15 Creative and Modern Staircase Designs

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:

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.

Stairs Bookshelves

Stairs Bookshelves

Here is another storage staircase. If you’re having some stairs constructed why not consider this. Handy and hidden, a great storage idea for linen, winter woollies, books and papers, anything small in fact.

storage staircase

Alternating Treated Stairs:

alternating tread stairs

alternating tread stairs

Floating Staircase

floating staircase

floating staircase

Retractable Staircase:

Retractable Staircase

Crooked Stairs:

crooked stairs

Glass Stairs:

glass stairs

XXS House:

xxs house

xxs house

Some More Interesting Staircase Designs:

Stairs Bookshelves

stairs

stairs


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

Staircase Design by Albini and Fontanot

staircase

staircase

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30 Responses to '15 Creative and Modern Staircase Designs'

  1. Kikades » Blog Archive » Diseños de escaleras que no encontrarías en casa de tus abuelos - June 5th, 2008 at 9:08 pm

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  2. JOHN - June 5th, 2008 at 11:58 pm

    I like the glass stairs

  3. David Mackey - June 6th, 2008 at 1:30 am

    Very nice. I especially like the retractable and bookshelf staircases.

  4. meneame.net - June 6th, 2008 at 1:19 pm

    ¿Crees que no se puede ser creativo en el diseño de las escaleras?…

    Espectaculares diseños de escaleras 2.0….

  5. Me - June 6th, 2008 at 9:09 pm

    You need to add photos of some AppleStore glass stairs, own design.
    http://www.ifoapplestore.com/stores/glass_staircase.html
    http://www.appleinsider.com/

  6. Ed Winslow - June 7th, 2008 at 12:21 am

    Awesome ideas

  7. Lola - June 7th, 2008 at 3:12 am

    i would be terrified to walk on the floating staircase!

  8. _SxR_ - June 7th, 2008 at 5:03 pm

    Fuck!!! I want one of this in my future house… or may I design my own ones????

  9. Zero - June 8th, 2008 at 1:22 am

    I dig the floating stairs. Thumbs up on Stumbleupon.

  10. m - June 8th, 2008 at 3:33 am

    Crooked stairs are amazing

  11. Michael Thomas - June 8th, 2008 at 5:03 am

    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

  12. michele - June 9th, 2008 at 10:13 am

    You saved the best for last. We loved it so much, we had to reshow it!
    Thanks!

  13. Andréia OM - June 10th, 2008 at 1:34 am

    the first one is my favourite!

  14. suz - June 10th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Very nice. I wouldn’t want to be lugging furniture up/down some of these though!

  15. Ben - June 11th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    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!

  16. Nazeerah - June 12th, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    I loved the unique stairs of the XXS house but I’m just too scared to climb em XD

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  18. Neece - June 18th, 2008 at 6:30 am

    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.

  19. Richard Berg - June 27th, 2008 at 5:04 am

    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.

  20. Alexandre - July 8th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

    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.

  21. Holly - September 12th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

    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.

  22. Jazzy - November 4th, 2008 at 7:58 am

    Those are really artistic, I especially love the storage stairs…genius!

  23. mat isaac - November 17th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    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.

  24. PHOTOPOSTS BLOG » Beautiful pictures of stairs - November 24th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

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  25. espacioapropiado - November 25th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    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

  26. Steve Stafford - November 26th, 2008 at 12:19 am

    Amazing new designs. Very creative

  27. aidan0105 - November 26th, 2008 at 8:59 am

    loved the floating stairs & the glass. thumbs up for this!

  28. jaden - November 27th, 2008 at 11:08 am

    i love with the first design. lots and lots of storage is good!! perfect to a new house!! thumbs up!!

  29. Mattress - November 29th, 2008 at 6:38 am

    I wouldn’t be able to walk down those floating stairs great to look at.

    scary at 4 in the morning.

  30. lorna - January 3rd, 2009 at 12:17 am

    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???


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