This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

This beautiful U-shaped staircase sits at the heart of this countryside retreat. Dark-stained oak treads and handrails pair with striking black metal balusters, while bright white risers provide crisp contrast throughout. The dramatic interplay between dark wood, black metal, and white creates a bold statement that transforms the entrance into a showcase for modern engineering and timeless materials. 1976-2026 © Century Stair Company

Plattform is an architecturally designed infill home in the heart of Highland Park. Built to meet Passive House standards and to offer the perfect balance of modern design and traditional neighborhood charm. The interior spaces are open and flooded with light. The house has three bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. There is a walk-in closet and luxury master bath adjacent to the master bedroom that occupies the top floor. The master bedroom has a Juliet balcony and is down the hall from a roof terrace that overlooks the neighborhood. There are two bedrooms with a laundry and shared bath on the second floor. A living room opens out to the yard and deck. The open floor plan also has a kitchen with island seating and dining room.

Plattform is an architecturally designed infill home in the heart of Highland Park. Built to meet Passive House standards and to offer the perfect balance of modern design and traditional neighborhood charm. The interior spaces are open and flooded with light. The house has three bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. There is a walk-in closet and luxury master bath adjacent to the master bedroom that occupies the top floor. The master bedroom has a Juliet balcony and is down the hall from a roof terrace that overlooks the neighborhood. There are two bedrooms with a laundry and shared bath on the second floor. A living room opens out to the yard and deck. The open floor plan also has a kitchen with island seating and dining room.

Plattform is an architecturally designed infill home in the heart of Highland Park. Built to meet Passive House standards and to offer the perfect balance of modern design and traditional neighborhood charm. The interior spaces are open and flooded with light. The house has three bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. There is a walk-in closet and luxury master bath adjacent to the master bedroom that occupies the top floor. The master bedroom has a Juliet balcony and is down the hall from a roof terrace that overlooks the neighborhood. There are two bedrooms with a laundry and shared bath on the second floor. A living room opens out to the yard and deck. The open floor plan also has a kitchen with island seating and dining room.

Plattform is an architecturally designed infill home in the heart of Highland Park. Built to meet Passive House standards and to offer the perfect balance of modern design and traditional neighborhood charm. The interior spaces are open and flooded with light. The house has three bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. There is a walk-in closet and luxury master bath adjacent to the master bedroom that occupies the top floor. The master bedroom has a Juliet balcony and is down the hall from a roof terrace that overlooks the neighborhood. There are two bedrooms with a laundry and shared bath on the second floor. A living room opens out to the yard and deck. The open floor plan also has a kitchen with island seating and dining room.

Plattform is an architecturally designed infill home in the heart of Highland Park. Built to meet Passive House standards and to offer the perfect balance of modern design and traditional neighborhood charm. The interior spaces are open and flooded with light. The house has three bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. There is a walk-in closet and luxury master bath adjacent to the master bedroom that occupies the top floor. The master bedroom has a Juliet balcony and is down the hall from a roof terrace that overlooks the neighborhood. There are two bedrooms with a laundry and shared bath on the second floor. A living room opens out to the yard and deck. The open floor plan also has a kitchen with island seating and dining room.

Plattform is an architecturally designed infill home in the heart of Highland Park. Built to meet Passive House standards and to offer the perfect balance of modern design and traditional neighborhood charm. The interior spaces are open and flooded with light. The house has three bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. There is a walk-in closet and luxury master bath adjacent to the master bedroom that occupies the top floor. The master bedroom has a Juliet balcony and is down the hall from a roof terrace that overlooks the neighborhood. There are two bedrooms with a laundry and shared bath on the second floor. A living room opens out to the yard and deck. The open floor plan also has a kitchen with island seating and dining room.

This 3 story home, built in the early ‘90’s, was badly in need of an update. Its dark, heavy looking finishes and a boring slog of a stair, topped by an undersized, half-hearted skylight, made this unique, shallow-plan home with good access to light and air feel nonetheless gloomy and uninviting. Lincoln Lighthill Architect gutted the house and rebuilt the main stair, with a custom steel guardrail and large, rolling, retractable skylight at its summit. An additional 4th stair flight leads up and through the full-width opening to a new roof deck with cantilevered glass guardrails and panoramic downtown views. Back inside, a light, minimalist palette and some key plan changes transform the home into an open, light-filled space.

Plattform is an architecturally designed infill home in the heart of Highland Park. Built to meet Passive House standards and to offer the perfect balance of modern design and traditional neighborhood charm. The interior spaces are open and flooded with light. The house has three bedrooms and two and half bathrooms. There is a walk-in closet and luxury master bath adjacent to the master bedroom that occupies the top floor. The master bedroom has a Juliet balcony and is down the hall from a roof terrace that overlooks the neighborhood. There are two bedrooms with a laundry and shared bath on the second floor. A living room opens out to the yard and deck. The open floor plan also has a kitchen with island seating and dining room.