other guests.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Landscape extends into and up the building allowing a connection with the natural environment.
This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways through the building connect Furman Street and the park.

"There's a real connection to the landscape and public space [at Pierhouse and 1 Hotel], and that's become so much of what we are."

Lissa So, Partner at Marvel for M/10 Anniversary.
Conceptual diagrams from competition. © Marvel
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The Furman Street facade rises in a series of articulated metal and stone panels, shaping a stepped profile that aligns with the narrow street while preserving views toward the Brooklyn Bridge.
The limestone facade at sunset creates a calm, textured surface that brings daylight into the interlocking residential units.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Marvel designed Pierhouse to perform as an extension of Brooklyn Bridge Park—a verdant backdrop recalling the high, sandy bank of pre-colonial Brooklyn Heights.
The complex features green roofs and a variety of pathways to access the park.
© David Sundberg Esto
At 620,000-square-feet, the Pierhouse complex completes Pier 1’s transformation from marine terminal to public park, creating a new model of urban living and public/private partnership.

A gateway to Brooklyn Bridge Park that merges landscape and development.

The Pierhouse development, a collaboration between Marvel, Toll Brothers, and Starwood Capital, encompasses 106 condominiums, a 195-key hotel, and additional retail spaces on the Brooklyn waterfront. It cleverly integrates public and private spaces, ensuring visibility and access to its extensive landscaping. With sustainability in focus, the development achieved LEED Gold 2009 New Construction status. Despite facing challenges, such as accommodating subway lines and adapting to post-Hurricane Sandy flood maps, Pierhouse successfully transformed a previously inaccessible warehouse site.

2017DS43 Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

The building opens up and provides direct connection between Furman Street and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

Stone and metal facades define the terraced residential buildings along Furman Street, stepping to maximize views, reduce bulk, and extend the park’s landscape up the structure.

1212 Pierhouse & 1Hotel N408 medium
Conceptual Sustainability Section. © Marvel

All residential units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor breezes through the building from Park to Street.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

A neighborhood living room designed as part of the 1 Hotel lobby creates a comfortable place to stop with friends or on your own and affords different levels of interaction with the other guests.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

Landscape extends into and up the building allowing a connection with the natural environment.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways through the building connect Furman Street and the park.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

Pierhouse integrates the built and natural environment to address the need for increased resiliency. In response to Superstorm Sandy, the design team amplified topography and landscape features to raise the building’s entry elevation by four feet while maintaining a vital connection to the park and street.

"There's a real connection to the landscape and public space [at Pierhouse and 1 Hotel], and that's become so much of what we are."

Lissa So, Partner at Marvel for M/10 Anniversary.
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Conceptual diagrams from competition. © Marvel
Pier House
© David Sundberg Esto

The Furman Street facade rises in a series of articulated metal and stone panels, shaping a stepped profile that aligns with the narrow street while preserving views toward the Brooklyn Bridge.

2016DS56 Pier House
© David Sundberg Esto

The limestone facade at sunset creates a calm, textured surface that brings daylight into the interlocking residential units.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

Marvel designed Pierhouse to perform as an extension of Brooklyn Bridge Park—a verdant backdrop recalling the high, sandy bank of pre-colonial Brooklyn Heights.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

The complex features green roofs and a variety of pathways to access the park.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

At 620,000-square-feet, the Pierhouse complex completes Pier 1’s transformation from marine terminal to public park, creating a new model of urban living and public/private partnership.

Pierhouse and 1 Hotel

A gateway to Brooklyn Bridge Park that merges landscape and development.

The Pierhouse development, a collaboration between Marvel, Toll Brothers, and Starwood Capital, encompasses 106 condominiums, a 195-key hotel, and additional retail spaces on the Brooklyn waterfront. It cleverly integrates public and private spaces, ensuring visibility and access to its extensive landscaping. With sustainability in focus, the development achieved LEED Gold 2009 New Construction status. Despite facing challenges, such as accommodating subway lines and adapting to post-Hurricane Sandy flood maps, Pierhouse successfully transformed a previously inaccessible warehouse site.

© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Stone and metal facades define the terraced residential buildings along Furman Street, stepping to maximize views, reduce bulk, and extend the park’s landscape up the structure.
Conceptual Sustainability Section. © Marvel

All residential units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor breezes through the building from Park to Street.

© David Sundberg Esto
A neighborhood living room designed as part of the 1 Hotel lobby creates a comfortable place to stop with friends or on your own and affords different levels of interaction with the other guests.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Landscape extends into and up the building allowing a connection with the natural environment.
This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways through the building connect Furman Street and the park.

"There's a real connection to the landscape and public space [at Pierhouse and 1 Hotel], and that's become so much of what we are."

