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Zero Energy Design Lab creates Girls’ Hostel Block with hollow concrete facade

January 12, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0
Girls Hostel Block by Zero Energy Design Lab

New Delhi-based design studio Zero Energy Design Lab has completed a girls’ hostel building with a perforated concrete facade and an exterior staircase in Gurugram, India. The design for the Girls’ Hostel Block, part of the St. Andrews Institute of Technology and Management, took its cues from the adjacent boys’ hostel block and features the

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Dezeen’s top staircases of 2020

December 2, 2020 India Block 0
Stairway House by Nendo

For our review of 2020 here are Dezeen’s top 10 staircases this year, including a blue steel stairway by Virgil Abloh and a house by Nendo divided by giant concrete stairs. He Art Museum by Tadao Ando, Guangdong, China Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has built a pair of giant, concrete helical staircases that twist around

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Carlo Ratti unveils digital arts centre with zigzag orange staircase

October 29, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Central stairwell of MEET by Carlo Ratti Associati

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed his design for MEET, Milan’s centre for digital culture and creative technology, which centres around a colourful zigzag-shaped staircase. MEET is located in a historic palazzo in the Porta Venezia neighbourhood in Milan, to which Ratti added a 15-metre-high stairwell. Ratti’s design was informed by an earlier renovation of

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Dal Pian inserts bright orange staircase in São Paulo office building

August 21, 2020 Kristine Klein 0
Natura Headquarters by Dal Pian Arquitetos

A bright orange staircase and patches of vegetation are visible from the outside of this São Paulo office building, which Brazilian studio Dal Pian designed for a beauty company. Natura, a cosmetic and personal care company, hosted a competition inviting firms to design its new administrative headquarters building in São Paulo. It selected Dal Pian’s

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Step House extension built around perforated birch-ply staircase

August 17, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Step House extension in London by Grey Griffiths Architects

A staircase punctured with rectangle-shaped holes is the focal point of this two-storey extension Grey Griffiths Architects has added to a workers’ cottage in west London. The bespoke staircase allows light to pass from the original end-of-terrace workers’ cottage into the extension, which Grey Griffiths Architects have aptly named Step House. Situated in the district

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Step House extension built around perforated birch-ply staircase

August 17, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Step House extension in London by Grey Griffiths Architects

A staircase punctured with rectangle-shaped holes is the focal point of this two-storey extension Grey Griffiths Architects has added to a workers’ cottage in west London. The bespoke staircase allows light to pass from the original end-of-terrace workers’ cottage into the extension, which Grey Griffiths Architects have aptly named Step House. Situated in the district

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Rural community oven transformed into Portuguese holiday home

August 11, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Rural House in Portugal by HBG Architects

HBG Architects has converted an old granite community oven in east Portugal into a small holiday home, featuring a staircase with steps that double as a table, bench and fireplace. The small building, now named Rural House in Portugal, is located in the village of Aldeia de João Pires and has been owned by the

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Deferrari+Modesti designs rock climbing-themed staircase for villa in Tuscany

July 1, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interior design studio Deferrari+Modesti renovated a house in Prato, Italy, adding a blue staircase that doubles as a climbing wall for its sporty owners. The two-storey house in the Tuscany region, which was built in the 1980s, was in a state of disuse and required a complete refurbishment. Deferrari + Modesti designed an integrated furnishing

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