Abruzzo Bodziak Architects (ABA), a 2016 Design Vanguard, has established a particular expertise in surmounting varied obstacles while delivering pragmatic but refined renovations. One such project, completed by ABA in January, is a top-to-bottom overhaul of a Neo-Renaissance rowhouse in Brooklyn’s Lefferts Manor Historic District. “Our clients, who are in design professions, wanted something that wasn’t too precious.”1 Bay windows amply daylight living spaces (1 & 2). Now an airy vestibule with dark terrazzo floor slabs and plastered walls has taken its place. Photo © Eric PetschekThe common spaces on the entrance level, an open kitchen and dining room, a parlor, and a living room, make up an enfilade.