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Scandinavian living to a Greenpoint townhouse using strategic color blockingJanuary 14, 2025 AN Interior | Falu My Lead︎ December 3, 2024 Architect's Newspaper | The Shortlist AN’s 2024 Best of Design AwardsApril 26, 2023 Madame Architect |&nbsp;Living Through the Chaos: Jane Lea on Perseverance, Civic Involvement, and Transformative Projects︎ April 8, 2023 Bustler | Four Women-led Projects Make Up the 2022 Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research Winners January 20, 2021 Surface | An Artist’s Trump Countdown Clock Goes Dark, and Other NewsDecember 29, 2020 Los Angeles Times | 14 clever COVID-19 design solutions from around the worldOctober 5, 2019 Greenpointers | Greenpoint’s Elementary Schools Overcrowded, Residents Say February 5, 2026 AN Interior | Round of Applause: AN announces 2026 Twenty to Watch list of rising residential architecture design talent in New York︎ May 20, 2025Interior Design | Presenting the 2025 NYCxDESIGN Awards Winners | Greenpoint Townhouse April 9, 2025 Plain Magazine | Brooklyn Meets Sweden in the Redesign of this Greenpoint TownhouseMarch 12, 2025 ArchDaily | Greenpoint Townhouse / Lea Architecture January 15, 2025 Martha Stewart Living | These Bathroom Tile Trends Will Be Everywhere in 2025, According to Interior Designers November 14, 2024 Dwell |&nbsp;How They Pulled It Off: A Modern, Sculptural Staircase Grows in Brooklyn︎ December 29, 2022 Archinect |&nbsp;Bustler's Top Winning Architects and Designers of 2022︎ April 6, 2022 Center for Architecture |&nbsp;Four Projects Awarded the 2022 Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research January 19, 2021 SPACES| 5 protest art installations to mark Trump’s last day in officeJune 25, 2020 AIA NY| Small Firms Band Together to Make a Big ImpactOctober 13, 2017 DNAinfo| Giant Clock on East River Counts Down Days Left in President Trump's Term ︎ October 9, 2025 FRAME | The best spaces of 2025 – FRAME Awards’shortlist revealed ︎ May 20, 2025 Interior Design | Presenting the 2025 NYCxDESIGN Awards Winners | Saint Ann’s&nbsp; ︎&nbsp;April 7, 2025 FRAME | Greenpoint Townhouse by Lea Architecture Award FinalistFebruary 20, 2025 FRAME |&nbsp;What kind of spaces do educators need for teaching tech? Here's an example November 2024 Delve |&nbsp;Design Advocates Bring their Magic to Concourse House July 8, 2023 Marble Fairbanks |&nbsp;Barnard Architecture Department Launches Summer Program for Young Women in High School, Founded by Karen︎ April 8, 2022Archinect |&nbsp;Four Women-led Projects Make Up the 2022 Arnold W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research Winners&nbsp;March 4, 2022Greenpointers | Potential “All Along” Project Would Highlight Contributions Of Women Throughout History In Public Spaces Around New York City January 19, 2021Artnet&nbsp;| After Trump’s Inauguration, Matthew Barney Installed a Giant Clock Counting Down His Days in Office...April 6, 2020Metropolis | 5 Ways Architects and Designers are Responding to COVID-19January 13, 2015The Architectural League NY | Proposal | UNION Architectural Research winners https://lea-architecture.com/Awards Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:26:38 +0000 lea_architecture https://lea-architecture.com/Awards ︎ Awards Awards Awards Awards Awards Awards https://lea-architecture.com/Projects Tue, 22 Dec 2020 18:26:06 +0000 lea_architecture https://lea-architecture.com/Projects ResidentialNorman Two-Family Greenpoint Townhouse Chelsea Townhouse Bedford Stuyvesant Townhouse Dutchess County Artist StudioWilliamsburg Townhouse One Morton Square Leonard St <img src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da6e8e35ae15f975f9adf6ecde65004000a72956a22a462f8054fea7907ad91b/01.jpg"> InstitutionalSaint Ann’s Maker SpaceWorking Together Campus Congregation Beit Simchat Torah Re-envisioning NYC Branch Libraries Cultural Baba Cool Westminster Entrance Heights Casino All Along Project Colebrookdale Train Station Summertime Gallery Remains Clock Neighborhoods Now School Re-Opening Toolkit https://lea-architecture.com/Morton-Square Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:11:46 +0000 lea_architecture https://lea-architecture.com/Morton-Square One Morton Square CulturalIn Progress <img width="2500" height="1406" width_o="2500" height_o="1406" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfb755b34a30b9b61fb5c94a63f64d607f3674aff3230c46fa7c97abb20d9e67/MortonRendering.png" data-mid="247136909" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfb755b34a30b9b61fb5c94a63f64d607f3674aff3230c46fa7c97abb20d9e67/MortonRendering.png" /> We expanded this West Village apartment into a four-bedroom unit, tactically combining it with a neighboring residence. We implemented a new, large kitchen to creatively navigate a maze of columns and plumbing risers, setting up a seamless