Photographed from intriguing angles that illustrate their utility and beauty, this book is a colourful tour that aims to show why staircases are the architect's ultimate challenge. Different chapters examine the different materials used - wood, stone, glass, metal - as well as the varying functions of staircases - spectacular entrances, escape routes, functional escalators. Photographs of each stage of construction contrast with the pictures of the finished piece - in homes, public buildings, offices, cultural spaces and the the outdoors. The book features the work of more than 40 designers, including Norman Foster, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Claudio Nardi, Satoshi Okada and Le Corbusier.
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· Includes examples by Norman Foster & Assoc., Ricardo Bofill, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Renzo Piano, Frank Lloyd Wright
• Useful to interior designers as well as architecture students
· Attractively designed at an affordable price
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redundant and lacking detail,
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While it has a nice smallish format, this book is poorly organized, provides little insight into the advantages and disadvantages of the various stair types and thinly spreads a few types across the many pages to little beneficial effect. The photos often reveal little of the form and when multiple views are used, they tend not to be well differentiated. Finally, with no real detailing, little mention of code and no view of history, this is merely a simple picturebook.
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Excellent book for an Architecture of Interior design student,
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If you are doing your studio classes, like I was, this book is full of very helpful ideas. I love it and use it after graduation.
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