Our Serratus design uses serrated steel stringers that follow the shape of the staircase’s step treads, creating a zigzag effect that looks sleek and adds dimension to your stairwell.

Greg Hadley Photography The graphic artist client initially considered a basement studio. However, she much preferred the attic studio option that our designer suggested. The original attic stairs, built by her husband, worked for retrieving boxes but were not a comfortable height for walking up. We moved the stairs to a small second floor bedroom. Since the stairs lead to a creative space, the client wanted a fun and unusual design. A local manufacturer made the metal stringer and provided the open risers made of oak.

The Narrabeen House is located on the edge of Narrabeen Lagoon and is fortunate to have outlook across water to an untouched island dense with casuarinas. By contrast, the street context is unremarkable without the slightest hint of the lagoon beyond the houses lining the street and manages to give the impression of being deep in suburbia. The house is new and replaces a former 1970s cream brick house that functioned poorly and like many other houses from the time, did little to engage with the unique environmental qualities of the lagoon. In starting this project, we clearly wanted to re-dress the connection with the lagoon and island, but also found ourselves drawn to the suburban qualities of the street and this dramatic contrast between the front and back of the property. This led us to think about the project within the framework of the ‘suburban ideal’ - a framework that would allow the house to address the street as any other suburban house would, while inwardly pursuing the ideals of oasis and retreat where the water experience could be used to maximum impact - in effect, amplifying the current contrast between street and lagoon. From the street, the house’s composition is built around the entrance, driveway and garage like any typical suburban house however the impact of these domestic elements is diffused by melding them into a singular architectural expression and form. The broad facade combined with the floating skirt detail give the house a horizontal proportion and even though the dark timber cladding gives the building a ‘stealth’ like appearance, it still withholds the drama of the lagoon beyond. This sets up two key planning strategies. Firstly, a central courtyard is introduced as the principal organising element for the planning with all of the house’s key public spaces - living room, dining room, kitchen, study and pool - grouped around the courtyard to connect these spaces visually, and physically when the courtyard walls are opened up. The arrangement promotes a socially inclusive dynamic as well as extending the spatial opportunities of the house. The courtyard also has a significant environmental role bringing sun, light and air into the centre of the house. Secondly, the planning is composed to deliberately isolate the occupant from the suburban surrounds to heighten the sense of oasis and privateness. This process begins at the street bringing visitors through a succession of exterior spaces that gradually compress and remove the street context through a composition of fences, full height screens and thresholds. The entry sequence eventually terminates at a solid doorway where the sense of intrigue peaks. Rather than entering into a hallway, one arrives in the courtyard where the full extent of the private domain, the lagoon and island are revealed and any sense of the outside world removed. The house also has an unusual sectional arrangement driven partly by the requirement to elevate the interior 1.2m above ground level to safeguard against flooding but also by the desire to have open plan spaces with dual aspect - north for sun and south for the view. Whilst this introduces issues with the scale relationship of the house to its neighbours, it enables a more interesting multi- level relationship between interior and exterior living spaces to occur. This combination of sectional interplay with the layout of spaces in relation to the courtyard is what enables the layering of spaces to occur - it is possible to view the courtyard, living room, lagoon side deck, lagoon and island as backdrop in just one vista from the study. Flood raising 1200mm helps by introducing level changes that step and advantage the deeper views Porosity radically increases experience of exterior framed views, elevated The vistas from the key living areas and courtyard are composed to heighten the sense of connection with the lagoon and place the island as the key visual terminating feature. The materiality further develops the notion of oasis with a simple calming palette of warm natural materials that have a beneficial environmental effect while connecting the house with the natural environment of the lagoon and island.

Treve Johnson
サンフランシスコにある高級な中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれな階段の写真

Floating oak stair with guardrail of 3-Form ecoresin panels and oval oak top rail
ニューヨーク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階段 (木材の手すり) の写真

This staircase opens to the foyer. The owner had admired another cable railing system, but made it his with custom posts and floating stairs. Aram Photographics

Double Central Carriage Staircase in European Oak with Structural Steel Rod Balusters.
ケンブリッジシャー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階段の写真

Adelina Iliev : http://www.adelina.co.uk/contact.htm
ロンドンにある高級な広いコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれな階段の写真

Olivera Construction (Builder) • W. Brandt Hay Architect (Architect) • Eva Snider Photography (Photographer)
タンパにある高級な広いエクレクティックスタイルのおしゃれなスケルトン階段 (フローリングの蹴込み板) の写真

In this two story addition and whole home remodel, NEDC transformed a dark and cramped single family home in to a large, light filled, and fully functional home. Jay Groccia, OnSite Studios

These floating stairs were for a showhome for Madison Park Homes, where the team at Stairworks worked closely with the main project manager and director of the company to achieve the desired aesthetic. The first step was the design package process where they gave us their initial brain drop and design brief. From there, our in-house designer drew the steel staircase with the intent of achieving everything they required. After they reviewed the design and approved it, it was sent to the engineer. The end result? This modern, luxury staircase that is U-shaped with cantilevered steel, natural coloured oak treads, square handrail, and glass balustrade. They choose steel because it’s a lot more open and with a timber staircase, everything must have extra support. Underneath the stairs, they chose to have oak under panels with a negative detail all the way around it to cover the steel plates. This is quite the luxurious addition as all this negative detail requires extra work colouring all the way underneath the stairs, giving the stairs a high end finish.

Our Serratus design uses serrated steel stringers that follow the shape of the staircase’s step treads, creating a zigzag effect that looks sleek and adds dimension to your stairwell.

Double Central Carriage Staircase in European Oak with Structural Steel Rod Balusters.
ケンブリッジシャー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階段の写真

Double Central Carriage Staircase in European Oak with Structural Steel Rod Balusters.
ケンブリッジシャー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階段の写真

Double Central Carriage Staircase in European Oak with Structural Steel Rod Balusters.
ケンブリッジシャー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階段の写真

Olivera Construction (Builder) • W. Brandt Hay Architect (Architect) • Eva Snider Photography (Photographer)
タンパにある高級な広いエクレクティックスタイルのおしゃれなスケルトン階段 (フローリングの蹴込み板) の写真

Our Serratus design uses serrated steel stringers that follow the shape of the staircase’s step treads, creating a zigzag effect that looks sleek and adds dimension to your stairwell.