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Staircase swing and material details add flair to Highgate house

January 23, 2020 Jon Astbury 0
Kenwood Lee House by Cousins & Cousins (RIBA house of the year longslist)

A swing suspended from a floating stair and a spiral staircase of polished plaster are some of the details included by architecture studio Cousins & Cousins in a London house. Designed for a builder who also acted as the main contractor on the project, Kenwood Lee House is defined by a range of materials and

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Dezeen’s top 10 staircases of 2019

December 27, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Hapimag Headquarters, Switzerland, by Hildebrand

Continuing our review of 2019, Lizzie Crook spotlights 10 of the best staircase designs from this year including concrete steps intended to attract Japanese spirits and stairs that double as a meeting space. Hapimag Headquarters, Switzerland, by Hildebrand A giant concrete staircase winds its way up through the the four storeys of this open-plan office by Hildebrand

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R2 Studio adds hole-punched staircase made of ash wood to London house

November 5, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Ash House by R2 Studio

An ash-wood staircase perforated with circular holes connects the two storeys of an Edwardian house in Lewisham, London, which has been extended by architects R2 Studio. Ash House, which overlooks the River Quaggy, is surrounded by gardens mature trees along the river bank. The extension creates more space for the living, kitchen and dining area at

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Pink concrete staircase connects colourful floors of Belgian school

October 25, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
School Zarren with pink concrete stair by Felt in Belgium

A pink concrete staircase, gabled roofs and brightly coloured walls define a school with in Zarren, Belgium, designed by architecture studio Felt. The studio won the competition to design the school, which sits alongside a 1920s nursery close to Zarren’s town centre, in 2014. Classrooms sit in the western wing, directed towards the playground, which

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X+Living creates the illusion of a myriad of staircases at Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore

August 4, 2019 Semi Han 0
Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore by X+Living

Mirrored ceilings and zigzag staircases help form the perplexing interiors of this bookstore in south-west China, which has been designed by architecture studio X+Living. Tucked away from street view, the Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore by Shanghai-based X+Living occupies the third and fourth floors of Chongqing’s Zodi Plaza retail development. As well as providing space for locals

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Luigi Rosselli Architects adds twisting stair to Sydney’s Peppertree Villa

July 22, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Peppertree Villa by Luigi Rosselli Architects

A dramatic twisting staircase and a spacious conservatory are some of the striking features that Luigi Rosselli Architects has added to this 1920s Sydney home. The house is located in Sydney’s affluent Bellevue Hill neighbourhood and takes its name from a 100-year-old pepper tree that extends up over its roof. Originally built in the 1920s,

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Guillermo Acuña fronts his remote Chilean retreat with large wooden staircase

July 7, 2019 James Brillon 0
Isla Lebe by Guillermo Acuña

Architect Guillermo Acuña has added a wide wooden stair to an old boathouse as part of his self-designed retreat on a remote bluff in Chile. Acuña complete the property on the remote peninsula of Isla Lebe, which is located just off the Chiloe archipelago’s Rilan Bay in the south of Chile. This part of Los

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Inside-out Anis office block in Nice is covered in outdoor work spaces

June 24, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
ANIS Office Building by Nicolas Laisné Architectes

Nicolas Laisné Architectes and Dimitri Roussel have turned a traditional office layout inside-out by putting staircases and workstations on the facade of an office in Nice. Called Anis, the office block was designed to improve workplace wellbeing by prioritising outdoor spaces and greenery. The new office sits in the Nice Meridia, the technology district of

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Concrete spiral staircase twists through an open plan office by Hildebrand

May 31, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Hapimag headquarters in Steinhausen, Switzerland by Hildebrand

A spiral staircase made of concrete rises through the centre of an open-plan office designed by architecture studio Hildebrand in Steinhausen, Switzerland. Winding its way up the building’s four levels, the staircase ends with a large elliptical skylight that brings light into the centre of each floor. Hildebrand designed the headquarters for Hapimag, a Swiss

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