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November 2011Cantilever Stone Staircase installed at Eaton square. London.

A nice cantilever stone staircase with metal reinforcement with fitting of the landings and steps in Portland limestone. 2 straight flights and 2 landings. Again a challenging access and deadline.

In project:

A 7 flights staircase in Portland Limestone with glass shaft in the stairwell.
This will the second cantilever stone staircases. Not far from Harrods. A very challenging environment. Tight deadline and a lot of coordinations.

In Cheshire, near Knustford not far from Chester. Another  stone staircase.
A superb 2 storeys self supporting stone staircase in Anstrude Limestone from Rocamat. This is a very nice and elegant stone work items instead of the not always nicely finish cast stone or reconstituted stone equivalent.

Winter is coming, Beware of the flues!  In retrofitting stone staircase always check the party wall and flues passage ways are then can be in the way. Please always get your supporting wall surveyed properly before requiring our assistance.

Handrail and spindles.
We can now provide the full package , from design to spindles and handrail with our partners Sylvanus in York and Borley Brother in Cambridge. We have also worked closely with Glass uk for Glass balustrading.

Stone staircase in the London design week.

Superbe installation in the Geometric staircase in St Paul cathedral, by Mr Pawson. as well a very interesting little project about cantilever stone staircases by engineers in Wales.

Please follow the link to the know more about the project. Visiting London coming from the north, please stop at the St pancreas Hotel and admire the recently refurbish Gran Staircase, a marvel of engineering!

Read more on this gran staircase here.

 

October 2011. The first flight of the Mayfair 5 flight natural stone staircase installed.

This cantilevered staircase from 3 supporting walls will be on site this month. Again in Central London. We have another 2 flights commissioned on the same property.

 

New Hall in Birmingham near Knwole: 3 flights stone staircase.

Curved cantilever staircases in French Limestone. A very nice little project in a new house designed by Robert Adam Architect.

 

September 2011. Glass house Stone staircase. Natural limestone. Portuguese. Moleanos, mocca cream.

A unique, and disconcerting staircase, very close to some of Escher work.

The design was in partnership with Webb and Yates engineer. This simple straight staircase is ideal for basement, or  lower ground floor or cellar. Easy to install, in 3 days all is in !! no n/eed for cladding.

The Architect was Glen Howell Partnership.

 

July 2011 Knightbridge

 

In a small mews installation,  of a simple and elegant yet classic stone staircase, floating  quietly.

This would be ideal again as a staircase leading to a basement.

A nice alternative to wood or heavy concrete structure or cast stone or reconstituted stone with standard measurment like Haddonstone.

 

 

May 2011 Post tension staircase in Holland park.

A first in the world, by Atelier 109 stone staircase.  A complete stone staircase with no supporting wall with a delicate throat. 80 mm !!!.

The stone used was Portland base bed from Albion stone. But we could have used Anstrude, or any massangis, or some hard burgundy limestone, but we had to go for Portland stone.

Staircases, steps and Artists

It is not only architects who design staircases, but stairs and steps have always been a source of inspirations to artist: Piranesi, Braque, William Blake, Sam-Szafran, and Fernand Leger, and recently Rachel Witheread, Edward Burn Jones, all took inspiration from staircases.

See below the gallery of pictures: (Click on the thumbnail to see a larger view)

Atelier 109 Ltd was pleased to know that Edward Lyutens Castle Drogo was going to have its roof redone. As a stone masonry lover, we can only dream of his proposal for the Liverpool Cathedral in submitted in the circa 1920…

Do not forget to watch the Henri Moore Documentary on BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rm3g3

 

Next commission maybe ….

The Tate Britain Gallery, after exhibiting the Rachel Whiteread sketches, is up for modernization, and guess what ? there is a fantactic massive Portland stone ( Jordan or base bed) staircase or spiral stone stairs right in the middle ( well, we think it is !). Architect Caruso St John will start design soon and we hope to get in touch to have the opportunity to work on one of his project. See pictures and link.

www.architectsjournal.co.uk

Atelier 109 specialist in stone spiral and helicoidal stairs has always been a big admirer of the work of Eladio Dieste, its superb barrel vaults.

We would love to work on some stone vaults, dome, cupola, and groins and ribs vaults. Mixing modern design and past knowledge .

Health and safety

Dismantling a stone cantilever stair can be very dangerous, check out this link from the Health and Safety.
www.hse.gov.uk and www.naturalstonespecialist.com

What ever work you start with a load bearing stone masonry, get in touch with your local stone mason and structural engineer.

