The Making of Moyne

As this project interior evolved it was decided to explore early 20^th century design themes.

 The art noveau style seemed best suited to the stairway offering an    opportunity to give greater expression to the proposed curved walls and landings.

A contorted newel post feature marks the beginning of the stairs at basement level and from this level the darkly stained, hardwood handrail spirals up to the ground floor curling around the outer steel columns.

The vertical balustrading has been punctuated at regular intervals with clusters of leaf shaped motifs in wrought iron and stained glass.

At the brightly lit top landing the stairway connects with a semicircular curved glass walk way that carries out across the entire hallway.

Cantilevered brackets provide support to the handrail and help to articulate to the upper landing as it carries round to the master bedroom suite.

The reflected light from the white polished plaster finish to the strings and soffit of the concrete stairs helps to lighten these robust elements and set them apart from the top lit hallway enclosure that surrounds it.

The subtle use of colour and curving motifs in the external stained glass offer a level of richness and warmth to the outer walls providing both an inward focus and a refreshingly artistic view of the landscape beyond. 

A circular floor panel with integral stained glass has been sunken into the ground floor landing to throw additional light down into the basement below. This circular feature has also been echoed at ceiling level at the top of the stairs.