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Dezeen's new Pinterest board features stairs you can sit on

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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MVRDV completes giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre

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

Studioninedots carves out an atrium inside overhauled 1970s office building

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

Hudson Architects installs decorative staircase inside new Norwich architecture school

Hudson Architects has transformed a heritage-listed building in eastern England into an architecture school, featuring a staircase that references an ornately patterned original balustrade (+ slideshow). More about Hudson Architects installs decorative staircase inside new Norwich architecture school

MVRDV to build giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre

Dutch office MVRDV has revealed plans to build a huge staircase out of scaffolding in Rotterdam, the latest in a series of exciting new additions to the city. More about MVRDV to build giant scaffolding staircase in Rotterdam city centre

Liddicoat & Goldhill transforms an 18th-century barn into an English countryside home

London studio Liddicoat & Goldhill has remodelled a derelict barn in Kent, England, to create a home featuring mechanically operated doors and a staircase that wraps around a chimney (+ movie). More about Liddicoat & Goldhill transforms an 18th-century barn into an English countryside home

Toledano + Architects inserts suspended steel staircase into Tel Aviv penthouse

A folded steel staircase supported by criss-crossing rods connects the two levels of this duplex apartment in Tel Aviv, recently renovated by local studio Toledano + Architects (+ slideshow). More about Toledano + Architects inserts suspended steel staircase into Tel Aviv penthouse

Extreme staircases feature on Dezeen's new Pinterest board

Readers were up in arms this week about a folded steel staircase, which they claimed were missing a crucial handrail. Our latest Pinterest board is dedicated to similarly extreme staircase design, from cantilevered wooden treads "as thin as plates" to a conceptual flight of steps attached midway up a skyscraper.

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Villa Lumi by Avanto Architects has a curving white concrete staircase

A sculptural white staircase lit by a skylight connects an open-plan living space to a mezzanine floor inside this house in Finland by Avanto Architects (+ slideshow). More about Villa Lumi by Avanto Architects has a curving white concrete staircase

Daniel Valle Architects builds Paju Book City headquarters for publisher Kyomunsa

A spiral staircase provides a staff entrance to this headquarters for a South Korean publishing house, completed by Spanish studio Daniel Valle Architects on the outskirts of Seoul. More about Daniel Valle Architects builds Paju Book City headquarters for publisher Kyomunsa