Cantilevered Oak & Blackened Steel Stair
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Cantilevered Oak & Blackened Steel Stair

Brooklyn, NY

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A floating feature stair for a Brooklyn brownstone — solid white-oak treads pinned into a blackened-steel stringer, engineered to cantilever from a single hidden spine with no visible fasteners.

Progress100%
Budget$96K
TimelineJan 2025 – Apr 2025

The chain

Every tribe on this build

Carrick Metalworks
Carrick MetalworksFabrication & install
TradesApex Fabrication
Apex FabricationStringer steel
ManufacturingNorth Atelier
North AtelierArchitect of record
Design

Media

Site photos & documentation

Cantilevered Oak & Blackened Steel Stair media 1
Cantilevered Oak & Blackened Steel Stair media 2
Cantilevered Oak & Blackened Steel Stair media 3

Vision board

References driving the design

Warm-minimal material palette
Warm-minimal material palette
Blackened-steel finish sample
Blackened-steel finish sample

Zoning & permits

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NYC R6B residential — interior alteration, no zoning variance required. DOB ALT-2 filing.

  • DOB ALT-2 filingApproved
  • Structural sign-off (PE)Approved

What's coming

Predicted from location, scope & typology

Project closed outAll filings signed off — no open compliance items.
Repeat-client likelihoodBrownstone gut-renos in this ZIP average 1.4 follow-on trade jobs.
Finish durabilityBlackened steel in high-touch stairs may need a re-wax in ~18 months.

Access & history

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v6 (final) · edited Apr 11 by Carrick Metalworks
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  • HomeownerViewer

Built for place

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100% complete
3 tribes on site

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Updates

Latest from the jobsite

Carrick Metalworks·Apr 09

Final install complete. Client walkthrough scheduled.

Apex Fabrication·Mar 22

Stringer delivered — powder-coat passed QC.

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