transition into an open and bright living area. <img width="1822" height="2465" width_o="1822" height_o="2465" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e0878757e5ca32d23fd30499217969a6bf90a9e55e7a99539e0cec11046a607/1901_Bathroom.png" data-mid="247136907" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e0878757e5ca32d23fd30499217969a6bf90a9e55e7a99539e0cec11046a607/1901_Bathroom.png" /> A connecting space becomes a useful buffer between separate private and public zones. Lined with custom built-in storage, the passageways lend character and utility to the renovation. <img width="5100" height="3300" width_o="5100" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/999350125c9d3c00930ccad8bf56e2dbf859d955e2e80f56c5af10f907766371/OY1-01.png" data-mid="247136915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/999350125c9d3c00930ccad8bf56e2dbf859d955e2e80f56c5af10f907766371/OY1-01.png" /> <img width="3378" height="5100" width_o="3378" height_o="5100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5de145a38b0ee561f09c171f0a377c433502cb4285adf85df1f8880eb0cd790d/Morton-Exploded-Axon-01.png" data-mid="247136908" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5de145a38b0ee561f09c171f0a377c433502cb4285adf85df1f8880eb0cd790d/Morton-Exploded-Axon-01.png" /> <img width="1161" height="751" width_o="1161" height_o="751" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9cb1fe15e430a70a4ec9dd5cdf448e7f3988962dee706ca111a468d00a330be/OY2G.gif" data-mid="247136918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9cb1fe15e430a70a4ec9dd5cdf448e7f3988962dee706ca111a468d00a330be/OY2G.gif" /> ` https://lea-architecture.com/Leonard-Street Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:15:44 +0000 lea_architecture https://lea-architecture.com/Leonard-Street Leonard Street Cultural In Progress <img width="1786" height="1785" width_o="1786" height_o="1785" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4a7222e447b0c816d12522cb91638bd98a1eb7c65ce47113add98d0b97051d4b/Leonard-Street-Perspective.png" data-mid="247140778" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4a7222e447b0c816d12522cb91638bd98a1eb7c65ce47113add98d0b97051d4b/Leonard-Street-Perspective.png" /> Our designs transform this three-family house to create and maximize space for the multiple generations who call it home. The changes add significant square footage to the lower unit, occupied by a family of five, more than doubling it in size.&nbsp; By relocating communal spaces to share adjacencies with the rear yard, we in turn provide an alternative entrance and exit, efficiently removing the circulation of the unit from the rest of the house. <img width="3174" height="3174" width_o="3174" height_o="3174" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/159ea757910671537393d22829afe8e847cfcaeaaf96bfaab01d6efea6984a56/Leonard-Street-Plan.png" data-mid="247140779" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/159ea757910671537393d22829afe8e847cfcaeaaf96bfaab01d6efea6984a56/Leonard-Street-Plan.png" /> <img width="3174" height="1886" width_o="3174" height_o="1886" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16de2d188b50707307a535d1007488afaaa20db586d18faf81426eae06dae3c7/Leonard-Street-1.png" data-mid="247140780" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/16de2d188b50707307a535d1007488afaaa20db586d18faf81426eae06dae3c7/Leonard-Street-1.png" /> ` <img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2e14319464737bfc700544b88f326630d8a01e0ca432efbb2b062e229f5b736/Leonard-Street-2.png" data-mid="247140781" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2e14319464737bfc700544b88f326630d8a01e0ca432efbb2b062e229f5b736/Leonard-Street-2.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5354db71cf7f93b45d6c3e8f87a1ab41f27a22c76062d97be914336b9972ca61/Leonard-Street-3.png" data-mid="247140782" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5354db71cf7f93b45d6c3e8f87a1ab41f27a22c76062d97be914336b9972ca61/Leonard-Street-3.png" /> https://lea-architecture.com/Baba-Cool Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:33:12 +0000 lea_architecture https://lea-architecture.com/Baba-Cool Baba Cool Cultural Complete 2026 <img width="7200" height="4800" width_o="7200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2d1035a7799748d76cb71b3b0e0f07b606365cc90d4c3f10e372cb869f18d08/BabaCool_036-Edited.png" data-mid="247144277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d2d1035a7799748d76cb71b3b0e0f07b606365cc90d4c3f10e372cb869f18d08/BabaCool_036-Edited.png" /> For Brooklyn café Baba Cool’s second location, we designed a fluid program to accommodate transitions between coffee in the morning, and bar and restaurant in the evening. The plan is structured as a sequence of spaces that increase in intimacy from front to back. A lounge at the entry leads to bar seating and a central dining nook, with a more enclosed formal dining area in the rear. Our seating designs orient around necessary upgrades to ADA accessibility standards throughout. Materially, custom millwork reinforces a sense of continuity, from new exterior windows and doors to the substantial curved banquettes shaping the seating areas. <img width="3600" height="4800" width_o="3600" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b362dc4e45166f181cbfa990254f10e275cbd47d5a88a60e7135e4467d87a3e/BabaCool_171-Edited.jpg" data-mid="247144276" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b362dc4e45166f181cbfa990254f10e275cbd47d5a88a60e7135e4467d87a3e/BabaCool_171-Edited.