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JOHN BROWN is the editor of theslowhome.com and the founder of the Slow Home Movement. He is a registered architect, real estate broker and Professor of Architecture at the University of Calgary.
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Design Realized – Design /Build in Brooklyn, NY
Close Residence
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Apartment 25C
Moore/Freundlich Loft
West Village Townhouse
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MADE is an innovative architectural firm distinguished by our belief in integrating the designer and builder at every stage of the construction process. By combining a design studio, a fabrication workshop and a contracting team under one roof, we offer a range of services unmatched by a conventional architectural practice. More importantly, with the talents of informed designers and the skills of inspired builders, MADE creates architecture that is intelligently designed and ultimately refreshing in sensibility and aesthetic.
After graduating from the Yale School of Architecture, Ben Bischoff, Oliver Freundlich and Brian Papa founded MADE and assembled a diverse team dedicated to inventive design and incomparable craftsmanship. Our studio and workshop are located in a Civil War-era warehouse on the historic piers of Red Hook, Brooklyn where we work fluidly between drawing and prototype to achieve designs that can be executed on site with care and refinement. Working so closely with the raw materiality of architecture, MADE has a deeply rooted passion for its sensual side, the way things feel both physically and aesthetically. Our projects exhibit this with a clarity of detail whose lasting expression remains both natural and unique.
Fundamental to MADE’s approach is our belief that design should be realized, it should get built. In every MADE project, design proceeds simultaneously with a concern for buildability. With this comprehensive understanding, we lead our clients through the entire construction process, assuming responsibility for executing a project that intelligently and creatively meets their desires. With our integrated approach, MADE embraces the possibilities of designing and building and remains committed to executing and experiencing what at first could only be imagined.
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We believe that our homes and neighborhoods should be healthy, vibrant places that uplift the spirit and gracefully fit our needs. We call for an end to poor construction, bad design, misleading marketing, unfair lending practices and environmental neglect in the housing industry. We acknowledge our collective responsibility to create CLOSE, SIMPLE, LIGHT places to live that leave a positive legacy for future generations.
provides design focused information that homeowners can use to improve the quality of how and where they live. It takes its name from the slow food movement which arose as a reaction to the processed food industry. The sprawl of cookie cutter housing that surrounds us is like fast food - standardized, homogenous, and wasteful. It contributes to a too fast life that is bad for us, our cities, and the environment. In the same way that slow food raises awareness of the food we eat and how these choices affect our lives, Slow Home empowers you to take more control of your home and improve the quality of how you live while reducing your environmental impact and futureproofing the long term investment value of your home.
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