staircases

Checa Romero Architects “makes the most” of small brick house by extending in every direction

November 10, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Curro Checa Romero has refurbished and extended a 1980s house in east London, more than doubling its interior dimensions and creating a series of light-filled spaces with an improved connection to the rear garden. The Grim House was named for architect Checa Romero’s partner, Deborah Grim, who bought it over three years ago and

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Checa Romero Architects “makes the most” of small brick house by extending in every direction

November 10, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Curro Checa Romero has refurbished and extended a 1980s house in east London, more than doubling its interior dimensions and creating a series of light-filled spaces with an improved connection to the rear garden. The Grim House was named for architect Checa Romero’s partner, Deborah Grim, who bought it over three years ago and

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GRT Architects creates fluted glass stairwell for skinny Brooklyn townhouse

November 8, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

A glazed stairwell brings light from a roof window down through this narrow townhouse in Brooklyn, renovated by New York studio GRT Architects with splashes of colour. The brick residence is located in Fort Greene, a tree-lined neighbourhood in the New York borough that is popular with young families. The townhouse is three storeys and

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GRT Architects creates fluted glass stairwell for skinny Brooklyn townhouse

November 8, 2017 Bridget Cogley 0

A glazed stairwell brings light from a roof window down through this narrow townhouse in Brooklyn, renovated by New York studio GRT Architects with splashes of colour. The brick residence is located in Fort Greene, a tree-lined neighbourhood in the New York borough that is popular with young families. The townhouse is three storeys and

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Pre-cast concrete staircase forms centrepiece of basement extension by Studio Octopi

October 19, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This south London house extension by Studio Octopi features a pre-cast concrete staircase that had to be craned into position. London-based Studio Octopi designed the zinc-clad basement extension for a four-bedroom terraced property in Wandsworth, to provide the owners with a guest bedroom, a shower room, a utility room and a playroom. The original building is typical of Victorian and Edwardian properties constructed in compact

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Ora Ïto uses hundreds of wooden slats for snaking oak stair at LVMH offices

October 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

French designer Ora Ïto has cut and pieced together over 400 wooden slats to create this staircase, which twists up the Paris offices for one of the world’s largest luxury companies. Ïto was tasked to design offices for the media division of LVMH, the parent company of luxury brands including Louis Vuitton and Dior. The department, which encompasses news brands

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Ora Ïto uses hundreds of wooden slats for snaking oak stair at LVMH offices

October 15, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

French designer Ora Ïto has cut and pieced together over 400 wooden slats to create this staircase, which twists up the Paris offices for one of the world’s largest luxury companies. Ïto was tasked to design offices for the media division of LVMH, the parent company of luxury brands including Louis Vuitton and Dior. The department, which encompasses news brands

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Huge glazed gable frames sea view at Vaughn McQuarrie’s Anzac Bay House

September 17, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architect Vaughn McQuarrie has completed a house on New Zealand’s Waiheke Island that features fully glazed gable ends, and a helical staircase connecting an open-plan ground floor with mezzanines above. McQuarrie based the design of Anzac Bay House on the simple gabled form of a traditional boatshed, which is appropriate to its setting next to

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Smoked oak and terrazzo steps feature in renovated Copenhagen apartment

September 17, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A smoked-oak staircase suspended from steel poles joins a flight of tapered terrazzo steps in this Copenhagen apartment, which has been overhauled by local practice Jac Studios. Jac Studios’ renovation of the Sturlasgade apartment in the Islands Brygge area on the city’s harbourfront aimed to create a brighter and more open interior. With this in mind,

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Smoked oak and terrazzo steps feature in renovated Copenhagen apartment

September 17, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

A smoked-oak staircase suspended from steel poles joins a flight of tapered terrazzo steps in this Copenhagen apartment, which has been overhauled by local practice Jac Studios. Jac Studios’ renovation of the Sturlasgade apartment in the Islands Brygge area on the city’s harbourfront aimed to create a brighter and more open interior. With this in mind,

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