Design & Build magazine March/April 2015

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“
The art of the staircase
is how it rides
next to the stone. It
has a great feel—
almost like you are
outside. The stone
wall rises three stories
alongside the staircase,
and is the same
stone as is outside. It’s
almost like there was
a villa standing here...
the stone goes all the
way to the ground.
“
~Jim Bankes, builder
Jim Bankes, Inc.
Cink ’ n Co ol
SSTEWART AND LISA CINK ARE FAMILY ORIENTED, furniture and the beautiful, winding limestone staircase adjacent
to a wall of dry-stacked Tennessee Flagstone, create a
their home designed to accommodate two growing boys while
PGA golfer Stewart Cink balances a demanding career with a
providing an inviting, comfortable space for family and friends. flowing, inviting space for living.
committed family life in a picture-perfect, post-modern contemporary
home inside the exclusive Sugarloaf Country Club neigh-
The flooring is mostly travertine. Categorized as a limestone house and could be a part of an elegant, old hotel in Europe.
Simple yet elegant, the Cink home is a masterpiece.
The staircase is one of the most impressive aspects of the
building material, it provides a softer, less formal look than other
materials such as granite or marble. The ceilings are devoid floor to the top of the home—the skirt board turning and twist-
Constructed of hand-cut limestone, it rises from the bottom
borhood in Duluth, Georgia. While most homes located in the
area are very traditional in design, the Cink residence has a comfortable,
California feel with a vibe of family being the center of
custom designed three-story, floating staircase create a singular a beautiful wrought iron and crystal chandelier at the top of
of moldings or ornate trims, however the soaring foyer and ing with the stairs as they rise to the upper story. Graced by
masterpiece in a house that is comprised of large spaces intersected
by interesting turns and turrets. Curved walls, rounded travertine steps were cut from solid slabs and angled to perthe
staircase, the weight of the structure seems immense. The
this unique home.
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Photos by Tai Nguyen