Prospect Heights Row House

When we found this house, an unlicensed dog breeder was using it as a kennel. But even before its fall, it suffered from common rowhouse ailments: dark in the middle and spatially flat. Carving out the center of the house solved both problems. A long slot of a skylight spills daylight into the new double-height dining room, and the translucent partitions glow like lanterns. A two-story storage tower wrapped in copper organizes the spaces. These images show the project in its completed form.