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Stepping It Up: 15 Spectacularly Sculptural Modern Staircases

31 Jan

[ By SA Rogers in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ]

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More than just a means of advancing from one level of a building to the next, staircases are an opportunity for drama and sculptural flair, like a permanent art installation built into the structure. Spiraling toward skylights, carved into a building’s exterior or planted with lush gardens, these incredible modern staircases are the defining feature of the houses, museums and offices the occupy.

Experimentarium by CEBRA, Denmark

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This incredible 328-foot-long helix staircase by CEBRA at one of Denmark’s top science centers is made of 160 tons of steel and 10 tons of copper, spiraling up through the four-story atrium.

Salvador Dali Museum by HOK, St. Petersburg, Florida

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At HOK’s Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, a stunning surrealist design befitting the artist being honored contains a spiral staircase that curls up toward the skylight even when the stairs end, like a vine stretching toward the sun.

Victoria & Albert Museum Stairs by Stuart Haygarth, London

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Pieces of colorful framing typically used to frame art in museums becomes art in and of itself in this staircase installation by UK designer Stuart Haygarth at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Nearly 2,000 feet of cut-off framing pieces are joined, sanded and painted “to create a work akin in 3D graffiti on a traditional staircase reminiscent of the yellow brick road in ‘The Wizard of Oz,”” as the designer explains.

Interrobang Building by Bang by Min, Seoul

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Rarely is a modern structure – particularly one shaped like a tower – so defined from outside by its exterior staircases. The firm Bang by Min ‘carved’ a staircase into the concrete block of the Interrobang mixed-use building in Seoul.

The Living Staircase by Paul Cocksedge

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Commissioned for the creative office development Ampersand in London, ‘The Living Staircase’ by Paul Cocksedge features integrated planting areas along the balustrade as a functional garden.

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Suspended Staircases: 18 Hanging Stair & Tread Sets

Cantilevered from the wall, made from heavy steel, concrete or glass, these stair treads seem unfettered by the laws of physics, hovering in the air. All manner of engineering tricks were used to …

Walk on the Wild (Out)side: 14 Stunning Exterior Staircases

Some are so steep they’re nearly vertical. Some cantilever from a wall ten stories off the ground, with no handrail. Some lead to the roofs of houses, while others lead nowhere at all. These 14 …

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Weekly Photography Challenge – Spiral Staircases

14 May

Fibonacci sequence, the golden mean, the golden ratio – a series of numbers recognized and named after an Italian mathematician. If you look around it’s everywhere, in nature and man-made things.

Mark Strozier

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In this week’s challenge we’re going to concentrate on the latter, specifically spiral staircases.

Weekly Photography Challenge – Spiral Staircases

As you go about your daily life be on the lookout for spiral staircases. Got an appointment – take the stairs instead of the elevator and see what you can find. Look in historic buildings, museums, churches, on fire escapes, industrial buildings, and architecturally interesting structures.

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Read: Divine Composition With Fibonacci’s Ratio (The Rule of Thirds on Steroids)

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32 Dizzying Images of Spiral Staircases

13 May

Composition is an important part of photography. You may have heard of the Rule of Thirds, or even the Fibonacci sequence (aka the golden mean). It is something that appears in nature often (think spiral sea shells) and which man imitates almost instinctively.

Check out some of these images of grand spiral staircases and see if you can’t see similarities. The symmetry, and unique properties, the math!

Howard Ignatius

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Christopher Chan

By Christopher Chan

Shawn Harquail

By Shawn Harquail

Don McCullough

By Don McCullough

Riccardo Cuppini

By Riccardo Cuppini

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By Capture99

János Korom Dr.

By János Korom Dr.

