New York studio VonDalwig Architecture has overhauled the bottom two floors of a Brooklyn townhouse, adding in more windows and preserving details inside.
House 22 is in Brooklyn's Clinton Hill neighbourhood and was renovated by Philip and Kit VonDalwig ? the husband-and-wife behind the local architecture studio.

The project comprises the reconfiguration of a lower level duplex within a four-storey townhouse for a couple, one of which is a curator, and their young daughter.
"They really wanted us to reconfigure their bedroom levels, and also to bring in more light upstairs," Kit told Dezeen.
"We took the approach to rethink the quality of space, and find some simple and clear moves to bring more value and spatial quality to the home."
The bottom floor, which has access to a back garden, contains two bedrooms and bathrooms.
The floorplan is rectangular and has an entry on its street-facing side, as well as a door in the back bedroom that accesses the patio.
In the rear master bedroom, the studio added a large square window framed in wood, to double as a reading nook.

"We enlarged one window towards the yard and eliminated one window that just stared under the deck stair, therefore focusing the master bedroom to the better viewpoint," Kit added.
The bathrooms for the bedrooms have been moved and joined together, to save space and create a back hallway, which accommodates a shared closet.
"We reorganised the garden level moving the master ...