25 Kent, Brooklyn Retail Building, NY Shops, Williamsburg Commercial Projects, Architecture Photos
25 Kent in Brooklyn, New York
Contemporary Retail Building in NY, USA: Architecture ? design by HWKN and Gensler
Oct 2, 2019
25 Kent
Design Architects: Hollwich Kushner (HWKN)

Design Development Architect: Gensler
Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, United States, USA

25 Kent is designed as a social campus that brings innovators, founders, and tech leaders together in one collaborative workplace. Taking cues from the neighborhood?s industrial character, the design stacks a series of brick forms that nod to the materials and proportions of the nearby warehouses.

The floors are staggered, creating a ziggurat-shaped building that juts in and out, and rises towards the sky to create one collaborative workplace. The short ends of the facade are capped in soaring floor-to-ceiling windows that flood the interiors with sunlight and offer commanding views of the Manhattan skyline and Brooklyn.
To create a bustling public core, a retail-lined pedestrian street goes straight through the building?s center. Bookended by landscaped plazas, the walkway will connect the upcoming Bushwick Inlet Park with the nearby plaza of the William Vale hotel. What was once a forbidding industrial waterfront is now transformed into a walkable district of parks and public space. Ground floor retail, cafes, and restaurants activate the surrounding areas and provide social spaces where people c...