Great collection. Thanks for linking.

Another awesome set DD Welcome back to the blogosphere!

I believe #2 the musical staircase is actually from the museum of science in boston.

The impossible staircase is not quite as impossible as it seems: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/loretto.asp

I am so totally getting stairway #1 installed in my home when Hubby does the upstairs addition. Genius. Great site, by the way.

Those things look damn dangerous. Surely they are not ADA compliant. And that tree one is not green. And the guy on the slide is mocking me.

Two creative uses of staircases:
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http://adsoftheworld.com/media/ambient/danish_parkinsons_disease_association_stairs?size=_original

here

Hi !

If you consider it actualy replaces a ladder, #3 is not that extra risk you could expect… I guess it’s pretty narrow anyway !

Thanks DD for this great panel on a subjet no one but you could think about

I remember seeing the first staircase a while back on some other site. Indeed, it is used in places with very little space; If I remember correctly that staircase is located on a sail boat.

You could find another one here: http://www.fotorevista.com.ar/convocatoria/PHPgraphy/index.php?display=0609-Arquitectura%2F082.jpg

Three stairs begin from the same point, only one heads to the roof, the other end nowhere.

It is in the Museo do Pobo Galego in Santiago de Compostela

Great blog!

While being interesting to look at, most of them would be down right dangerous to use

I love the slide concept. I once interviewed for a company that had a slide in its office. That pic brought back lots of happy memories.

#1 is cool for storage then i like 4 to 9 (excl. they’re pretty cool. my favourite is the tree one, it’s great. those abstract ones are just too much 4 me as well. pity i culdn’t c the musical one, i guess the video’s blocked.

Wow, I love the retractable staircase. That would be perfect for a museum that only allows people to the upstairs gallery at certain times of the day.

Here are some interesting left-right alternating stairs that are often found in old fire-houses, as they save a lot of space…

http://www.stairplan.co.uk/spacesaver.htm

Hi. I have another to add to your collection. It is a spiral cantilevered out from the interior wall of a brick turret. Each of the stairs is embedded in the wall so that there is no center support, but there is a center railing that spirals around with the stairs. It is made entirely of recycled materials. It was designed on the spot in a crazy building that I was involved with about thirty years ago. I have a great picture looking down from the top landing. How can I email it to you?

Michael

wow so cool.

The Museum of Science in Boston did indeed have a musical staircase in the past, but every time I’ve been there in the past few years the staircase has been inoperational. In any case, it never had the lights that the stairs in the video on here do.

I’ve seen staircases like #1, but I’d be concerned about someone leaving a drawer half open so that when you go down (or up) them in the night, you would either break an ankle stepping into an open drawer or trip and fall down the whole flight.

#3 is an arty version of the “ships ladder” or alternating-tread staircase. For very tight conditions they work, but they are a trick to walk up and down.

I absolutely love the slide, the tree and the suspended stair and am intrigued by the steel ribbon stair. I can see how that one would be a nightmare to install.

yeah there is a musical staircase in the museum of science in Boston too but its not the same one as in the video

1st one is cool

Staircase #3 solves a problem of space, it is not just a whim. While a stair with parallel steps in that brief space would leave the steps very short, this allows for the whole foot to rest confortably. It has to be the correct foot in each step, though. It is often used in boats which are always short on space (and so is the first one with drawers in each step), though I have often seen them with its edges shaped like an S instead of straight.

I’ve actually seen that staircase in the church. It’s total BS. It’s just a rickety old staircase. They just use the legend to grab money from unsuspecting tourists.

I believe the last one is in an old Catholic church in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

several of these don’t seem practical to me …

#1 would cause problems in my house, because my kids don’t shut drawers properly. That could cause someone to break their neck!

You didn’t include the Double Helix Staircase in the Chambord Chateaux in France. Two staircases that wrap around each other like DNA (made before the discovery of DNA). It’s the BOMB!

Yup the Boston display is likely older. I remember it from the late 80s I believe. (I went there as a kid) and it was amazing.

Actually the Boston museum of Science has a lot of fond memories for me, for some odd reason.