To comply and understand better its workshop environment, we have commissioned Jeremy Carter Associates to write a report on health and safety at our yard, to monitor of noise and stone dust. www.jcaltd.co.uk

To close the chapter on disaster, Atelier 109 Ltd stone masonry specialist, as been asked to price for the replacement of complete flight of Portland steps. This stone cantilevered stair has been badly damage by the fire. We hope to get awarded this unusual stone staircase retrofitting in Central London, St Georges square.

London Stone Show February 2011

The stone show is in town, but Atelier 109 LTD will be visiting only to get some information about stone sourcing, and lifting devices even if most of them are done in house.

www.stoneshow.co.uk

Atelier 109 Ltd stone staircases specialist updates on projects this year:

Middland project near Birmingham. Knowles.
Atelier 109 Ltd has started to issue technical drawing for 4 spiral stone staircases, 3 cantilever stone stairs. Status: Drawings.

London Central. Bedford Square.
Atelier 109 LTD stone masonry will be retro-fitting a 3 rd flight in French limestone, a spiral stone staircase which will have to be completed in 4 weeks on site, including handrail and spindles !!! Status: Drawings.

London Central. Cadogan Square.
A superbe stone staircase, post tensioned in Portland limestone, with paneled soffite !
Status: Tender.

London Central. Holland Park stone staircase. Post tension.
Atelier 109 ltd has commissioned AHE hydraulics to work with them for the post tensioning of the first stone staircase load bearing in Portland Jordan bed with no supporting wall.
http://www.allenhyd.co.uk/

Geneva. Switzerland.
A 2 flight stone staircases with no supporting wall again. This would be a fantastic opportunity to re do a post tension stone masonry project. Status: Tender.

Find where our work is on flick’r !

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42472672@N06/map/

 

Atelier 109 abroad this year ?

We are hoping to get involved in stonework for bow windows (restoration and complete new ones) in the Leicester area. We have also had some interest for the supply of our stone cantilever staircases in Ireland, in the US and Canada (Montreal and Toronto).

We are planning to broaden our horizon by marketing our fireplaces and staircases in Norway and Denmark. We might even try to market our marble and limestone staircases and stonework for the Quatar and Abu Dhabi region in order to promote the use of French limestone and stone in contemporary architecture.

If you would like to receive examples of our latest designs please email us a request and we will send you a PDF brochure.

Stone staircase, even a beautiful spiral stone staircase are not only use to go from one floor to another but can be a beautiful backdrop for photoshoot as per this picture featured in Wallpaper magazine.

October 2010- marble staircase

The craftmen from Atelier 109 Ltd have been working in stone masonry and involved in retrofiting a marble staircase. We have been quoting for some work retrofitting spiral and straight flight stone staircases.

September 2010 - Palladian staircase and spiral staircase completed in Warwickshire

And another one: a massive palladian staircase, scattered soffite, 3 flight of French limestone steps with astragale. Plus a spiral staircase wrapping around a stone core in a circular stone tower. All this was completed for a private residence in Warwickshire this month.

We will also be fixing a fabulous load-bearing stone staircase, landing and stone balcony in London next to Holland Park, home of so many gorgeous neo-Georgian houses.

Next to Hampstead, we will be fitting a new contemporary stone staircase with a complete new soffite design, looking like a folded piece of paper. One or two stone spiral staircases are on the program for the next few months.

August 2010 - New Exhibition Area open

Atelier 109 Ltd now has a new exhibition area to show the range of stone available, from Portland Perryfield, from Albion quarry, Jordan whitbed and basebed used for cantilevered stone staircases to the Saint Maximin limestone used for stone fireplace in natural stone. The exhibition allows us to illustrate the different soffite available: smooth, straight, ogee etc… Most of the models are designed for a straight stone staircase but are easily used for a spiral stone staircase.

Again we are using new stone, such as Mirabelle stone, mocca cream, Botticino and Jerusalem stone. We are looking at Chandore stone and Cabouca stone. We are aiming to demonstrate how superior the natural stone is compared to rather crude reconstituted stone or cast stone.

We will be soon exhibiting some stone mullion windows and stone fireplaces, stone door frames and stone pediments or cornices. Atelier109 Ltd staff ( plus friends and partners from Drafex stone fitting) took part in the Charity Dragon Boat Race in Cambridge to raise money to EACH charity. Unfortunately, we finished 23 rd of this Cambridge leg. We hope we will do better in the Cambridge area for all the stone work there: porticos, windows doors and fireplaces in local limestone, French limestone, Portland limestone, Jordan whitbed and basebed.

July 2010 - creation of stonework models

To keep on demonstrating the range of possibilities for natural stone, Atelier 109 Ltd, specialist in stonework and stonemasonry products, have created models in the old tradition of the gothic , renaissance and classical and even palladian architecture styles. Many of thess models have survived in cathedral workshops or contractors' archive rooms.

