pegkerr: (Loving books)
pegkerr ([personal profile] pegkerr) wrote2008-02-18 09:27 am

More cool design: an amazing staircase

Saw this at Curbly DIY Maven here [[livejournal.com profile] curbly_diymaven]: London-based Levitate Architects created this remarkable staircase to solve a big book storage problem in a small space.










[identity profile] diatryma.livejournal.com 2008-02-19 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
I think it's half of each step being narrower, so you have to go up right-footed. It saves space because you can make the steps steeper.

[identity profile] weaselmom.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
Well, rats. It's not a staircase to be pelted up and down, obviously!

[identity profile] diatryma.livejournal.com 2008-02-20 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
You can pelt, you just have to pelt with the right feet. The big staircase I grew up with had a similar thing going on-- at the top, it spiraled ever so slightly, so all of us started going up with the same feet so we'd be all right when it came time to turn.