• index /
  • residences /
    • skyhouse_1. introduction
    • skyhouse_2. slide
    • skyhouse_3. entry / lightwell
    • skyhouse_4. living room
    • skyhouse_5. a bedroom
    • skyhouse_6. another bedroom
    • skyhouse_7. video tour
    • a townhouse on park avenue
    • a duplex apartment on fifth avenue
    • the penthouse of the woolworth building
    • a villa on saint barthes
    • a mountaintop house in the hudson valley
    • an apartment on park avenue
    • a house in the berkshires
    • a duplex penthouse in soho
    • a house addition in princeton
    • a duplex loft in soho
    • a triplex loft in soho
    • a penthouse on central park west
    • a loft in greenwich village
    • a townhouse on long island
  • religious and cultural institutions /
    • the church of saint sarkis
    • the saint sarkis community center
    • the cascade gardens cultural center
    • the united nations general assembly suite
  • art galleries and museums /
    • ordovas gallery_new york
    • cascade gardens_yerevan, armenia
    • sculpture center_new york
    • eyebeam atelier_new york
  • profile /
  • news /
  • contact
DAVID HOTSON_ARCHITECT
  • index /
  • residences /
    • skyhouse_1. introduction
    • skyhouse_2. slide
    • skyhouse_3. entry / lightwell
    • skyhouse_4. living room
    • skyhouse_5. a bedroom
    • skyhouse_6. another bedroom
    • skyhouse_7. video tour
    • a townhouse on park avenue
    • a duplex apartment on fifth avenue
    • the penthouse of the woolworth building
    • a villa on saint barthes
    • a mountaintop house in the hudson valley
    • an apartment on park avenue
    • a house in the berkshires
    • a duplex penthouse in soho
    • a house addition in princeton
    • a duplex loft in soho
    • a triplex loft in soho
    • a penthouse on central park west
    • a loft in greenwich village
    • a townhouse on long island
  • religious and cultural institutions /
    • the church of saint sarkis
    • the saint sarkis community center
    • the cascade gardens cultural center
    • the united nations general assembly suite
  • art galleries and museums /
    • ordovas gallery_new york
    • cascade gardens_yerevan, armenia
    • sculpture center_new york
    • eyebeam atelier_new york
  • profile /
  • news /
  • contact

skyhouse / chapter three

The Stairwell: The stairwell shaft, positioned over the main entrance, ascends through the full height of the penthouse, visually linking the entry hall with the structural glass floor of the attic four stories above. 

The facetted surfaces of the stairwell converge on apertures, trimmed in mirror polished stainless steel, which provide views into and through the stairwell from the surrounding spaces. 

At the third level a structural glass bridge spans across the stairwell shaft. 

The original riveted steel structure –clad in intumescent paint- threads through the faceted stairwell, slipping through apertures into adjacent rooms.

At the entrance to the penthouse, the private elevator opens into a tall vestibule, tapering upward to converge on a seamless rectangular oculus which frames the view of the sculpted summit of the adjacent skyscraper.    

From the elevator vestibule, the floor slopes gently upward, passing under the twisting shaft of the stairwell to arrive at the main level of the penthouse.

For a more detailed look at SkyHouse please follow the links found in ‘skyhouse / introduction’

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