In our latest lookbook, Dezeen has rounded up 10 home staircases that incorporate contemporary and non-traditional balustrades from circular perforations to bold colour blocking. More about Ten homes with staircases that have statement balustrades
US studio Jensen Architects has created a tall hillside home featuring expansive views and an elevator that will enable the owners to stay in the home as they age. More about "Shifting volumes" make up Cole Valley Residence in San Francisco by Jensen Architects
A large stairwell takes up a third of the living space in Light-Filled Stair Hall, a compact family home designed by Tokyo-based Kiri Architects. More about Staircase is a social space in Tokyo house by Kiri Architects
A staircase with an in-built swing and a metal structure hung from a ceiling are among the eight floating staircases featured in our latest lookbook. More about Eight homes with characterful floating staircases that appear to defy gravity
Architecture studio SAW incorporated curved elements and multiple staircases in its renovation of a 1930s dwelling that is meant to reconsider the "notion of groundedness". More about SAW revamps Spanish-style Wraparound House in San Francisco
Dutch studio Architectuur Maken has completed De Niewe Herdgang, a sculptural staircase rising 25 metres to create a watchtower over the landscape outside the city of Tilburg, the Netherlands. More about Architectuur Maken designs sculptural staircase overlooking Dutch landscape
Plants and polished-metal staircases will animate the exterior of the MoLo entrance building and multi-storey car park that Chinese studio MAD is designing for a neighbourhood near Milan, Italy. More about MAD designs car park as "monumental gateway" for Milano Innovation District
A Swedish house with a stairway hidden behind a bookcase and an architect-revamped new build in the Netherlands feature in our latest lookbook of ten homes with colourful staircases that draw the eye. More about Ten homes that use colour to turn stairs into statements
Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has opened Rotterdam Rooftop Walk, a temporary bright orange rooftop installation in Rotterdam that crosses the rooflines of two adjacent buildings. More about MVRDV creates 600-metre-long orange walkway that bridges Rotterdam roofs
From a giant staircase running the height of a house and beyond to a flight of steps that can't be stepped on at all, here is a roundup of 10 statement residential staircase designs from the Dezeen archives. More about Ten bold residential staircases designed by architects
In this week's comments update, readers are debating a Japanese house arranged around a series of central staircases and discussing other top stories. More about Commenter says "no culture experiments with the domestic house like the Japanese"
Archipelago Architects Studio arranged this house in Kanagawa, Japan, around a series of central staircases that divide the spaces and provide places to sit or relax. More about Kappa House by Archipelago Architects Studio uses staircases as surfaces and partitions
An angular steel staircase crosses through this Montreal residence by Naturehumaine, which was inspired by the fantastical paintings of Dutch artist MC Escher. More about MC Escher works inform Montreal home by Naturehumaine
Exposed, white-painted concrete contrasts a delicate, skylit metal staircase at this minimalist house in Mataró, Barcelona, designed by local practice Vallribera Arquitectes. More about Vallribera Arquitectes contrasts heavy and light finishes at compact home in Barcelona
Sculpture-like concrete steps and a curving stair suspended above ground feature in this lookbook, which spotlights ten residential interiors with standout spiral or helical staircases. More about Ten home interiors animated by sculptural winding staircases
A screen made up of chevron-patterned wooden planks shrouds the exterior of this residence with a spiral staircase in Curitiba, by local firm Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos. More about Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos wraps Curitiba residence with wooden curtain
Dutch architecture office MVRDV has unveiled plans to install a giant neon-pink staircase across the exterior of Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut that will lead to a viewing platform in the same colour on its roof. More about MVRDV to install neon-pink staircase and viewing platform on Het Nieuwe Instituut
Warm-toned oak panelling lines the interior of this house near Lake Ontario by Omar Gandhi Architect, which mimics the plan of a previous home on the site. More about Oak staircase links split levels of Canadian house by Omar Gandhi
An extra-wide oak staircase doubles as a piece of furniture in this renovation of a Victorian terrace in east London, designed by Paolo Cossu Architects. More about Chunky staircase features in Farleigh Road renovation by Paolo Cossu Architects
A sloped roof lined with wooden bleachers and plants conceals the student hub that Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has created for the Tokyo Institute of Technology. More about Kengo Kuma tucks Japanese student hub under wooden bleachers