ACME Timber [New Haven, CT]

ACME Timber Lofts is a preservation, restoration and vertical expansion of an existing 3.5-story, 150-year-old, unreinforced masonry structure, via a new mass timber stair and elevator core and two story cross laminated timber (CLT) extension, with exposed CLT interior and exterior walls and ceilings. The renovated building is also designed to Passive House standards.  In combination, mass timber and passive house strategies are the most progressive ways to decarbonize our buildings – to make them environmentally responsible, healthy, natural and durable.  The five-story project will contain 18 residential apartments, ground-floor retail, basement gym, bike room, and trash room, and rooftop tenant amenity space and solar panels. Located at 33 Crown Street in the downtown Ninth Square Historic District, the ACME building served as the headquarters for the multi-generational ACME Furniture business and is located close to New Haven’s train stations, the Yale New Haven medical complex, Yale University and the City’s growing biotech center.