
BENJAMIN BENSCHNEIDER / THE SEATTLE TIMES
The Beauty of Basic | Thrilling Restraint
A central concrete blade supports not only the stairs and the steel beams seen here, but also the roof. The building materials star as themselves: steel, concrete and fir. The concrete floor is heated and covered with a micro-topping that was applied with a trowel. The chair is an Alvar Aalto design, from Inform Interiors. The miniature reproduction of the same chair on the bookcase was a gift.