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架构师提供的文本描述。Brady Mallalieu建筑公司正在对伦敦律师事务所Brown Rudnick的梅菲尔办公室进行分阶段翻修，其中心是由EeStair设计和制造的中央中庭空间内一个引人注目的定制楼梯。

Text description provided by the architects. Brady Mallalieu Architects are carrying out the phased refurbishment of the offices of London law firm Brown Rudnick’s Mayfair office the centrepiece of which is an eye-catching bespoke staircase within the central atrium space, designed and manufactured by EeStairs.

这处被列为二级的房产曾是皇家土地测量师托马斯·沃克(Thomas Walker)的家，收藏了他大量的绘画作品，其中包括荷兰和意大利大师的作品。该物业最著名的特色是在入口大厅的墙壁和原石阶周围的一楼涂有油画壁画。这座大楼已经延伸到后面，有一座现代化的办公大楼，玻璃屋顶的中庭将计划的中心部分连接起来。布朗·鲁德尼克(Brown Rudnick)利用这个空间举办研讨会和大型团体会议，以及举办招待活动和社交聚会。所有这些用途都受到了房间里非常差的声学的影响，这些坚硬的反光表面造成了严重的混响问题。该空间还需要更直接地进入主要接待处进行公共活动，因为以前的路线是通过一个服务走廊区域。

The property, listed Grade 2, was once the home of Thomas Walker, Surveyor General of Crown Lands, and housed his extensive collection of paintings including a number by the Dutch and Italian masters. The most renowned feature in the property is the oil mural painted on the walls of the entrance hall and first floor around the original stone staircase. The building had been extended to the rear with a modern office building and the glass roofed atrium connects the two parts at the centre of the plan. Brown Rudnick use the space for seminars and larger group meetings as well as for hospitality events and social gatherings. All these uses were being compromised by very poor acoustics in the room, the hard, reflective surfaces causing harsh reverberation problems. The space also required a more direct access to the main reception for public functions as the previous route was through a service corridor area.

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解决声音问题的方法是在墙壁上安装声学木条系统，并通过安装从底层到中庭层的钢、黑白螺旋楼梯来解决这一问题，这也为房间增添了雕塑特色。墙板的顶部创造了一个强有力的水平基板围绕着房间的底层，我们不希望被楼梯的栏杆打破。因此，楼面上的栏杆部分是用玻璃制成的，这延续了下面钢结构的弯曲形式。EeStair能够安装一个透明的玻璃栏杆，使其成为主钢制栏杆。

The sound issue was tackled by panelling the walls with an acoustic timber batten system and the access issue was tackled by installing the steel, black and white spiral stair from ground floor down to Atrium level which also adds a sculptural feature to the room. The top of the wall panelling creates a strong horizontal datum around the room at ground floor level that we didn’t want broken by the balustrade of the stair. For this reason the section of the balustrade above floor level is made with glass which continues the curving form of the steel construction below. EeStairs were able install a TransParancy® glass balustrade that tapers into the main steel balustrade.

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“对我们来说，令人意外的是，中庭的楼梯和艺术品都有荷兰血统，毕竟是荷兰主人用来存放艺术品的建筑。虽然这个与过去建筑的简单联系似乎很小，但它将建筑的历史与当代的空间结合起来，“布朗·鲁德尼克(Brown Rudnick)的合伙人J·斯科特·伯恩斯说。

“For us there is certain serendipity that both the staircase and artwork, by Ditty Ketting, in the atrium have Dutch origins, after all the building used to house artwork by the Dutch masters. Although it may seem small this simple link to the buildings past unites the history of the building with this contemporary space,” says J Scott Burns, Managing Partner, Brown Rudnick.

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伯恩斯补充说：“我们所有的员工和客户现在都喜欢中庭，他们利用这里的空间进行会议和活动。”“几个小时后，这些家具被搬到了瑜伽和运动课上，我们甚至在中庭举办了食物、饮料和社交活动。”

“The atrium is now enjoyed by all our staff and clients who use the space for meetings and functions,” adds Burns. “After hours the furniture is moved to make way for yoga and exercise classes and we have even held food and drink and social events in the atrium.”

Architects Brady Mallalieu Architects

Location Clifford Street, Mayfair, London W1S, United Kingdom

Category Offices Interiors

Area 200.0 sqm

Project Year 2014

Photographs David Jensen Photography