The Slide: At the suggestion of the owners, we inserted a mirror polished stainless steel slide that coils down through all four levels of the penthouse.

The slide is entered through a circular hole cut in the seamless sloping glass partition at the south end of the Attic.

Visitors are invited to select a yellow cashmere blanket from the pile beside the entrance to speed their trip to the bottom….

The slide coils around a column and over the double-height guest bedroom. Interior designer Ghislaine Vinas installed a startling mural, inspired by Michael Jackson’s Neverland, in the only vertical wall in the room, scattering shards of saturated color along the mirror-polished surface.   The slide then slips through a second seamless glass window and out over the stair.  Windows in the slide admit natural light from the dormer windows and provide a fleeting vistas through the entire length of the penthouse.

A landing provides an opportunity to make a local stop at the third level or to re-enter the slide to continue the rest of the way down. 

The lower leg coils down through the ceiling and into the Library on the main level, suspended from a single point within the floor structure above. 

As it reaches the end, the helical tube flares out to create a distorted rectangular mirror which forms the wall of the Library and deposits the visitor back at the foot of the staircase.

For a more detailed look at SkyHouse please follow the links found in ‘skyhouse / chapter one’