15 Creative and Modern Staircase Designs
Posted on Jun 05, 2008 | Comments 48
It may not lead to heaven but if you design your staircase with some creative thought it can look the part!
A custom built staircase is only limited by the designer’s imagination, and can make use of a wide variety of materials to produce what are often strikingly original forms.
Most of us probably take our staircase for granted and think of it as a simple way to ascend or descend between floors. Stairs usually take center stage at the entrance to our home, so we walk you through the wide range of staircase styles and trends to optimize their performance.
Here are few tips while choosing the right staircase design:
- Style – match your staircase to the style of home
- Needs – do you need storage underneath
- Natural home lighting –staircases can be dark so strategically position windows
- Flooring surface – match your floor with your stairs
- Safety – what are the capabilities of the homeowners eg children/elderly
- Avoid tripping points – differ surfaces on entering and exiting so your body visualises and feels the change
Here are the 15 most Creative and modern Staircases.
Storage Stairs:
This staircase from London-based Levitate Architects comes even more fascinating than what we’ve seen earlier. So you want something that will help you get organized similar to the Storage In Stairs, but you find yourself too squashed by your massive book collection to move around your house. The Spacesaver Staircase Library merges the two issues, creating one solution.
Alternating Treated Stairs:
Floating Staircase
Retractable Staircase:
Crooked Stairs:
Glass Stairs:
XXS House:
Some More Interesting Staircase Designs:
This modern Storey staircase by Europa Stairways, could update any decor, adding a fresh twist to a standard staircase design. This unique, high quality model is composed of the finest materials available and has been constructed using exquisite craftsmanship.
Staircase Design by Albini and Fontanot
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I like the glass stairs
Very nice. I especially like the retractable and bookshelf staircases.
¿Crees que no se puede ser creativo en el diseño de las escaleras?…
Espectaculares diseños de escaleras 2.0….
You need to add photos of some AppleStore glass stairs, own design.
http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/glass_staircase.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/
Awesome ideas
i would be terrified to walk on the floating staircase!
Fuck!!! I want one of this in my future house… or may I design my own ones????
I dig the floating stairs. Thumbs up on Stumbleupon.
Crooked stairs are amazing
Those may be art, but most aren’t functional stairs – the REAL challenge is to design interesting stairs that are also safe to use, here is one set of design parameters:
http://www.stairways.org/pdf/2006%20Stair%20IRC%20SCREEN.pdf
You saved the best for last. We loved it so much, we had to reshow it!
Thanks!
the first one is my favourite!
Very nice. I wouldn’t want to be lugging furniture up/down some of these though!
You just gave me an idea of the staircase i want of my home. I think i’ll go for the one first picture with a bookshelf. It’s multi functional, simple and modern at the same time. thanks for the tip!
I loved the unique stairs of the XXS house but I’m just too scared to climb em XD
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These stairs are awesome! I especially like the bookshelf ones. The floating stairs would freak me out. They look too fragile to actually use. The crooked ones look dangerous too, in that they would make you trip.
The spiral staircase immediately brought to mind a musical theme. I would add a G clef post a the bottom and “notes” to the lower rails throughout the length.
Really useful the bookshelf ones, I loved the glass stair. But some models are too strange. The floating staircase is desperately thin, and others make me dizzy.
I love the floating stairs, but part of me would not want to walk up them! I also am a huge fan of bookshelf stairs and storage stairs, you can never have enough storage.
Those are really artistic, I especially love the storage stairs…genius!
I love these collections especially the glass one. however i think the space isn’t enough for this design “London-based Levitate Architect”. if someone is looking for a book and someone needs to use the stair i don’t think it will fit or it is not enough.
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The Crooked stairs are a copy of Carlo Scarpa’s stairs…
Cool to be inspired by the “greats” but not to say it, it’s no fair…
I don’t mean for you, but for the guy who created them whitouth saying clearly that it is a copy!
Nice compilation anyway
Amazing new designs. Very creative
loved the floating stairs & the glass. thumbs up for this!
i love with the first design. lots and lots of storage is good!! perfect to a new house!! thumbs up!!
I wouldn’t be able to walk down those floating stairs great to look at.
scary at 4 in the morning.
I am very interested in the floating staircase and also the glass. How would I get estimates on cost and info on who would install???
The designs are superb! Excellent! The storage staircases impressed me. But what amazed me most is the floating staircase. Makes me wonder if it’s for real.
I love Richards Berg idea of placing music notes on the staircase.
the storage staircase is very good indeed. One can sit on the staircase and read. Good for a very small house.
This is amazing collection of staircase.
I wondered the variety with which we can step up !
Thanks for adding my visualization.
I will definitely use either of this in my new home.
unfortunately, only the spiral staircases come anywhere near complying with building regulations, and most of the others look very dangerous (HINT< that’s why building regs exist) can you imagine what would happen to the very young trying to use these deathtraps!
While very interesting, few of these designs would even come close to meeting standard building codes. No hand rails, oversized risers, irregular treads, steep angles. I’d hate to be an overnight guest at some of these homes.
designs r – simple,creative n very nice.
Wow these are some seriously cool staircases! Love the floating staircase…that is super cool!
I live in a small house and my architect build a fabulous bookshelf staircase which goes to the 3rd floor loft. Problem is it is steep like a ships ladder. I’m trying to sell my house and potential customers have expressed concern. I’m wondering if you know of any retractable staircases — I picture one that with a push of a button could come in and out but nothing like a metal attic ladder. Something much more user friendly?
cool stairs, but you wouldn’t want to be a drinker with some of these….thanks for sharing,.. maureenlynne
these designs are great
i’m making a doll house and i got heaps of ideas
very innovative nd creative designs…
also very helpful 2 da students..
Wow I love the floating stairs
these are great
loved the design parameters from micheal thomas. Very useful.
Excellent design collection.
I am trying to source where the last staircase picture came from.
Anybody have anymore information on where to find this?
Beautiful but just imagine what your building inspector would say…
i LOVE the storage staircase, especially the first one! i hate unused space in a house especially under a stair! they usually looked dusty and dark, now with this idea of a storage stair, it is awesome!!!
I am constrecting a house in Sadashivanagar,Bangalore,its a duplex house, i requer a few desien of latest staircase.