Thomas Hawk

By Thomas Hawk

Jeremy Brooks

By Jeremy Brooks

Roger Jones

By Roger Jones

Frank Kehren

By Frank Kehren

Robin Jaffray

By Robin Jaffray

Artur Salisz

By Artur Salisz

Simon Holliday

By Simon Holliday

Gert Swillens

By Gert Swillens

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By VanessaC (EY)

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Craig Wilkinson

By Craig Wilkinson

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Timothy Neesam

By Timothy Neesam

Garen M.

By Garen M.

Scott Schiller

By Scott Schiller

Jeff Oliver

By Jeff Oliver

Dustin Gaffke

By Dustin Gaffke

Gabriel Caparó

By Gabriel Caparó

Thomas Hawk

By Thomas Hawk

Bernd Thaller

By Bernd Thaller

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Slide & Hide: Stealth Staircases Save Space in Micro-Suites

17 Aug

[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ]

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Maximizing usable space in a series of compact short-term apartments, these retractable steps slip back into a wall, all but disappearing beneath lofted bedroom areas when not needed. Drawers and other storage slots are designed around the dimensions of the zigzag shape created by the profile of the stairs while the railing above sits flush with the bedroom space divider.

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Driving these space-saving retrofits is a desire to make hotel rooms feel more like homes, particularly since many guests of Zoku in Amsterdam end up staying for longer than a typical traveler would.

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Each of the 133 units (270 square feet each) redesigned by Concrete features a similar set of unconventional amenities: a secret desk tucked beneath the bed, a slatted wood divider providing both privacy and light to the bedroom area above, hidden stairs that slide into the wall for access and a pair of suspended gymnast hoops hanging from the ceiling.

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A combination of black and white, wood and bamboo, ceramic and organic elements help the spaces feel more variegated, like a house populated with individual furnishings and objects over time rather than a place made by a corporate hotel.

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From the owners and architects: “A room at Zoku is much more than just a hotel room. It is a spacious micro-apartment. As space is becoming scarcer in urban areas, the way we use it sustainably to meet long-term accommodation requirements is more and more relevant. Smart solutions that create the opportunity to use less square metres and facilitate 24/7 multifunctional use are needed.”

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A Step Above The Rest: 15 Spectacular Modern Staircases

16 Jun

[ By Steph in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ]

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Going far beyond their practical function of connecting one level of an interior to the next, these modern staircase designs make a striking statement, often doubling as a sculptural element or offering some other additional purpose. Some act as amphitheater seats, some have built-in gardens and some simply steal the spotlight no matter what else is in the room.

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Inspired by the ‘circles and ovals’ that make up Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, this amphitheater-style staircase stands as the heat of an adult learning center in Denmark by architecture studio CEBRA. The lines of the multi-functional staircase echo those of the curving white balconies that jut out into the atrium at every level.

Glossy Spiral Stairs in a Modular Library

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Soaring 115 feet toward the elevated ceiling, this glossy white building-within-a-building adds a library to a modern medical research center at a Rotterdam hospital. It basically functions like one very big bookcase within the large open space, featuring spiraling staircases on either end.

4-Story Living Staircase

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A garden, tea bar and library can be found within a stunning four-story spiraling staircase by designer Paul Cocksedge at the Ampersand office building for creative technology businesses in London. Designed to encourage interaction between workers, it features a different function at every level, including a small curated selection of books on the first floor. Pick your own mint from the garden boxes along the railing to make tea at a hot water machine once you’ve reached the top.

Floating Staircase in an All-Black Room

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The warm wood lining the interior of this floating staircase by Hidden Fortress makes it glow against the black surfaces of a Berlin concept store, giving it the feel of an optical illusion. The maritime pine used throughout the store is left in its natural state upstairs, so the staircase serves as a visual connection to the next level as well as a literal one.

Partially Suspended Staircase

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Italian architecture firm Francesco Librizzi Studio suspends most of a white-framed staircase from the stairwell, making it seem as if it’s supported by nothing but the walls. A separate section stands on its own at ground level. The designers were trying to use the stairs as a narrative scheme, asking questions like “Can a staircase tell us that time passes and children grow up?”

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