staircases

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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Offices in a converted warehouse centre around suspended concrete staircase

April 1, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A concrete staircase overlooked by a glazed showroom and library forms the centrepiece of this headquarters for a textile brand in Mumbai designed by SJK Architects. The offices for Synergy Lifestyles are housed in a former warehouse in the mill area of the Indian city’s Kalachowki neighbourhood. It was one of the first industrial buildings in

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Offices in a converted warehouse centre around suspended concrete staircase

April 1, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A concrete staircase overlooked by a glazed showroom and library forms the centrepiece of this headquarters for a textile brand in Mumbai designed by SJK Architects. The offices for Synergy Lifestyles are housed in a former warehouse in the mill area of the Indian city’s Kalachowki neighbourhood. It was one of the first industrial buildings in

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Vladimir Radutny turns two Chicago apartments into home with walnut interiors

March 28, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Chicago firm Vladimir Radutny Architects has transformed a dilapidated building in the city, using a dark timber staircase to connect a pair of previously separate residences. The Sawyer Residence is located in a brick structure that dates back over 100 years, and originally contained two apartments on top of one another. Local studio Vladimir Radutny

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Vladimir Radutny turns two Chicago apartments into home with walnut interiors

March 28, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Chicago firm Vladimir Radutny Architects has transformed a dilapidated building in the city, using a hardwood veneer staircase to connect a pair of previously separate residences. The Sawyer Residence is located in a brick structure that dates back over 100 years, and originally contained two apartments on top of one another. Local studio Vladimir Radutny Architects

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Light and Air Architecture transforms Brooklyn row house with “switchback” staircase

March 22, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Brooklyn studio Light and Air Architecture has overhauled a local home using a new structural stairwell to link together the whole interior below a skylight. The studio reconfigured the 2,700­-square-­foot (251-square-metre) Switchback House around the stairwell, which is constructed between large white panels. Steel beams were inserted at each of the three storeys to reinforce

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Productora builds Mexican centre for archeology and textiles using tinted concrete

February 8, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Mexican architecture firm Productura has used pigmented concrete walls, brickwork steps and timber-framed windows to construct this museum and library in Oaxaca. Productura designed the Community Cultural Centre for Teotitlán del Valle – a small village at the foothills of the Sierra Juárez mountains. The project aims to celebrate the heritage of the community, which

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L’Abri renovates Montreal home with slatted timber floors and walls

January 19, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Canadian build-design studio L’Abri has outfitted a home in Montreal with thin slats of wood that create floorboards on the upper level and form a partition in the foyer. The Rivard project involved turning apartments in an early 1900s property into a contemporary single-family home. The layout is reconfigured with a centralised living space that

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Wooden staircase twists through centre of concrete and brick house in Mexico City

January 14, 2018 India Block 0

An ash staircase lined with a bookcase twists around an atrium in this family home in Mexico City by Tapia McMahon, which has been made from concrete and reclaimed brick. Called Cuernavaca House, the project was recently longlisted for the 2018 RIBA International Prize, which recognises new buildings around the world that exemplify the “meaningful impact” of good

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Heatherwick’s Vessel structure nears completion at New York’s Hudson Yards

January 11, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Work is almost complete on British designer Thomas Heatherwick’s giant honeycomb of interlinked staircases, placed at the centre of the Hudson Yards development in Manhattan. Images posted by Instagram users show that the Vessel structure has reached its full height, with all 154 staircases and 80 landings in place – forming a mile of walkways.

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