kitchen and myrtlewood alternating tread staircase

Accessed by a sculptural twisting stair, the service “column” allows the mezzanine office to be isolated from the workshop volume with glass curtains at two strategic locations. This view shows the open retractable skylight #mezzanine #skylight #retractableskylight #office #interior #interiorarchitecture #myrtlewood #steel #sanfrancisco #workshop #interstice #intersticearchitects #cesarrubio #cesarrubiophotography

Executing subtle design details, even in transitional spaces, was one of the great successes of the collaborative architect-contractor relationship. "Our collective strength," says Dovetail principal Chad Rollins, is that “we genuinely understand each other’s craft.” In the transition from the den to the artist studio, natural myrtlewood stairs meet a wood-grain Daltile landing. Where the stair treads and risers meet the wall, a three-quarter-inch reveal is placed in lieu of conventional baseboard. These simple and clean details so often “can be costly to create and can be jeopardized when the budget is under pressure,” says Rollins.