10 bold stairs by architects...

[bill1952]

I don't think even one of these complies with codes.

Ten bold residential staircases designed by architects

From a giant staircase running the height of a house to a flight of steps that can't be stepped on, here is a roundup of statement staircase designs.

www.dezeen.com

 

[Msradell]

I don't think even one of these complies with codes.

Ten bold residential staircases designed by architects

From a giant staircase running the height of a house to a flight of steps that can't be stepped on, here is a roundup of statement staircase designs.

www.dezeen.com

I certainly agree, I don't think any of them would even come close to meeting applicable codes we have here! Actually most of them at least in my opinion are also very ugly and not practical.

 

[TheCommish]

They are artwork not stairs

 

[Msradell]

They are artwork not stairs

True but if they are actually used as a stairway they have to meet code!

 

[fatboy]

Those are nothing but elevated plant shelves............how they are used are the end user's problem..............

 

[Msradell]

Those are nothing but elevated plant shelves............how they are used are the end user's problem..............

They could be construed as that if there is an alternative set of stairs to get to the other levels, otherwise...

 

[fatboy]

They could be construed as that if there is an alternative set of stairs to get to the other levels, otherwise...

Correct. I did it once for a non-compliant circular stair in a two-story office building a few years back.

 

[rktect 1]

Do you need to sign a waiver to walk up or down these stairs each time? At any rate, these aren't in America, so who knows what their building codes allow or don't allow.

 

[EugeneNinniePEAIA]

I don't think even one of these complies with codes.

Ten bold residential staircases designed by architects

From a giant staircase running the height of a house to a flight of steps that can't be stepped on, here is a roundup of statement staircase designs.

www.dezeen.com

Every time I see one of these articles with beautiful photography to show some architectural example I laugh. I call it artsy fartsy architecture. It all about image and not substance and real world code. This is the part they leave out in these articles. Yet the young up and coming architecture student or intern takes off with something like this and try to apply it in their first designs. It should be mandatory for all engineering and architecture students to serve at least two or three years in the construction trades to understand the reality. Or more importantly to serve under a building department official who understands the code so they can learn the fundamentals first before venturing out into being some creative architect.

 

[bill1952]

(risking moderator redaction)
Odd I probably could not get a permit for these in the US (one is in Canada so kind of in "America") but I can get permits for weapons of all sorts. I also wonder if I shouldn't have the right to have a stair like this in my house (though personally I go the other way and find the minimum code residential stairs to be too hazardous, as clearly demonstrated by the cost of injuries on residentials stairs - thanks to the homebuilders "Industry Code Council")