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A Built-In Handrail With Hidden Lighting Guides People Up These Floating Stairs

May 14, 2020 Erin 0

Yerce Architecture together with ZAAS have designed a unique built-in handrail that runs alongside some floating stairs. The handrail, which has been built directly into the wall and is the same length as the stairs, provides a guide for people using the stairs without taking up space as a normal handrail would. The built-in handrail […]

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A Built-In Handrail With Hidden Lighting Guides People Up These Floating Stairs

May 14, 2020 Erin 0

Yerce Architecture together with ZAAS have designed a unique built-in handrail that runs alongside some floating stairs. The handrail, which has been built directly into the wall and is the same length as the stairs, provides a guide for people using the stairs without taking up space as a normal handrail would. The built-in handrail […]

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Stairs Carve A Path Through This Minimalist Japanese House

March 30, 2020 Erin 0

Photography by Daici Ano Architecture firm Nendo has designed a minimalist house in a quiet residential area of Tokyo, that has stairs traveling from the exterior to the interior. Designed as a home for two families, the layout of the house is split, with the lower level for an older couple, while the two upper […]

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A Handrail With Hidden Lighting Is A Bright Idea For These Stairs

March 4, 2020 Erin 0

Architects Patrick Planchon and Franck Deroche, together with fine woodworker Landry Gobert, has completed the renovation of CMMA Headquarters in Châlons-en-Champagne, France. As part of the renovation, an eye-catching staircase made of natural oak and HI-MACS® takes center stage. One of the unique details of the staircase design is the inclusion of a built-in handrail. […]

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Scenario Architecture Added A Roof Extension To This London Home

November 27, 2019 Erin 0

Scenario Architecture has designed a roof extension for their client who purchased a unit in a 1990s live-work complex in London, England. A sculptural staircase leads from the two-bedroom ground level flat up to the two-story roof extension. The stairs open up to the main social areas of the house. A bookcase that follows the […]

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A Rooftop House Was Added To This Building In Belgium

October 29, 2019 Erin 0

Atelier Tom Vanhee has renovated the top of a building in Brussels, Belgium, transforming it into a rooftop home that spreads over two floors. The original building is sandwiched between taller buildings, as seen in the photo below. The goal of the architect was to raise the pitched roofline and add two floors to create […]

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This New House Covered With Shingles Adds Some Woodly Charm To The Street

September 16, 2019 Erin 0

Photography by Ben Hosking Mani Architecture has designed a modern cottage-like house in Melbourne, Australia, that’s covered in wood shingles. The house, which sits on a thin narrow lot, has a front garden with a built-in table and benches. Photography by Ben Hosking Inside the front door, there’s two separate entrances. The first leads to […]