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="4800" width_o="3600" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/964da23ccb53d5cd1242f3d3e7c5b78c2b1e89c7f556b0bbac0441a74dbb5a47/BabaCool_186-Edited.png" data-mid="247141172" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/964da23ccb53d5cd1242f3d3e7c5b78c2b1e89c7f556b0bbac0441a74dbb5a47/BabaCool_186-Edited.png" /> <img width="3600" height="4800" width_o="3600" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55110cef0c89e01dac961914123744d828b935cea7d933ef2f878f2ed8271137/BabaCool_075-Edited.png" data-mid="247141171" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55110cef0c89e01dac961914123744d828b935cea7d933ef2f878f2ed8271137/BabaCool_075-Edited.png" /> The café’s warm, French-Moroccan identity led our other core material selections. Concrete, stained wood, and rough-applied mint paint add texture and a sense of naturalness, in contrast to a memorable, more contemporary high-gloss painted ceiling and aluminum-wrapped bar top. The brightened façade is washed in the same mint color, reinforcing continuity and subtly nodding to the green tiles of neighboring Brooklyn Academy of Music. The project was successfully expedited on a quick, 2-month timeline, on time and in-budget for the opening. <img width="7200" height="4800" width_o="7200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5d7818488839e8f0766f194873c92ccad0d205063ff29b985c3719a738c999f/BabaCool_102-Edited.png" data-mid="247144275" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5d7818488839e8f0766f194873c92ccad0d205063ff29b985c3719a738c999f/BabaCool_102-Edited.png" /> <img width="7200" height="4800" width_o="7200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9042db796e1602b86b92052e928a81ad753e9c844e8ae9d202e488158ab35489/BabaCool_056-Edited.png" data-mid="247144278" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9042db796e1602b86b92052e928a81ad753e9c844e8ae9d202e488158ab35489/BabaCool_056-Edited.png" /> https://lea-architecture.com/Westminster-Entrance Mon, 13 Apr 2026 17:57:59 +0000 lea_architecture https://lea-architecture.com/Westminster-Entrance Westminster Entrance Cultural Completed <img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69ecca79a2860c553bda528de0e9e69eba36c017143a66802cdf8177bba67ac1/Hero-Image.jpg" data-mid="247147285" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69ecca79a2860c553bda528de0e9e69eba36c017143a66802cdf8177bba67ac1/Hero-Image.jpg" /> The Westminster Entrance reimagines an underutilized entrance as an accessible, welcoming public threshold.&nbsp; Our designs replaced a previously congested and unintentionally landscaped walkway. We introduced an ADA-compliant ramp that integrates into a meandering path, and framed the route with native plants and embedded seating. The ramp becomes more than circulation: it situates the welcome architecture and creates a thoughtful landscape for pause, facilitating gathering and everyday interaction. <img width="1024" height="679" width_o="1024" height_o="679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/978428e48c9032749f8feb50c9f8cc93c65389beaf4f22ca80e9af3bba4f94d1/Westminster-Before-.jpg" data-mid="247147393" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/978428e48c9032749f8feb50c9f8cc93c65389beaf4f22ca80e9af3bba4f94d1/Westminster-Before-.jpg" /> <img width="5536" height="4152" width_o="5536" height_o="4152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/259c5c723f8ec96dd8763f42f38f9b25ea93fae72609f0b4f8cdb3395dd9689b/IMG_1493_PS.jpg" data-mid="247147391" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/259c5c723f8ec96dd8763f42f38f9b25ea93fae72609f0b4f8cdb3395dd9689b/IMG_1493_PS.jpg" /> <img width="5712" height="4284" width_o="5712" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bfdbf822cecc9dc408277791b53e97c676c43342de56c5dcd82e89bb36d1e3a/IMG_1491_PS.jpg" data-mid="247147388" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bfdbf822cecc9dc408277791b53e97c676c43342de56c5dcd82e89bb36d1e3a/IMG_1491_PS.jpg" /> Aligned with broader design efforts shaping Brooklyn today, the Westminster Entrance reflects an approach to adaptive reuse that prioritizes inclusion, environmental sensitivity, and shareable space. By