Transfiguration Church, Buffalo, NY
Let me catch you up. In November of 2021, a windstorm tore the roof from the 26,000 sq. ft. Transfiguration Church, a huge setback for redevelopment. The collapse has kept the building at the top of the City of Buffalo's Demolition List. The recovery has been slow, and painful, but steady.
The puzzle pieces are coming together. We have the engineers, an ambitious architect, and most importantly, a design that addresses the neighborhood housing crisis and outshines the state-sponsored development of the nearby Central Terminal and Broadway market. All we need now is the capital. If your organization can bring daring architecture to the east side of Buffalo by renovating Transfiguration Church, please click the contact button above or go to the Transfiguration Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/Transfiguration1896). BuffaloReanimate.org will find a way to make your contribution a profitable investment.
The future of the church was drawn out by acclaimed architect Peter Talty of Waves AE in Amherst, New York. Talty modeled his design after the Domino Sugar Factory lofts in Brooklyn, New York City's shining example of adaptive-reuse. His vision for Transfiguration is 14 two-bedroom units "inside a glass box" sheltered by the church's original exterior masonry. Click on the Talty Design link above to see some of his sketches.
-Daniel Britt
BuffaloReanimate.org
The Talty design takes the outer shell of the damaged church, as shown in the second picture in the slideshow, below, stabilizes it, and inserts two floors of living space.
Each floor contains seven apartments that have access to the large stained-glass windows on the east and west sides of the church via a hallway highlighted in yellow.
Each unit is built within a glass box that allows for natural light, while the church's exterior provides privacy.
If this project comes to fruition, it will claim the title Buffalo's most daring and modern residential living space.
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