Adrian TolbaruArchitect

Portfolio

Recent projects across Queens & Brooklyn

Project details are shared with client permission and are representative of the scope and outcomes typical of our work. Photos are illustrative renderings of completed project types.

Two-Family Row House AlterationRenovation & Alteration

Ridgewood, Queens

Two-Family Row House Alteration

A full interior reconfiguration of a pre-war two-family row house, including a new open kitchen layout, code-compliant egress, and updated stair enclosure — filed as an Alteration Type 2 in DOB NOW.

  • Alteration Type 2 filing
  • Interior layout redesign
  • Egress & stair compliance
Legal Basement ApartmentLegal Conversion

Flushing, Queens

Legal Basement Apartment

Converted an unfinished cellar into a fully legal, permitted basement apartment with proper egress windows, ceiling height, and fire separation — increasing the property's rentable square footage.

  • Certificate of Occupancy amendment
  • Egress window installation
  • Fire-rated separation
DOB Violation LegalizationLegalization

Bushwick, Brooklyn

DOB Violation Legalization

Investigated years of unpermitted interior work, prepared corrective drawings, and filed to legalize compliant conditions — clearing three open DOB violations and closing an outstanding permit.

  • Violation investigation
  • Corrective drawing set
  • ECB violation dismissal
Rooftop Addition & ExtensionNew Construction

Maspeth, Queens

Rooftop Addition & Extension

Added a full rooftop story to an existing two-family building, maximizing the buildable envelope under current zoning while keeping the existing structure occupied through construction.

  • Zoning & FAR analysis
  • Structural coordination
  • Alteration Type 1 filing

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