Stairs Take Center Stage |
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John Hill, architect, writer, and blogger living in New York City, talks about a Prestige Metal's product in a recent post: When a staircase occupies the center of a room, it becomes an object of focus and an artistic statement. For the most part, stairways in houses tend to be on the edge of spaces. They will hug a wall on the side of a room or occupy their own space tangent to a hallway or other space. Rarely will stairs land in the middle of a room. This is partially spatial but also structural, as it's easier to anchor a stair in a wall than suspend it from a floor. Yet those rarities are the focus here. The following examples illustrate what happens when one chooses to incorporate a set of freestanding stairs into a house.
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