Quebec firm Atelier Pierre Thibault has overhauled a home built in the 1970s, removing interior partitions and locating a sculptural plywood staircase at its core. More about Atelier Pierre Thibault reorganises Quebec home around central plywood stairs
A staircase surrounded by vertical white ribs sits at the centre of tech company Square's offices in New York, by interior designer Magdalena Keck. More about White staircase cuts through Square's New York office by Magdalena Keck
Canadian studio Naturehumaine has transformed a 1930s brick building into a contemporary home featuring a sculptural stairway that brings a "vibrant tone to the project". More about Naturehumaine adds sculptural black and yellow staircase to historic Montreal home
To encourage Bloomberg's Hong Kong employees to interact more, architecture studio Neri&Hu has given them a staircase with generous landings, seating areas and strategically positioned windows. More about Neri&Hu creates "stair of encounters" inside Bloomberg's Hong Kong office
Theatrical lighting illuminates products inside the new black and gold Dolce & Gabbana store in Tokyo by French designer Gwenael Nicolas. More about Golden staircase sits at the centre of Curiosity's dramatic Dolce & Gabbana Aoyama store
Binario Architectes has used Corten steel, concrete and wood to create a series of new additions to the Villers Abbey in Belgium, including a visitor centre and an elevated pathway (+ slideshow). More about Elevated walkway and visitor centre added to 12th-century abbey ruins by Binario Architectes
British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed a honeycomb-like structure comprising a series of interconnected staircases to sit at the centre of the vast Hudson Yards development on Manhattan's West Side. More about Heatherwick unveils staircase structure as "centrepiece" for New York's Hudson Yards
This Ukrainian house by Azovskiy & Pahomova Architects features a staircase with cantilevered wooden treads, as well as a hay-bale seating area and glass-fronted shower in the living room (+ slideshow). More about Heat 360 house features living-room shower and cantilevered stairs
A cream-painted staircase connects the four floors of this London mews house, which has been renovated by architecture studio Alma-nac to create more light and space (+ slideshow). More about Cornwall Mews renovation by Alma-nac centres around a cream staircase
New York architect Toshiko Mori has renovated and extended a building originally designed by famed Modernist architect Marcel Breuer as a personal residence, connecting two structures with a glass-enclosed staircase (+ slideshow). More about Toshiko Mori expands Marcel Breuer-designed residence with glazed addition
London studio 51 Architecture has combined digital fabrication with boatbuilding techniques to create a sculptural timber staircase at the centre of a family home (+ slideshow). More about Twisted staircase features in Casa Vota renovation by 51 Architecture
An aluminium foam staircase doglegs up the centre of Italian jewellery brand Repossi's flagship store, designed by Dutch architecture firm OMA on Paris' exclusive Place Vendôme (+ slideshow). More about OMA uses coloured mirrors and aluminium foam for Repossi Vendôme store interior
A fluorescent orange staircase spirals up through the centre of this house that architect Martin Dulanto has completed in Lima, Peru (+ slideshow). More about Martin Dulanto installs vibrant orange staircase inside Peruvian house Casa Blanca
Kyoto studio Alphaville has squeezed an angular concrete apartment building onto a small plot in the Japanese city of Hikone (+ slideshow). More about Alphaville's Hikone Studio Apartments are housed in an angular concrete block
The brick facade of this mixed-use building in the Iranian city of Hamedan merges with a wave-like roof that the public is invited to sit, walk or play on (+ slideshow). More about Undulating brick building in Iran encourages public to walk on its roof
Bleacher-style seating, traditionally found at sports grounds, is increasingly popping up inside and over the top of office spaces and public buildings. The stairs designed for sitting on feature in Snøhetta's newly-opened SFMOMA extension and on Napur Architect's skateboard-ramp design for a Budapest museum. We've added these and more of the best examples to a new Pinterest board.
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Studio Farris Architects has integrated an office into a staircase made from stacked timber beams, and installed it inside a renovated barn in West Flanders, Belgium (+ slideshow). More about Stacked beams form Jenga-like workspace inside converted barn in Belgium
Dutch office MVRDV has revealed the first photographs of The Stairs, a huge scaffolding staircase leading up to the roof of an office block in Rotterdam city centre (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV completes giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre
This weathering steel staircase by engineering studio Close to Bone cantilevers off a hill in Flanders, forming an observation tower overlooking rolling farmland and the Kabouterbos forest (+ slideshow). More about Gravity-defying staircase by Close to Bone climbs up into the sky
Dutch firm Studioninedots has renovated a 1970s office building in the Dutch city of Hilversum, removing sections of the existing walls and floors to create a four-storey void crisscrossed by steel staircases (+ slideshow). More about Studioninedots carves out an atrium inside overhauled 1970s office building