MKCA overhauls Upper East Side townhouse with custom staircase and furniture

June 26, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

New York design firm MKCA has refreshed the interiors of a seven-storey residence in the city with two stairwells, and new glazing to draw light down from a rooftop patio. Upper East Side Townhouse was reconstructed using a steel and concrete structure, expanding the building’s footprint to 9,600 square feet (892 square metres), and improving circulation

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Jean-Maxime Labrecque adds mirrored staircase to Playful Tudor home in Montreal

June 23, 2018 James Brillon 0

A staircase featuring a mirrored balustrade now leads up through this home in Montreal, renovated by local architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. Called Playful Tudor, the project involved the transformation of a residence in the Canadian city, which was originally completed in a style that references the historical Tudor period from 16th-century England. Labrecque’s firm, INPHO Physical

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TACO creates its own pink-toned architecture studio on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

May 12, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Mexican architecture firm TACO has designed the Portico Palmeto studio to act as its headquarters, with pink walls, local materials, and tall shutters that open up the interior to its tropical setting. The 1,453-square-foot (135-square-metre) rose-coloured building serves primarily as an architecture studio in Mérida – a historic city on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The two-storey structure

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Hundreds of timber components form statement staircase for London house

May 7, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Waind Gohil and Potter Architects has created a sculptural staircase, which was fabricated off-site and assembled like a puzzle, as the centrepiece of a house in London. The studio headed by Phil Waind, James Potter and Sonya Gohil was approached by clients who wanted to add a small dwelling at the end of their large garden in Shepherd’s

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Atmos Studio’s sinuous timber staircase spirals through the centre of London restaurant

April 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Atmos Studio has completed a flowing staircase made from laminated oak that is the centrepiece of a recently opened restaurant in Mayfair, London. StairStalk is the centrepiece of the Oliver Dabbous’s recently opened HIDE restaurant, where it ascends from a basement bar to the dining areas on the ground floor and upper mezzanine. The multidisciplinary practice is known

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Sweeping staircase forms centrepiece of engineering office by Studio Ben Allen

April 25, 2018 India Block 0

Studio Ben Allen has inserted a spiralling plywood staircase in the centre of an office in Birmingham, England, which is designed to get workers moving. The London architecture studio was commissioned to expand the offices of global engineering firm Cundall in a way that would improve the health and wellbeing of its workers. A skeletal timber staircase

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Sweeping staircase forms centrepiece of engineering office by Studio Ben Allen

April 25, 2018 India Block 0

Studio Ben Allen has inserted a spiralling plywood staircase in the centre of an office in Birmingham, England, which is designed to get workers moving. The London architecture studio was commissioned to expand the offices of global engineering firm Cundall in a way that would improve the health and wellbeing of its workers. A skeletal timber staircase

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Offices in a converted warehouse centre around suspended concrete staircase

April 1, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A concrete staircase overlooked by a glazed showroom and library forms the centrepiece of this headquarters for a textile brand in Mumbai designed by SJK Architects. The offices for Synergy Lifestyles are housed in a former warehouse in the mill area of the Indian city’s Kalachowki neighbourhood. It was one of the first industrial buildings in

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Offices in a converted warehouse centre around suspended concrete staircase

April 1, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A concrete staircase overlooked by a glazed showroom and library forms the centrepiece of this headquarters for a textile brand in Mumbai designed by SJK Architects. The offices for Synergy Lifestyles are housed in a former warehouse in the mill area of the Indian city’s Kalachowki neighbourhood. It was one of the first industrial buildings in

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