This contemporary stone home had a unique way of bringing the outside in. Two stone walls turned in towards each other, making a ten foot wide alley.
The idea was to put a wall of glass there to separate the inside from out. Our solution was to build a sub frame of white oak and clad it with aromatic red cedar. The glass is 1/2” insulated , lo UV .
Not sure that the cedar would hold its stability, we decided to make the door and side lite parts in the stave core or engineered stile method. The cores of the parts are of quarter-sawn Spanish cedar, clad with 1/8” aromatic red cedar flitches and 3/4” solid edges.
The unique handles are hexagonal in cross section with an inlaid walnut accent stripe. The handles are mounted on custom-made brass standoffs, with Gaboon ebony plugs to hide the set screws.

This was a wonderful project. While Wally was building cabinetry for the job, Marc fabricated and carved 7 gothic transoms for Trinity Church at the foot of Broadway in New York.
The anti rooms were dark and working with the New York Historical Society we designed new interior sash to replace the solid panels above the doors. The originals had carved sash on the outside applied to solid panels (as seen in the first picture above).
Working with solid white oak the sub frames were built and carved, then the “rope” molding was carved and applied. Interior casings and drip sills were also made.
On site, the existing panels were cut out and routed to accept ½” thermopane glass, which was sandwiched between the old and new.
There were so many hand cut nails in the panels, several router bits were destroyed in the process.
It broke our hearts to see this wonderful old historic church covered in ashes after the attacks of 9/11/01.

These elliptical entryway doors are made from spanish cedar. The raised panels are actually pairs of back to back raised panels, in order to prevent cracking from the difference in temperature on the inside and outside of the house.

Doors and windows have been our focus for some time now, having built hundreds between the two of us. Whether it’s an arched top, a bowed front, or a traditional crossbuck door, we’ve done it.

Here are some 12 foot tall gothic arch doors made of antique oak. They feature full stained glass sidelights, and hinged panels.