Large contemporary limestone floating staircase in San Francisco with limestone risers.

Azalea is The 2012 New American Home as commissioned by the National Association of Home Builders and was featured and shown at the International Builders Show and in Florida Design Magazine, Volume 22; No. 4; Issue 24-12. With 4,335 square foot of air conditioned space and a total under roof square footage of 5,643 this home has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms, and two half bathrooms. It was designed and constructed to achieve the highest level of “green” certification while still including sophisticated technology such as retractable window shades, motorized glass doors and a high-tech surveillance system operable just by the touch of an iPad or iPhone. This showcase residence has been deemed an “urban-suburban” home and happily dwells among single family homes and condominiums. The two story home brings together the indoors and outdoors in a seamless blend with motorized doors opening from interior space to the outdoor space. Two separate second floor lounge terraces also flow seamlessly from the inside. The front door opens to an interior lanai, pool, and deck while floor-to-ceiling glass walls reveal the indoor living space. An interior art gallery wall is an entertaining masterpiece and is completed by a wet bar at one end with a separate powder room. The open kitchen welcomes guests to gather and when the floor to ceiling retractable glass doors are open the great room and lanai flow together as one cohesive space. A summer kitchen takes the hospitality poolside. Awards: 2012 Golden Aurora Award – “Best of Show”, Southeast Building Conference – Grand Aurora Award – “Best of State” – Florida – Grand Aurora Award – Custom Home, One-of-a-Kind $2,000,001 – $3,000,000 – Grand Aurora Award – Green Construction Demonstration Model – Grand Aurora Award – Best Energy Efficient Home – Grand Aurora Award – Best Solar Energy Efficient House – Grand Aurora Award – Best Natural Gas Single Family Home – Aurora Award, Green Construction – New Construction over $2,000,001 – Aurora Award – Best Water-Wise Home – Aurora Award – Interior Detailing over $2,000,001 2012 Parade of Homes – “Grand Award Winner”, HBA of Metro Orlando – First Place – Custom Home 2012 Major Achievement Award, HBA of Metro Orlando – Best Interior Design 2012 Orlando Home & Leisure’s: – Outdoor Living Space of the Year – Specialty Room of the Year 2012 Gold Nugget Awards, Pacific Coast Builders Conference – Grand Award, Indoor/Outdoor Space – Merit Award, Best Custom Home 3,000 – 5,000 sq. ft. 2012 Design Excellence Awards, Residential Design & Build magazine – Best Custom Home 4,000 – 4,999 sq ft – Best Green Home – Best Outdoor Living – Best Specialty Room – Best Use of Technology 2012 Residential Coverings Award, Coverings Show 2012 AIA Orlando Design Awards – Residential Design, Award of Merit – Sustainable Design, Award of Merit 2012 American Residential Design Awards, AIBD – First Place – Custom Luxury Homes, 4,001 – 5,000 sq ft – Second Place – Green Design

This is an example of a large transitional limestone floating staircase in Austin with metal railing.

Floating staircase of limestone, metal and wooden handrails.
Design ideas for a large beach style limestone floating staircase in New York with metal risers, mixed railing and wood walls.

The outdoor stairway on this hillside home is an intersection of all materials influencing the architecture. The stairs lead to an upper-level pool terrace with extraordinary desert views. Project Details // Straight Edge Phoenix, Arizona Architecture: Drewett Works Builder: Sonora West Development Interior design: Laura Kehoe Landscape architecture: Sonoran Landesign Photographer: Laura Moss https://www.drewettworks.com/straight-edge/

Grand Stairs, Stacy Brotemarkle, Interior Designer
This is an example of an expansive traditional limestone floating staircase in Dallas with limestone risers.

Photography by Paul Warchol.
Design ideas for a mid-sized modern limestone floating staircase in New York with open risers.

Photo of a small modern limestone floating staircase in Perth with limestone risers and glass railing.

This modern post-tensioned stone staircase, designed in our origami style, was manufactured in Portuguese Rosal limestone.
This is an example of a contemporary limestone floating staircase in Other with limestone risers and glass railing.

Limestone staircase to lake level
Photo of a large traditional limestone floating staircase in Other with limestone risers and metal railing.

Floating steel + stone stairs wind around the limestone library, like scaling a boulder. The creekside addition takes many cues from the surroundings. See the Ink+Well project, a modern home addition on a steep, creek-front hillside. https://www.hush.house/portfolio/ink-well

This stone staircase has been a particularly interesting challenge to design and build. As the house is a wooden framed build, we could not use traditional building methods to create this outstanding solid stone staircase. We had to allow certain parts of the staircase to be able to move with the potential movement of the wooden frame of the house. That is also a reason why we had to place some additional columns under the curved part of the stone stairs. We believe that these details make this staircase even more interesting to look at.

This modern post-tensioned stone staircase, designed in our origami style, was manufactured in Portuguese Rosal limestone.
Design ideas for a contemporary limestone floating staircase in Other with limestone risers and glass railing.

a gray limestone base at the glass and steel floating stair provides exposed attachment details between the architectural and structural elements
Inspiration for a large contemporary limestone floating staircase in Orange County with open risers and glass railing.

This is an example of a contemporary limestone floating staircase in Seattle with metal risers and metal railing.

Photo of a large contemporary limestone floating staircase in London with metal railing.

Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary limestone floating staircase in Perth with limestone risers and metal railing.

This modern post-tensioned stone staircase, designed in our origami style, was manufactured in Portuguese Rosal limestone.
Contemporary limestone floating staircase in Other with limestone risers and glass railing.

This stone staircase has been a particularly interesting challenge to design and build. As the house is a wooden framed build, we could not use traditional building methods to create this outstanding solid stone staircase. We had to allow certain parts of the staircase to be able to move with the potential movement of the wooden frame of the house. That is also a reason why we had to place some additional columns under the curved part of the stone stairs. We believe that these details make this staircase even more interesting to look at.