Architectural details: Stairs
First of all: Stairs are an essential structure for crossing height differences whether dynamic or elegant, modern or traditional, narrow or spacious. But beside this function as an article of daily use stairs are also a medium to express a specific way of living in a building, an area, a city. As a preferred meeting place or a setting for public events, stairs ensure and symbolize communication and movement.
The copiously illustrated book examines the architectural plurality of the urban staircase. From pared-down treads, to refined steps leading to breathtaking heights and to commanding open-air perrons a plenitude of impressive photographs document the entire scope of stair design in Europes greatest cities.
The volume is part of a series, which is focused not on prominent buildings at large but on ingenious and extraordinary details.
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