staircases

Snøhetta and Dialog’s New Central Library for Calgary features vast wood-lined atrium

November 5, 2018 Dan Howarth 0

Architecture firms Snøhetta and Dialog have completed a new hub for Calgary’s public library system, with a crystalline exterior and an atrium clad in timber slats. The New Central Library, which opened to the public 1 November 2018, provides a larger home for the Canadian city’s literature collection and more space for programmed events. The

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“Infinite” spiralling staircases in Budapest captured by Balint Alovits

September 2, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

Balint Alovits’ photography series Time Machine features architectural staircases in Bauhaus and art deco-style buildings in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian photographer Balint Alovits searched the city of Budapest for staircases to include in his abstract series of twisting images. “The inspiration came from my addiction to architecture and abstract forms,” explained Alovits to Dezeen. “I’ve always been fascinated by

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Twin towers in Kuwait City reference vernacular Arabic architecture

August 8, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture firm Gensler has completed an office, and hotel with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg, in Kuwait City with facades that recall traditional Arabic screens. The building comprises two towers connected by a podium topped with a roof terrace. One tower contains a new headquarters for local retail giant Alshaya, while the other is occupied by a Four

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MKCA overhauls Upper East Side townhouse with custom staircase and furniture

June 26, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

New York design firm MKCA has refreshed the interiors of a seven-storey residence in the city with two stairwells, and new glazing to draw light down from a rooftop patio. Upper East Side Townhouse was reconstructed using a steel and concrete structure, expanding the building’s footprint to 9,600 square feet (892 square metres), and improving circulation

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Jean-Maxime Labrecque adds mirrored staircase to Playful Tudor home in Montreal

June 23, 2018 James Brillon 0

A staircase featuring a mirrored balustrade now leads up through this home in Montreal, renovated by local architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque. Called Playful Tudor, the project involved the transformation of a residence in the Canadian city, which was originally completed in a style that references the historical Tudor period from 16th-century England. Labrecque’s firm, INPHO Physical

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TACO creates its own pink-toned architecture studio on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula

May 12, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Mexican architecture firm TACO has designed the Portico Palmeto studio to act as its headquarters, with pink walls, local materials, and tall shutters that open up the interior to its tropical setting. The 1,453-square-foot (135-square-metre) rose-coloured building serves primarily as an architecture studio in Mérida – a historic city on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. The two-storey structure

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Hundreds of timber components form statement staircase for London house

May 7, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Waind Gohil and Potter Architects has created a sculptural staircase, which was fabricated off-site and assembled like a puzzle, as the centrepiece of a house in London. The studio headed by Phil Waind, James Potter and Sonya Gohil was approached by clients who wanted to add a small dwelling at the end of their large garden in Shepherd’s

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Atmos Studio’s sinuous timber staircase spirals through the centre of London restaurant

April 27, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Atmos Studio has completed a flowing staircase made from laminated oak that is the centrepiece of a recently opened restaurant in Mayfair, London. StairStalk is the centrepiece of the Oliver Dabbous’s recently opened HIDE restaurant, where it ascends from a basement bar to the dining areas on the ground floor and upper mezzanine. The multidisciplinary practice is known

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Sweeping staircase forms centrepiece of engineering office by Studio Ben Allen

April 25, 2018 India Block 0

Studio Ben Allen has inserted a spiralling plywood staircase in the centre of an office in Birmingham, England, which is designed to get workers moving. The London architecture studio was commissioned to expand the offices of global engineering firm Cundall in a way that would improve the health and wellbeing of its workers. A skeletal timber staircase

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