In Vancouver, Public Architecture makes a case for single-stair access in multi-unit residential buildings By Jamie Harte • April 9, 2024 • Architecture , International , News ...

arts entertainment Architecture. The uncomfortable, inaccessible trend plaguing new buildings How the ‘bleacher stair’ became the ubiquitous scourge of public architecture in Dallas and beyond.

It has been heralded as an architectural triumph: A new $41.5 million public library in Long Island City that ascends over multiple landings and terraces, providing stunning Manhattan views to ...

Thirty years on, the Americans With Disabilities Act has reshaped the way designers and the public have come to think about equity, civil rights and American architecture. But it’s only a start.

Away from the cameras surveilling Sydney, public stairs remain among the few places where people "can still be private in public", says architect Jennifer Preston.

The West Boston Haunted Stair, the West Howe Jurassic and the Comstock Grand Dame are three enticing spots among some 120 staircases noted on the “Map of the (oft) Pedestrian Public Stairs of ...

Alleyways and those long-forgotten public stairs that seem to lead to nowhere can seem uninviting. But a local group is making them safer, more beautiful places to walk.

Seattle has hundreds of flights of public stairs, but Howe Street Stairs are the longest, their 388 steps divided into 13 flights cut by landings and streets. Skip to content.