Wooden Origami
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
September 2, 2010
Japanese house on many levels all served by stair hidden behind angled timber partitions. Due to the angles it appears that the timber walls have been folded.
Archive for the ‘timber stairs’ Category
Library Stairs
Category: space saving stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
August 24, 2010
This steal & wooden cantilevered stairs include a library : one step for pocket books two stairs for bigger ones… Via Wild Rabbits
Tower, bookshelf and stair
Category: timber stairs
August 16, 2010
If you have the space and the books, then why not. Click on the link to see more Via Fubiz
Stunning Sustainable
Category: floating stairs / timber stairs
August 13, 2010
Bamboo staircase supported by raking vertical fins. Via EeStairs and EeDesign
Timber Wall, Floating treads
Category: floating stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
July 26, 2010
Simple but elegant multi flight staircase supported by timber clad wall. Via Archdaily
Tetris treads
Category: timber stairs
July 21, 2010
This staircase in a gymnasium has a tetris vibe about it.
Suspended treads
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
July 19, 2010
Excellent example of suspended treads. Rods also form balustrade. Via Archdaily
Simply Timber
Category: timber stairs
June 30, 2010
Elegant use of timber as structure and balustrade. Via contemporist
Table and chair stair
Category: miscellaneous / timber stairs
June 11, 2010
Something between a shelf and a ladder, the form of the stair can serve as permanent home for plants or a temporary place for a book or a drink.
Don’t hide the steel
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
June 1, 2010
The space required a thoughtful stair link to incorporate adjacent design elements with the desire for a strong geometric pattern.
Jenga Stair
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
May 21, 2010
Hopefully this is a bit more stable than a jenga tower.
Shelf Stair
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
May 20, 2010
We have posted a few of these in the past and this is another fine example of storage and staircase combined.
Bowling Down the Stairs
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
May 13, 2010
Salvaged bowling alley material framed in steel evokes a single family home’s previous incarnation as a four lane bowling alley
Curling treads
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
May 12, 2010
Nice detail on this flight of stairs into the living quarters of a yacht.
Water-Cooled House by Wallflower Architects
Category: helical stairs / timber stairs
May 5, 2010
Helical stair with timber treads and handrail. Via thecoolist.com
Vitra Haus by Herzog & de Meuron
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
April 28, 2010
When stairs collide
The Anatomy of Cool
Category: helical stairs / timber stairs
April 20, 2010
Continuing a vague theme of black stairs, here is a helical stair with treads that appear to float
Casa em Lousado by Correia Ragazzi
Category: floating stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
April 15, 2010
Unusual horizontal steel balustrade, but looks gives the stair some dynamic.
La Finca 4 House in Somosaguas by A-cero
Category: cantilevered stairs / floating stairs / glass stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
April 14, 2010
Nice simple timber treads stainless steel stringer and glass balustrade staircase
Deco inspired in Rye NY
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
March 29, 2010
An endless light show is created as the hidden LED’s scroll through all the colors of the rainbow, or choose a color to suit your mood for the evening. This Deco inspired staircase has a pattern sandblasted into the glass railings with black walnut and stainless handrails, black walnut treads and stringers of brushed and polished stainless. www.stevemorrisdesigns.com
Roche Residence / Atelier Archiplein
Category: floating stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
March 18, 2010
A birds nest style stair with seemingly little holding it up. Via Archdaily
Pentagon, skeleton staircase
Category: helical stairs / timber stairs
March 12, 2010
This wonderfull staircase is the rebuilding or imitation of a backbone.
Please see nice other designs on www.sillertreppen.com
Kauri Log Staircase
Category: timber stairs
February 16, 2010
It took 500 hours to carve this extraordinary staircase from a 50 tonne section of an ancient Kauri tree. Read more at Ancient Kauri Kingdom
Tree stair
Category: floating stairs / timber stairs
February 10, 2010
Centre piece is a cherry tree, which extends through the floor and emerges as the newel post above. The steel support work was custom fabricated, the mahogany handrail was fabricated in place. The stair treads are custom made of spalted white birch, all cut from the same log. The log was cut into 2″ thick [...]
