“Compelling.” That’s how one of our judges characterized this stair, which manages to embody both reassuring solidity and airy weightlessness. Architect Mahdad Saniee specified beefy maple treads—each laminated from two boards, to resist twisting and cupping—and supported them at the wall with hidden steel hangers. “We wanted to make them look like they are floating,” he says, “so they sit away from the wall by about half an inch.” The stainless steel rods that seem to pierce the treads’ opposite ends are, in fact, joined by threaded couplings hidden within the thickness of the wood. The result is an assembly whose stiffness underfoot defies expectation, Saniee says. “It feels very solid, much more solid than average stairs.” With the rods working in tension from above and compression below, “it’s very hard for those pieces of wood to move.” The interplay of wood and steel makes abstract reference to a Steinway concert grand, Saniee notes. “It’s taking elements of a piano and playing with them.” A gently curved soffit in the ceiling reinforces the visual rhyme. The jury admired the effect but was equally impressed with the technical acumen required to achieve it. “The rhythm established by the vertical rods sets up a rigorous discipline that works with the intricacies of stair dimensions,” observed one judge. “That’s really hard to do.”

他の地域にある高級な中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなLDK (紫の壁、セラミックタイルの床、茶色い床) の写真

ロンドンにある高級な小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな独立型ダイニング (紫の壁、カーペット敷き、茶色い床) の写真

Neil Landino
ニューヨークにある高級な中くらいなエクレクティックスタイルのおしゃれな独立型ダイニング (紫の壁、カーペット敷き、暖炉なし、茶色い床) の写真