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Vallribera Arquitectes contrasts heavy and light finishes at compact home in Barcelona

April 9, 2022 Jon Astbury 0
White stairwell

Exposed, white-painted concrete contrasts a delicate, skylit metal staircase at this minimalist house in Mataró, Barcelona, designed by local practice Vallribera Arquitectes. Designed for a family local to the area, the three-storey 100JOA home occupies a tight row-house site, with a small walled garden at its rear surrounded by neighbouring buildings. Barcelona-based Vallribera Arquitectes’ aim

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Ten home interiors animated by sculptural winding staircases

April 9, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Helical black staircase

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. Winding stairways are found in two styles known as spiral or helical stairs. Though they appear similar and both make use of tapered treads, spiral staircases are arranged around a

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Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos wraps Curitiba residence with wooden curtain

March 25, 2022 James Brillon 0

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. Casa Thomé Beira da Silva is located in the south of Brazil, near the capital of Paraná province. It was designed by Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos, a Brazilian firm with

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Oak staircase links split levels of Canadian house by Omar Gandhi

February 7, 2022 Dan Howarth 0
Staircase leading up to oak kitchen

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. Named 1255, the project saw the Canadian studio rebuild a house on an expansive rural property in the Greater Toronto area, following much of the preceding floor plan

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Chunky staircase features in Farleigh Road renovation by Paolo Cossu Architects

January 17, 2022 Amy Frearson 0
Staircase and bookshelves in Farleigh Road renovation and extension by Paolo Cossu Architects

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. The Farleigh Road project involved remodelling a four-storey house that had previously been subdivided into two separate properties, to create a spacious home for a family. The lower level had

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Kengo Kuma tucks Japanese student hub under wooden bleachers

January 14, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Stepped roof of student hub by Kengo Juma & Associates

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. Named the Hisao & Hiroko Taki Plaza, the building sits partially below ground and is intended to emulate a landform or river delta “that spills into the

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Mecanoo and OTJ Architects complete renovation of Mies van der Rohe’s Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library

December 21, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library

Architecture studios Mecanoo and OTJ Architects have added a rooftop garden and statement staircases to the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Library in Washington DC as part of its renovation of the Mies van der Rohe-designed building. Dutch architecture office Mecanoo collaborated with New Orleans studio OTJ Architects for the project, which involved a three-year-long renovation of

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Dezeen’s top 10 staircases of 2021

December 6, 2021 James Parkes 0
Staircase at a self build project in Denmark by Tommy Rand

We continue our review of 2021 with a roundup highlighting the top 10 staircases featured on Dezeen this year, including a stair informed by skate bowls and one designed by Kengo Kuma. Self build, Denmark, by Tommy Rand Located on the outskirts of Aarhus, this self-build house by Tommy Rand features a spiral staircase made using CNC-cut

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