Queens Drive

We were asked by our clients to design and build this striking birch plywood feature staircase into their newly refurbished loft space along with wardrobes and shelving. Working in close collaboration with Ashton Architects and our clients, we based the stairs around a solid 35mm birch plywood spine for structural strength.

Our role

Design detail, build

Architects

Ashton Architecture

Photos

Agnese Sanvito

Loft room lined in birch plywood under a pitched ceiling, with a cat sat on the staircase balustrade.

Looking down the birch plywood staircase as a black cat climbs past the stepped storage boxes.

Birch plywood stair balustrade and raised platform beneath the dormer window in the loft.

Winding birch plywood staircase rising from the hallway, its storage boxes stepping out overhead.

The stairs feature concealed storage boxes that make use of the space below the sloped ceiling.

Birch plywood stair treads meeting a lidded storage box beneath the sloped ceiling.

Winding birch plywood stairs with lift-up lids on the storage boxes at the turn.

Close-up of the exposed birch plywood edge of the stair spine beside the winding treads.

We designed and built a bedroom wardrobe in birch plywood featuring mirrored gold acrylic fronts, a nice lightweight alternative to traditional glass mirrors.

Birch plywood wardrobe with mirrored gold acrylic doors folded open, a black cat at its base.

Mirrored gold acrylic wardrobe doors beside the bedroom doorway, with the plywood staircase beyond.

Open birch plywood drawers and hinged door inside the bedroom wardrobe.

Close-up of a round gold-toned handle split between two mirrored gold acrylic wardrobe doors.

The two solid beech floating shelves were left over from the flooring used throughout the flat. This came from a fallen beech tree on the clients family land. We jointed two boards together and planed the top side flat, but kept the character of the sawn timber visible on the underside.

Two solid beech floating shelves holding books, plants and ornaments against a white wall.

Solid beech floating shelves above a blue desk unit with two white office chairs.

Toddler climbing the bottom steps of the birch plywood staircase from the hallway.

Toddler reaching the turn of the birch plywood staircase, viewed from the hallway.

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