Art Institute of Chicago – The Modern Wing
Category: glass stairs / metal stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
February 4, 2010
Large staircase with minimal steelwork suspended. Via Architonic
Acqua Liana
Category: glass stairs / helical stairs / metal stairs / timber stairs
January 29, 2010
Suspended helical stair, which accounts for tiny stringers. Beneath the glass floor is a tiled lotus pond.Via Palm Beach Daily
Hall Tobin Stair by Sam Crawford Architects
Category: cantilevered stairs / dog-leg stairs / metal stairs / timber stairs
January 28, 2010
photography by Brett Boardman
EeStairs trappen special: Sculpural staircase on Mega-Yacht
Category: cantilevered stairs / glass stairs / helical stairs / timber stairs
January 26, 2010
An ‘EeStairs trappen special’, this sculptural helical staircase was installed in the Mega-Yacht NorthLander. It winds up 3 flights to the upper-deck where it terminates in a self sealing glass structure. This unusual stair was supplied by Dutch company ‘EeStairs’. As they say in Holland ‘Trappen met uitstraling en allure’.
Julia Stoschek house-museum in Düsseldorf
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
January 15, 2010
Timber treads and rises with grain in different direction to the norm. Via Architonic.com
Jozef Health Center Deventer, the Netherlands
Category: dog-leg stairs / timber stairs
January 14, 2010
With the transformation of a 50’s monastery building into a health center, One Architect had to find a way to open up a closed building. The solution was erecting a central staircase in the original chapel opening up all the wings of the building. Made of wood, the staircase resembles a piece of ‘church furniture’. [...]
Büro.Loft F27
Category: cantilevered stairs / floating stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
January 13, 2010
Graz / Steiermark | Österreich | Realisiert 2009
by Schlosser + Partner
Photo Croce+Wir
found at ArchiTonic
Evolver / Alice Studio
Category: ramps / timber stairs
January 6, 2010
Timber spiral ramp in Switzerland. Via Dezeen
Vila N / SYAA
Category: glass stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
January 4, 2010
Simple straight flight with sandblasted glass panels. Via Archdaily
The Studio of Bark Design Architects
Category: glass stairs / metal stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
January 4, 2010
Desk, storage and staircase all combined into one. Via contemporist
The Torres House by GLR Arquitectos
Category: cantilevered stairs / metal stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
December 23, 2009
This cantilevered straight stair projects from the building allowing views of the gardens. The stair is enclosed in glass to protect users from the elements. Via contemporist
Horten Headquarters
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
December 18, 2009
Several staircases in a circular opening. Love the way they criss-cross. Via +mood
The Julliard School / Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
December 15, 2009
A lecture theatre and staircase combined in a school, NYC. Via archdaily
The Butler Residence by PATH Architecture
Category: cantilevered stairs / floating stairs / timber stairs
November 24, 2009
Cool stair with balustrade made from steel rods that also support the treads.
contemporist
Switch Building / nArchitects
Category: cantilevered stairs / glass stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
November 4, 2009
Cantilevered stair by nArchitects via Plataforma Arquitectura
Triangle House OSB Stair
Category: timber stairs
October 26, 2009
A clever stair with nicely optimised winding treads in a contemporary Norwegian Home by Jarmund/Vigsnæs. Via e-architect
Californian timber stairs
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
October 15, 2009
Wide flight with closed risers leading into a narrower open riser stair supported by a full height partition. Designed by Predock Frane Architects via Contemporist
Leonardo Rings, by EeDesign.co.uk
Category: helical stairs / metal stairs / miscellaneous / timber stairs
September 30, 2009
EeDesign
Edge grain fir stairs
Category: timber stairs
September 23, 2009
A modern, edge grain fir open riser 2 floor S curve staircase just finished in Canada. The staircase was inspired in part by the many remaining mine shafts in the area that are left over from the days of mining silver in the early 1900s.
Builder: Neil McBriar of Habitat Custom
Photo: Bryce Duffy
Stairs at the Ecological Children Activity and Education Center
Category: timber stairs
September 17, 2009
“The 6 star hotel resort Soneva Kiri is located on Koh Kood, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. At this unique site, 24H>architecture designed a series of ecological icons to contribute to Six Senses’ high ambitions in design and ecology. Most prominent is The Children Activity and Learning Centre, which will provide visiting children [...]
OSB Stairs
Category: timber stairs
September 15, 2009
Oliver Uhrig sent me some pics of these great stairs: He says: “We are 4 artists working with photos in Munich, Germany. We were inspired by your site, and today we finished the stair in our new studio. The whole stair is made out of OSB. Our studio is called “BOX|MIT|LOCH” – this is German [...]
