Floating Red Staircase is an industrial apartment located in London, United Kingdom, designed in 2021 by Michaelis Boyd.

Description
The original architectural work took place back in 2010, when the studio combined two existing flats into a 4-bedroom maisonette. Almost a decade on, the architects returned to incorporate quirky design details that would reflect the creative personality of the client and their children.
Having previously lived in apartments, the clients enjoyed the social and open nature of horizontal living. With this in mind, Michaelis Boyd made considered choices in order to apply this concept to a home with all the richness and detail of a Georgian property.
Now spread across three floors, the finished maisonette comprises four bedrooms, open plan living, dining and kitchen spaces, TV room, a study, dressing room, four bathrooms and a utility room.
Contemporary spaces are warmed and softened by traditional oak floors, panelled walls and ornate cornices. Bespoke joinery is installed throughout, introducing bright colours and quirky functionality to rooms where timeless marble combines with a modern industrial red metal staircase, Crittall screens and colourful tiles.
The building?s external appearance reflects the established vernacular of the borough, and the client valued the ornate period features of the house, but also believed their new home should have strong elements of contemporary design. Drawing on the family?s own heritage for...