transforming a purely functional entry into a layered public experience, the design demonstrates how even modest interventions hold the potential to expand access and foster community connection. <img width="3020" height="2008" width_o="3020" height_o="2008" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73c886c8d38324de26c0bb03c64d8aa6be61604fac969a5be9301bd98b7a059e/570-Iso-side-light-render.jpg" data-mid="247147287" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73c886c8d38324de26c0bb03c64d8aa6be61604fac969a5be9301bd98b7a059e/570-Iso-side-light-render.jpg" /> <img width="2857" height="1793" width_o="2857" height_o="1793" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b91173727ff9ed593e83d376e6cf3d576381302181889f6df5cb59fa8e339166/courtyard-prespective-1-side-light.jpg" data-mid="247147288" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b91173727ff9ed593e83d376e6cf3d576381302181889f6df5cb59fa8e339166/courtyard-prespective-1-side-light.jpg" /> https://lea-architecture.com/Neighborhoods-Now-1 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 20:44:42 +0000 lea_architecture https://lea-architecture.com/Neighborhoods-Now-1 Neighborhoods Now Cultural Complete 2021 <img width="1222" height="1410" width_o="1222" height_o="1410" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bd6fc299a5899231f682f2bb1f56d170da67809ce996bc0b7f896afe5f2975b/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.40.06-PM.png" data-mid="207150005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4bd6fc299a5899231f682f2bb1f56d170da67809ce996bc0b7f896afe5f2975b/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.40.06-PM.png" /> Neighborhoods Now, initiated by the Urban Design Forum and Van Alen Institute, invited design firms to connect with New York City neighborhoods severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our solution was a series of outdoor structures, furniture, and signage to facilitate engagement and safe social interaction, in order to help revitalize NYC’s communities during the pandemic. <img width="2042" height="1108" width_o="2042" height_o="1108" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0aa10e79292c77464857fc9c2046215faf6a0f375e5a9f22ac66a1f7e1be6810/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.42.29-PM.png" data-mid="207150010" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0aa10e79292c77464857fc9c2046215faf6a0f375e5a9f22ac66a1f7e1be6810/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.42.29-PM.png" /> Done with a team through Design Advocates, we created temporary, affordable, and easy-to-construct scaffolding and seating structures that supported public safety measures in Bedford Suyvesant’s business improvement districts (BIDs). While overseeing spatial organization and design, we also developed a unique graphic language for small businesses. Our aim was to create tools that safely supported Bed Stuy’s thriving community, culture, and commerce throughout the pandemic; and we are proud to say that certain aspects of the Neighborhoods Now initiative are still in place today. <img width="2024" height="1318" width_o="2024" height_o="1318" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fcaac905c281c254c279027277f5fd56c52535ce8c7bd848e798df3eea42d3d/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.41.15-PM.png" data-mid="207150009" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fcaac905c281c254c279027277f5fd56c52535ce8c7bd848e798df3eea42d3d/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.41.15-PM.png" /> <img width="1020" height="1252" width_o="1020" height_o="1252" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ade714e2fc5153e83b7d476e8ce7d45ad205d807674013cba63f933ed5d046c1/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.41.02-PM.png" data-mid="207150008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ade714e2fc5153e83b7d476e8ce7d45ad205d807674013cba63f933ed5d046c1/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.41.02-PM.png" /> <img width="2552" height="1234" width_o="2552" height_o="1234" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/530706112444289090f47768e3db91cd7d21f96516c3781335bb24ab6c2c7471/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.40.41-PM.png" data-mid="207150007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/530706112444289090f47768e3db91cd7d21f96516c3781335bb24ab6c2c7471/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.40.41-PM.png" /> <img width="2532" height="1254" width_o="2532" height_o="1254" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62b5c9e401ec1227b332954fd0229535eb6c1778dae3f565c55e0b56376b6f51/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.40.21-PM.png" data-mid="207150006" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62b5c9e401ec1227b332954fd0229535eb6c1778dae3f565c55e0b56376b6f51/Screen-Shot-2024-03-19-at-4.40.21-PM.png" />