Compensated Stairs
Category: timber stairs
September 13, 2009
“I designed and built this compensated stair (”escalera compensada” in Spanish) in order to offer the gentlest possible slope within a very tight available space. While the overall stair trajectory follows a simple “L”, the treads are actually slightly fan-shaped in plan. As with a spiral stair, the trajectory is less steep at the exterior [...]
Wooden spiral stairs with curved edges
Category: spiral stairs / timber stairs
September 11, 2009
Architectural Stairs and Products, Ltd., Tucson, Arizona
Butcher Block Stairs
Category: timber stairs
August 27, 2009
Clayton Street Residence, San Francisco, Ca.
“A solid butcher-block stairway and bridge was built using salvaged floorboards from the existing attic floor.”
Mork-Ulnes Design
Flying Stairs
Category: dog-leg stairs / floating stairs / timber stairs
August 25, 2009
An oak and glass combination of open treads mortised into self supporting engineered strings with flying landings and ‘Harmony’ fixed glass.
Kevala Stairs
Lots of grand staircases by Treadsetters
Category: spiral stairs / timber stairs
August 25, 2009
Treadsetters
East Side Duplex Stairs
Category: metal stairs / timber stairs
August 22, 2009
“This was an apartment combination in which we added the stair in the original living room.”
Image: Bilyana Dimitrova
Studio ST Architects
West Village Duplex Stairs
Category: metal stairs / timber stairs
August 22, 2009
“We replaced an existing stair and added a new skylight over the new stair.”
Image: Bilyana Dimitrova
Studio ST Architects
Bachelor Duplex Stairs
Category: spiral stairs / timber stairs
August 22, 2009
“This was an existing stair; we stripped the treads and hand rail to create a clean new look.”
Image: Andrew Garn
Studio ST Architects
Hangover Stairs by Jan Korbes
Category: metal stairs / space saving stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009
Complett
Staircase at Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Category: spiral stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009
Silkmews Architects
Mini Plus Staircase by Mister Step
Category: metal stairs / space saving stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009
Mister Step
Stairs in House for War Veteran Designed by Yale Students
Category: center-stringer stairs / metal stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009
Architectural Record
Kenig Residence by Slade Architecture
Category: center-stringer stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009
Arch Daily
Stairs in Saxo Bank Headquarters
Category: helical stairs / metal stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009designboom
Lopez Matteu House in El Salvador
Category: cantilevered stairs / helical stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009
Architectural Digest
Stairs in Fujiya Ginzan by Kengo Kuma
Category: cantilevered stairs / floating stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009
Totonko
Wood spiral stairs by Alberto Mozó
Category: spiral stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009Edificio BIP by Alberto Mozó @ dezeen
House on the Mountainside
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
August 10, 2009
Keiichi Hayashi Architect
Stairs in Mill Valley Residence
Category: center-stringer stairs / timber stairs
June 18, 2009
McGlashan Architecture
Shaker Spiral
Category: helical stairs / timber stairs
June 17, 2009Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill on Flickr
Stairs by Patrick Jouin
Category: helical stairs / spiral stairs / timber stairs
June 17, 2009Patrick Jouin
The Art Gallery of Ontario
Category: helical stairs / timber stairs
June 17, 2009designboom
Photo: Iwan Baan Photography
Stylist Elisa Nalin’s home in Paris
Category: helical stairs / timber stairs
June 17, 2009The Selby
sallyTV
Rocky Gap Stair by Wheeler Kearns Architects
Category: timber stairs
June 17, 2009Wheeler Kearns Architects
BC Cancer Foundation’s Research Building
Category: helical stairs / timber stairs
June 16, 2009Ouno Design Blog
Wicked Stairs
Category: helical stairs / metal stairs / spiral stairs / timber stairs
June 16, 2009Thomas Laurens
Lello Bookshop, Porto
Category: timber stairs
June 16, 2009Flickr: stukinha’s photostream: The Stairs
Public Records Office, Canton Basel Landschaft
Category: helical stairs / timber stairs
June 16, 2009EM2N
Roy McMakin
Category: straight stairs / timber stairs
June 16, 2009Domestic Furniture | Domestic Architecture
House in Kamiuma
Category: cantilevered stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
June 16, 2009Kiyonobu Nakagame and Associates
Higley Hill Mod
Category: metal stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
June 16, 2009Architect Bob Swinburne
Steps Made Using Skateboard Decks
Category: center-stringer stairs / timber stairs
June 14, 2009
Roarockit Skateboard Company
Summerhouse In Kandestederne
Category: cantilevered stairs / straight stairs / timber stairs
June 14, 2009Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller