Placed in a central corner in this beautiful home, this u-shape staircase with light color wood treads and hand rails features a horizontal-sleek black rod railing that not only protects its occupants, it also provides visual flow and invites owners and guests to visit bottom and upper levels. CSC © 1976-2020 Century Stair Company. All rights reserved.

Placed in a central corner in this beautiful home, this u-shape staircase with light color wood treads and hand rails features a horizontal-sleek black rod railing that not only protects its occupants, it also provides visual flow and invites owners and guests to visit bottom and upper levels. CSC © 1976-2020 Century Stair Company. All rights reserved.

Placed in a central corner in this beautiful home, this u-shape staircase with light color wood treads and hand rails features a horizontal-sleek black rod railing that not only protects its occupants, it also provides visual flow and invites owners and guests to visit bottom and upper levels. CSC © 1976-2020 Century Stair Company. All rights reserved.

This residence was a complete gut renovation of a 4-story row house in Park Slope, and included a new rear extension and penthouse addition. The owners wished to create a warm, family home using a modern language that would act as a clean canvas to feature rich textiles and items from their world travels. As with most Brooklyn row houses, the existing house suffered from a lack of natural light and connection to exterior spaces, an issue that Principal Brendan Coburn is acutely aware of from his experience re-imagining historic structures in the New York area. The resulting architecture is designed around moments featuring natural light and views to the exterior, of both the private garden and the sky, throughout the house, and a stripped-down language of detailing and finishes allows for the concept of the modern-natural to shine. Upon entering the home, the kitchen and dining space draw you in with views beyond through the large glazed opening at the rear of the house. An extension was built to allow for a large sunken living room that provides a family gathering space connected to the kitchen and dining room, but remains distinctly separate, with a strong visual connection to the rear garden. The open sculptural stair tower was designed to function like that of a traditional row house stair, but with a smaller footprint. By extending it up past the original roof level into the new penthouse, the stair becomes an atmospheric shaft for the spaces surrounding the core. All types of weather – sunshine, rain, lightning, can be sensed throughout the home through this unifying vertical environment. The stair space also strives to foster family communication, making open living spaces visible between floors. At the upper-most level, a free-form bench sits suspended over the stair, just by the new roof deck, which provides at-ease entertaining. Oak was used throughout the home as a unifying material element. As one travels upwards within the house, the oak finishes are bleached to further degrees as a nod to how light enters the home. The owners worked with CWB to add their own personality to the project. The meter of a white oak and blackened steel stair screen was designed by the family to read “I love you” in Morse Code, and tile was selected throughout to reference places that hold special significance to the family. To support the owners’ comfort, the architectural design engages passive house technologies to reduce energy use, while increasing air quality within the home – a strategy which aims to respect the environment while providing a refuge from the harsh elements of urban living. This project was published by Wendy Goodman as her Space of the Week, part of New York Magazine’s Design Hunting on The Cut. Photography by Kevin Kunstadt

Placed in a central corner in this beautiful home, this u-shape staircase with light color wood treads and hand rails features a horizontal-sleek black rod railing that not only protects its occupants, it also provides visual flow and invites owners and guests to visit bottom and upper levels. CSC © 1976-2020 Century Stair Company. All rights reserved.

Red Oak landing with no baseboards. Portland Stair Company
This is an example of a mid-sized midcentury wood l-shaped staircase in Portland with wood risers and mixed railing.

Inspiration for a large midcentury wood u-shaped staircase in Calgary with wood risers and mixed railing.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

This floating staircase was a different style from the usual Stairworks design. The owner wanted us to design, fabricate and install the steel and the treads, so our in-house staircase designer drew everything out. Because the owner has strong ties to China, he had everything sent away in order for the treads to be manufactured there. What made this tricky was that there wasn’t any extra material so we had to be very careful with our quantities when we were finishing the floating staircase build. The treads have LED light strips underneath as well as a high polish, which give it a beautiful finish. The only challenge is that the darker wood and higher polish can sometimes show scratches more easily. The stairs have a somewhat mid-century modern feel due to the square handrail and the Stairworks exclusive round spindle balustrade. This style of metal balustrade is one of our specialties as the fixing has been developed over the last year closely with our engineer allowing for there to be no fixings shown on the bottom of the tread while still achieving all engineering requirements.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.

An elegant and flowing straight staircase requested by a local award-winning custom builder, for one of their state homes, allow us to use our CSC routers to carve artistic rectangular carvings on each side of the wooden box newels. Stunning architectural focal points at the foot, intermediated landings and at the top of the main staircase were created with these furniture-quality decorative pieces, its matching railing system and horizontal black-powered rods. CSC 1976-2023 © Century Stair Company ® All rights reserved.