We are currently working on some models of spiral stone staircase and helicoidale stone staircases (using Portland limestone, Jordan whitbed and basebed). This modelling process allows the stone masons working on the pre-project to spot any potential production problems and to improve the final design.

We are also producing a stone frame window, architrave and cornice as a stone replica.

      

We are soon to release a new type of spiral staircase for use in contemporary settings.

 Stonework in London.

To make a very small difference to the polluted London environment Atelier109 Ltd has decided do join the Barclays bicycles scheme across London. For all surveys and meetings for the work in London (mostly stone cantilever staircases) we will be using the bicycle... one step to a more sustainable world … with natural limestone French or English.

June 2010 - New installation of a stone staircases (cantilever, hanging or penchbeck stairs)

In Sussex and Surrey, Atelier 109 has been very active creating cantilever stone staircases and stone masonry for new builds.

We produced new stone steps for a limestone staircase near Guildford.

Atelier109 Ltd are specialists in cantilevered stairs and palladian stone work. We also supply the spindles, balustrading and curved handrails. So from local Clipsham and Ketton stone to Gloucestershire, Doulting stone and the well known Bath stone we create complete cantilever stone staircases.

See more examples of our cantilever staircases projects in our gallery.

May 2010 - New-build classical orangery completed

Finished ! the new build stone house project, modeled on classical architecture is now finished in Bruxelles.

Once again Atelier 109 delivered on time and on budget. We are very happy to have delivered such a fine building from its decorated stone arches and vaults with its tall stone window frames.

Unfortunately the main hall staircase will be stone cladding.

The client will be moving into the new Orangery as soon as the french limestone floor has been laid using beautiful massangis limestone, and comblanchien.

See more images of this classical style orangery in our stone new-build gallery.

March 19th: Atelier 109- stone staircase specialist will feature in the Mastercrafts program with Monty Don, on BBC2 at 9 pm on Friday the 19 of March.

As specialists in cantilever stone staircases, Atelier 109 was invited to appear on the programme to demonstrate modery stone masonery techniques. Learn more on Atelier 109's stone staircases on Mastercrafts.

February 2010: Botticini Marble & Jerusalem Stone Staircases

Atelier 109 ltd, the stone staircases specialist, have completed 2 stone cantilever staircases, one in Botticino marble, an elliptical spiral stairwell of 22 steps with massive stone landing in Olslo and one in Jerusalem stone, 17 stone steps, with polished stone winders in Cheshire near Manchester and Liverpool.

Both projects were completed on time and within budget. These 2 penchbecks or hanging staircases, makes Atelier 109 Ltd a leader in the massive stone staircases market.

Atelier 109 will be starting work on a 3-flight Portland limestone staircase in London in March, along with a Georgian stone stairwell with moulded soffite for a private house in Hampshire in French limestone marble. Again Atelier 109 Ltd will be working in the south of London area having last year completed 2 staircases in Sussex and Surrey.

 

Sustainability in Staircase Manufacture:

Atelier 109 ltd will now be shipping all their stone steps for their cantilever stone staircase, spiral or straight flights with wooden shave rope instead of the polystirene.

This material can be reused or can just be left to rot or burn like wood logs and so is sustainable.

New contract for stone staircases.

Atelier 109 Ltd has been awarded 2 new contracts:
A double dog leg stone staircase in Portland limestone, in London, Knightbridge, 56 steps, and a bespoke stone staircase in Guildford 17 steps with a massive landing. The stone is not yet chosen, but Atelier 109 ltd will get the fitting of the balustrading.

Norway Project - Boticcino staircase in Oslo:

Fitting of elliptical of a Boticcino stone staircase with stone landing. All the  steps are shipped to Oslo and we will start fitting the stone steps in January 2010.

Balustrading for Art Francais.

Atelier109 ltd is going to work with Art Francais, wood staircase specialist, for the balustrading and handrail of all their bespoke cantilever stone staircases.

A broader range of limestone and marble for our steps and stone stairs.

Atelier 109 Ltd will offer their limestone stairs in the following stone on top of the already offered ones:

•  French limestone
•  pierre de Senons
•  Italian limestone boticcino
•  Jerusalem stone

All will be part of our new catalogue.  Alongside  English limestone, Cadeby stone is added to the  Portland stone, and  Clipsham. All these materials have been selected for their durability and quality for use in cantilever stone staircases.

New Build Stone work on French Orangery:

Our team of fixers have worked hard to finish the new build iin French limestone in Belgium.

All stone arches and stones architrave and windows are now in place.

Scaffold should be going down in February 2010.

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