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Side view of the staircase
in the T/PorTwo Residence.
Photos © Wiebenson & Dorman Architects PC/JT Roy
Washingtonian Detail Award

T/PorTwo Residence Staircase
Washington, VA

Wiebenson & Dorman
Architects PC
Structural Engineers: JGK Structural Engineers
Interior Designers: Carey Reid Kirk Inc.
General Contractors: Hampton & Massie Construction

“This one,” said juror Natalye Appel, FAIA, LEED AP, “uses
simple, almost off-the-shelf elements, but is detailed so elegantly.”
For a weekend house in Rappahannock County, Virginia,
Wiebenson & Dorman Architects PC looked to vernacular buildings
for inspiration: barns, lookout towers, and old farmhouses and
slave quarters. The stair’s material vocabulary is drawn from these
Detail view of the connections
of the stair treads to the side wall. HEAVENLY STAIRWAYS 83