deforest architects
seattle
Charged with refitting a dark stairway as an art gallery, John DeForest, AIA, and Stephen Click responded with a composition of folded planes that constitutes a sculpture in its own right. A large skylight above and vertical slot windows wash the stairwell with light, which filters through treads and risers of perforated steel. A guardrail of blackened steel plate provides structural support and a visual counterpoint to the stair’s ethereal transparency. Our judges called the detailing “incredibly competent” and admitted unanimously a temptation to copy the design in their own projects.
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product details
lighting fixtures: Edge Lighting, www.edgelighting.com; Translite Systems, www.translite.com; windows: Marlin Windows, www.marlinwindows.com
