Casa Bahia Residence Coconut Grove

Joe Fletcher and Claudia Uribe photography. The 2 floating staircases, connecting the ground floor to the second floor, were designed to look like stacked legos. In order to achieve this from a builder’s standpoint was very challenging. There were 20 + stairs to build on each staircase, with four sided natural stone finish. These required a whole lot of mitered corners and therefore, laser focused attention to detail. The handrails on these staircases are low iron glass built directly into the stone for a seamless look. The strategy behind the build of these staircases was foundationally very important. We needed to ensure stability and durability and so the internal structural plan and execution was just as important as the seamlessness of the finishes.