House in a Pine Wood by Sundaymorning and Massimo Fiorido Associati
A staircase is extruded from the wooden shelves of a bookcase at this renovated house in Tuscany by Italian architects Sundaymorning and Massimo Fiorido Associati. More
A staircase is extruded from the wooden shelves of a bookcase at this renovated house in Tuscany by Italian architects Sundaymorning and Massimo Fiorido Associati. More
There are huge rectangular holes in the walls and floors of this Tokyo house by Japanese studio Hiroyuki Shinozaki Architects. More
A suspended net provides a hammock over the staircase of this apartment in Porto by architects OODA. More
A boxy wooden staircase twists up through the floors of this design store in Shanghai by architects Neri&Hu. More
The staircase in this west London house by Tigg Coll Architects has a glass balustrade and open treads to allow light to flood through from above (+ slideshow). More
These London townhouses by architects Piercy & Company have chunky banisters formed from thickly layered birch plywood. More
Steps connecting the gradually rising floors of this Paris house by Moussafir Architectes can be glimpsed through the cut-out shutters on its glazed facade (+ slideshow). More
A spiralling concrete staircase winds up through this empty tower by Marra + Yeh Architects of Sydney and Malaysia. More
This maple-veneered staircase twists and turns between the floors of an Olympic Museum in Tbilisi, Georgia refurbished by UK and Georgia firm Architects of Invention. More
Japanese architect Masayoshi Takahashi of High Land Design has completed a house in Tokyo with a squared spiral staircase at its centre. More
A staircase at the centre of this Amsterdam apartment has risers that are almost but not quite at right angles to the treads. More
As part of the series of Dezeen Talks filmed at the Inside awards in Barcelona, Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs talks to Alberto Miceli-Farrugia of Architecture Project about their renovation of a property overlooking the Grand Harbour in the Maltese capital of Valletta, which won the creative re-use category.
Inside 2011: St Barbara Bastions in Malta by Architecture Project has won the creative reuse category at the Inside awards in Barcelona. More
The Shanghai office of Chinese architecture studio Taranta Creations features a staircase within a labia-like orifice and a floor that doubles as a desk. More
With its circular perforations, this staircase in a Budapest house by Croatian architect Biljana Jovanovic resembles a wedge of Swiss cheese. More
This faceted spiral staircase was created by Czech architects EDIT! to join two neighbouring apartments in Prague. More
This curled staircase is at the heart of a media centre by German studio Wurm + Wurm, in Germany. More
Portuguese firm A+R Arquitectos installed this staircase with floating wooden treads and a zig-zag hand rail as part of the renovation of a Portuguese house. More
London firm Studio 54 Architecture have completed a glazed entrance with grey brick steps connecting the ground floor and garden of this London terraced house. More
This narrow staircase with alternating steps is one of a pair installed by French studio MAAJ Architectes in a Parisian apartment. More