Sky-blue cafe in Buffalo features "Alice in Wonderland" staircase
Canadian design duo Julia Jamrozik and Coryn Kempster have created a playful all-blue cafe in a century-old house in Buffalo, New York, with an optical illusion staircase. More
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Echlin uses broken-plan layout to create spacious interiors within London mews house
A nearly six-metre-high green wall and a basement floor with a walk-on skylight are among the additions made by design and development firm Echlin to this remodelled mews house in Knightsbridge. More
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EBBA Architects remodels London apartment with bespoke joinery
Structural ash and pine joinery – including a staircase, mezzanine and double-height storage wall – delineate the space within this refurbished, open-plan apartment in London by EBBA Architects. More
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Zero Energy Design Lab creates Girls' Hostel Block with hollow concrete facade
New Delhi-based design studio Zero Energy Design Lab has completed a girls' hostel building with a perforated concrete facade and an exterior staircase in Gurugram, India. More
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Top 10 staircases of the year feature in today's Dezeen Weekly newsletter
The latest edition of our Dezeen Weekly newsletter features our roundup of 2020's top 10 projects involving staircases. More
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Dezeen's top 10 staircases of 2020
For our review of 2020 here are Dezeen's top 10 staircases this year, including a blue steel stairway by Virgil Abloh and a house by Nendo divided by giant concrete stairs. More
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Carlo Ratti's digital arts centre explores "the meaning of physical space in a digital world"
Italian architect Carlo Ratti has unveiled MEET, a centre for digital culture in Milan designed to maximise chance encounters between visitors. More
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Dal Pian inserts bright orange staircase in São Paulo office building
A bright orange staircase and patches of vegetation are visible from the outside of this São Paulo office building, which Brazilian studio Dal Pian designed for a beauty company. More
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Step House extension built around perforated birch-ply staircase
A staircase punctured with rectangle-shaped holes is the focal point of this two-storey extension Grey Griffiths Architects has added to a workers' cottage in west London. More
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Rural community oven transformed into Portuguese holiday home
HBG Architects has converted an old granite community oven in east Portugal into a small holiday home, featuring a staircase with steps that double as a table, bench and fireplace. More
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Deferrari+Modesti designs rock climbing-themed staircase for villa in Tuscany
Interior design studio Deferrari+Modesti renovated a house in Prato, Italy, adding a blue staircase that doubles as a climbing wall for its sporty owners. More
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WORKac adds curving perforated steel staircase to Brooklyn apartment
New York studio WORKac has inserted a white perforated steel staircase into this three-storey Brooklyn apartment as part of a renovation designed to brighten its dark interiors. More
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Balconies cover facade of The Somos hotel in MedellÃn by A5 Arquitectura
Colombian practice A5 Arquitectura ran steel balconies and staircases up the front of The Somos hotel so visitors can enjoy the year-round good weather in MedellÃn. More
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Workhome-Playhome is a colourful Rotterdam house by Lagado Architects
The two founders of Lagado Architects have revamped their own townhouse in Rotterdam to feature bold live-work spaces and a sculptural blue staircase. More
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Steel and concrete steps cut through facade of Stairway House by Nendo
A huge faux staircase interrupts the floor plan of this house in Tokyo, which design studio Nendo has created for three generations of the same family. More
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Staircase swing and material details add flair to Highgate house
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. More
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Dezeen's top 10 staircases of 2019
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. More
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R2 Studio adds hole-punched staircase made of ash wood to London house
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. More
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Pink concrete staircase connects colourful floors of Belgian school
A pink concrete staircase, gabled roofs and brightly coloured walls define a school with in Zarren, Belgium, designed by architecture studio Felt. More
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X+Living creates the illusion of a myriad of staircases at Chongqing Zhongshuge Bookstore
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. More
