Starwood Residence

D’Hierro’s first phase in this house was the curved interior stair railing, completed in 2021. It follows a sweeping run and had to hold that curve without the pattern fighting the geometry underneath it.

It also set the vocabulary. Proportion, visual weight, the handling of an arc—decided once, in a stairwell, and answered to by the exterior later. A first commission does not have to anticipate the whole house. It has to be worth coming back to.

The full-arch opening wanted presence without weight. A slim iron framework keeps the geometry legible while the clear glass holds the foyer in view, and the bronze finish warms against light stone without stepping outside the palette.

Because it is a double-door composition, symmetry carries it. The vertical proportions, central meeting line, and arched head read as one gesture rather than two panels—a clear center from the street, restrained detail up close.

Above it, the balcony railing gives the upper façade a defined edge while staying open enough to show the architecture behind it, and the paired lanterns frame the arch. At dusk it resolves—warmth on the stone, the entry still holding as the focal point, the railing reading without going heavy.