Lissa So, Partner at Marvel for M/10 Anniversary.
Conceptual diagrams from competition. © Marvel
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
The Furman Street facade rises in a series of articulated metal and stone panels, shaping a stepped profile that aligns with the narrow street while preserving views toward the Brooklyn Bridge.
The limestone facade at sunset creates a calm, textured surface that brings daylight into the interlocking residential units.
© David Sundberg Esto
© David Sundberg Esto
Marvel designed Pierhouse to perform as an extension of Brooklyn Bridge Park—a verdant backdrop recalling the high, sandy bank of pre-colonial Brooklyn Heights.
The complex features green roofs and a variety of pathways to access the park.
© David Sundberg Esto
At 620,000-square-feet, the Pierhouse complex completes Pier 1’s transformation from marine terminal to public park, creating a new model of urban living and public/private partnership.

A gateway to Brooklyn Bridge Park that merges landscape and development.

The Pierhouse development, a collaboration between Marvel, Toll Brothers, and Starwood Capital, encompasses 106 condominiums, a 195-key hotel, and additional retail spaces on the Brooklyn waterfront. It cleverly integrates public and private spaces, ensuring visibility and access to its extensive landscaping. With sustainability in focus, the development achieved LEED Gold 2009 New Construction status. Despite facing challenges, such as accommodating subway lines and adapting to post-Hurricane Sandy flood maps, Pierhouse successfully transformed a previously inaccessible warehouse site.

2017DS43 Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

The building opens up and provides direct connection between Furman Street and Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

Stone and metal facades define the terraced residential buildings along Furman Street, stepping to maximize views, reduce bulk, and extend the park’s landscape up the structure.

1212 Pierhouse & 1Hotel N408 medium
Conceptual Sustainability Section. © Marvel

All residential units are floor-through with east and west exposures, providing natural ventilation that filters harbor breezes through the building from Park to Street.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

A neighborhood living room designed as part of the 1 Hotel lobby creates a comfortable place to stop with friends or on your own and affords different levels of interaction with the other guests.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

Landscape extends into and up the building allowing a connection with the natural environment.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

This porosity continues at grade, where public walkways through the building connect Furman Street and the park.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

Pierhouse integrates the built and natural environment to address the need for increased resiliency. In response to Superstorm Sandy, the design team amplified topography and landscape features to raise the building’s entry elevation by four feet while maintaining a vital connection to the park and street.

"There's a real connection to the landscape and public space [at Pierhouse and 1 Hotel], and that's become so much of what we are."

Lissa So, Partner at Marvel for M/10 Anniversary.
1212 Pierhouse & 1Hotel N13
Conceptual diagrams from competition. © Marvel
Pier House
© David Sundberg Esto

The Furman Street facade rises in a series of articulated metal and stone panels, shaping a stepped profile that aligns with the narrow street while preserving views toward the Brooklyn Bridge.

2016DS56 Pier House
© David Sundberg Esto

The limestone facade at sunset creates a calm, textured surface that brings daylight into the interlocking residential units.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

Marvel designed Pierhouse to perform as an extension of Brooklyn Bridge Park—a verdant backdrop recalling the high, sandy bank of pre-colonial Brooklyn Heights.

Pierhouse II
© David Sundberg Esto

The complex features green roofs and a variety of pathways to access the park.

Pierhouse
© David Sundberg Esto

At 620,000-square-feet, the Pierhouse complex completes Pier 1’s transformation from marine terminal to public park, creating a new model of urban living and public/private partnership.

Location

Brooklyn, NY

Client

Toll Brothers and Starwood Capital

Typology

Size

621,000 SF

Design Team

Jonathan Marvel, Guido Hartray, Dennis Vermeulen, Andrew Torres, JS Yong, Tom Baker, Miyun Kang, Shane Neufeld, Kyle May, Caitlin Swaim, Sean Gaffney, John Hallock, Mark Thompson, Jennifer Bunsa, Molly Calvani

Awards

AIA National Housing Award (Multifamily), AIA Brooklyn-Queens Design Merit Award, AIA New York State Design Award, IESNYC Lumen Award, Award of Merit, Building Brooklyn Awards (National Grid Award for Energy Efficiency)

Consultants

Dagher Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) Engineer), DeSimone Consulting Engineers (Structural Engineer), AKRF (Acoustical Consultant), Gilsanz Murray Steficek (Envelope Consultant), Langan (Civil Engineer), Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (Landscape), Marvel (Interior Design for Pierhouse Condo), INC Architecture and Design (Interior Design for 1Hotel), Lighting Workshop (Lighting Consultant), Deployed Technologies (Low Voltage Consultant), Clevenger Frable La Vallee (Food Service), Hudson Meridian Construction Group (Contractor)