The most practical one i see is the one with the drawers…..ingenious…

these are amazing! I love the different ideas. I wish as a Realtor I would see more stairs like these in homes.

I love the third and the fourth !!!!! hehe

Creative indeed.

THE LAST ONE #9 WAS IN A MOVIE MADE FOR TV? IT IS BASED ON THE LEGEND. THE CHURCH WAS BUILT BUT THE CHOIR LOFT HAD NO WAY OF BEING USED DUE TO NO STAIRS MADE BY THE BUILDER?
THE LEGEND OF A DRIFTER COMING TO PAY FOR HIS KEEP BY BUILDING THE STAIRS IS GREAT. HE BUILT IT TWICE AND THE WOOD TO THIS DAY IS UNKNOWN. THE LACK OF NAILS AND CENTER SUPPORT ARE INTERESTING ON THEIR OWN. THE CHURCH IS NOW OWNED BY BUSINESS INTERESTS ONLY ACTIVITIES IT SEEMS. THE MOVIE IS WORTH SEEING, BUT I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE TITLE BUT IT CAN BE FOUND ON THE COMPUTER.

Beautiful… I especially like the slide and the impossible staircase. I would totally go for those in my own home. Well, if I could afford them, that is.

Good point on #1 about drawers being left open. They could be made safer, however by some automatic closing mechanism. Even something as simple as a weight on a rope run through a pulley would do the trick.

There is also a musical staircase at the Science Museum of Minnesota… been there for many years.

The double helical staircases at Château de Chambord :

Oups :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mireille/69517144/

The storage staircase is actually rather common on houseboats. They manage to squeeze storage in wherever they can.

Great!!

I love such picture collections.

Awesome page, thanks for the great entry. Very diverse but all unique and awesome in their own way. And really, why aren’t there more stair/slide combinations in the world? Wouldn’t we all be just a little bit happier if there were?

How about using some capitalization so you don’t look like an idiot?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization

#9 is in fact located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. it is in the loreto chapel, as named. it was built in the mid-1800’s. it is the first gothic chapel on the west side of the mississippi. the most impressive thing about it, in my opinion, is that the piece of wood that runs along the bottom of the stairs is actually a single piece of wood. the origins of the wood in which it is built is unknown. the little support that one can see in the photo, on the top right was not added in the 1980’s, as was the banister. they finally decided to add the banister after a few choir members, over the years, fell off the stairs on their way to the loft and died. unfortunately who ever added the banister attached it to the actual stairs, causing weakness throughout, hence the newly added support. what they should have done, is add a freestanding banister so that the original stairs remained unsullied. it seems, however, that modern american man is not so inventive. speaking of which, the chapel has been made touristy in the cheeziest and kitschiest way possible, with a prerecorded explanation of the history.

Staircase #3 is an awesomely amazing space saver…genious!

awesome…… ^^

Very interesting eh… Will keep visiting to see if there any update :D..
Thanks for sharing

Nice Stairs.

neat, but i think this one is better

http://www.wired.com/images/slideshow/2007/03/gallery_lovegrow/5_B_DNA_in_office.jpg

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i think there are probably more than one sets of musical staircases. The Science Museum of Minnesota also has a pretty big one, it is quite fun to try and compose a song :p

Like the slide - erm, how do you get back up?

Our steps aren’t quite as cool as the ones here. But we made them ourselves! We also had a lot of fun doing it!

http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2786557110089979042oarScS?vhost=good-times

Hi, great selection of otherwise background requirements in some houses. I to like the stairs in the log best, & havinglived afloat for a while, yes, we had the angled side-to-side stairway, worked very well with the understanding of ‘keep left’ going up or coming down, notwithstanding that, I feel the ancient Syrians would have had a hard time of it. - see Jonah Ch 4 verse 11…
(New World Translation)

great site geeze! tks 4 the view.

#3 is sculptural. This will look great at the end of a hallway to access a loft/service space. The sculptural quality can be enhanced with a skylight. This is a great solution for a small space as well as an alternative to a ladder.

These stairs seem to take 1/2 the space of conventional models and have form and function value in a small house.

Thanks for sharing.

Holy crap, these are frekkin awesome! I totally want the slide staircase.