Carlton Terrace – A Stunning Historic Transformation in Newcastle
A residential interior precedent demonstrating the integration of an open timber staircase, mezzanine gallery, and overhead skylights to create a luminous double-height living volume.
- What we like about this project
- The staircase transitions from solid wide treads at the base to a lighter stringer profile as it reaches the mezzanine.
Materials
- timber
- steel
- plaster
- glass
- stone
Visual identifiers
- floating-timber-stairs
- mezzanine-gallery
- skylight-wash
- pendant-lighting
- double-height-interior
Style tags
- contemporary
- warm-minimal
- luxury-residential
Visual tags
- residential
- interior-architecture
- open-plan
- daylit
- mezzanine
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Open-plan double-height living volume featuring a floating timber staircase that ascends to a mezzanine gallery, anchored against a dark feature wall and illuminated by overhead skylights.
- Structural guess
- Steel stringer staircase with timber treads supporting an open balustrade.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height residential scale, accommodating a multi-tier living arrangement with mezzanine.
- Lighting
- Bright natural daylight washes down from overhead roof skylights, casting soft highlights across the timber treads and creating a warm glow from decorative pendant fixtures.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, luminous, and expansive, balancing dark accent walls with abundant natural top-lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior residential living space with a controlled artificial and daylit environment.
- Spatial experience
- The space opens up vertically from the ground-level lounge, offering clear visual connections between the lower living area and the upper mezzanine workspace or hallway.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal lines of the stair railing intersect with the horizontal planes of the mezzanine and the vertical window grid.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury residential interior
- Program
- Residential living hall and lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior
- Materials
- timber, steel, plaster, glass, stone
- Visual identifiers
- floating-timber-stairs, mezzanine-gallery, skylight-wash, pendant-lighting, double-height-interior
- Style tags
- contemporary, warm-minimal, luxury-residential
- Visual tags
- residential, interior-architecture, open-plan, daylit, mezzanine, contemporary
- Geometry
- Open-plan double-height living volume featuring a floating timber staircase that ascends to a mezzanine gallery, anchored against a dark feature wall and illuminated by overhead skylights.
- Structural guess
- Steel stringer staircase with timber treads supporting an open balustrade.
- Spatial scale
- Double-height residential scale, accommodating a multi-tier living arrangement with mezzanine.
- Lighting
- Bright natural daylight washes down from overhead roof skylights, casting soft highlights across the timber treads and creating a warm glow from decorative pendant fixtures.
- Atmosphere
- Warm, luminous, and expansive, balancing dark accent walls with abundant natural top-lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior residential living space with a controlled artificial and daylit environment.
- Spatial experience
- The space opens up vertically from the ground-level lounge, offering clear visual connections between the lower living area and the upper mezzanine workspace or hallway.
- Composition rhythm
- Diagonal lines of the stair railing intersect with the horizontal planes of the mezzanine and the vertical window grid.
- Style reading
- Contemporary luxury residential interior
- Program
- Residential living hall and lounge
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- interior