by John Maniscalco Architecture
San Francisco, CA, US 94102 · 206 photos
Cube House
http://www.m-architecture.com

 
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bbrunettij wrote:
Beautiful stairs, how was it constructed? Does it have a steel structure that holds the stairs concealed in the wall? Does each tread have an interior steel support? Thank you for your answer, I am trying to built one of these and still can't decide which is the best way to support it. »
· Comment · 16 months ago
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added by John Hill to The Case for Interior Courtyards
Living and dining spaces are situated on either side of this interior courtyard. To think of this deep floor plate without this void is to imagine darkness instead of light. This outdoor space may take up valuable floor area, but the living spaces are so much nicer via the filtering of sunlight into them that it's definitely worth it.
Here the connection to the wall is more overt, as the stringer that holds the steps is exposed, albeit painted white to match the wall. Another look reveals...
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I love the stairs!
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Stairs
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Stairs
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Flying stairs
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All wood floating
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stairs
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Stairs
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plutitoare
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Floor And garden
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i do quite like being able to see through the stairs?
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atrium between living and dining rooms
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cantilevered stairs
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Nice timber
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Timber stair treads almost floating of the wall
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Staircase
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有竹子的樓梯間
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stairs
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staircase'>floating staircase
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clean look, but too expensive?
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floating stairs
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scari floating
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Courtyard
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floating stars
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Stairway
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ctyd
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Cube stairs
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stairs
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stairs colour of wood
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Staircase
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Cool look
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Carpintería ventanas
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boxed in stairs
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Cool stairs
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stairs
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cantilevered stairs
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Staircase inner garden
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Love the bamboo growing inside the house
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Stairs
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beautiful stairs
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Stairs
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like the space between stairs & lhs wall
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Cantilevered stairs
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Main courante
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steosm atrium
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floating stairs
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stairs
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stairs living room
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stairs, floor yes
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Escalera
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stair
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Great clean look
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floating stairs - perfect
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dong cua guong phong office
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second floor of open court yard
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Floating but protected
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Staircase
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Shawna finds interesting
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escaleras
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stairs
added by mreddynew to mreddynew's Ideas (5 months ago)
Cool free flowing staircase. May be better to close down holes for safety
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Style of steps used.
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sofa
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Interior modern stair condition
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stairs
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One stringer stair
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dun bome?
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Cantilevered stairs
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staircase close by courtyard
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Escaleras
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escadas10
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interior
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Stairs
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Wild!!
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stairs and railing
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Floating stairs
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creates illusion of more space
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stairs
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Stairs
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Staircase
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design
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Central room - Can we do something like this to the wet bar?
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s.cas21
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stairs L R & DR
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C9
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nice floating stairs
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stairs by the atrium
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stairs
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Here the connection to the wall is more overt, as the stringer that holds the steps is exposed, albeit painted white to match the wall. Another look reveals...
added by aprilyf to aprilyf's ideas (7 months ago)
floating stairs modern
added by heatherjones to Staircases and landings (7 months ago)
white stringer and not too big a gap between stairs
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מדרגות עץ קונזולריות
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stairs
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wood cantilevered stair
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Without risers
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Floating staircase
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Open, wood, lets light through
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love these
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Stairs - go all the way accross
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glas enclosed space
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Thickness of stairs
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handrail
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Great set of stairs
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stairs
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Gradation?
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stairs
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atrium
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Transparency of stairs
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83 Dean likes this staircase Bret-favorite of his
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handrail
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escalera
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Staira
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room separation but not really
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Nice
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open risers
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Pasamanos
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suspended stairs
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Staircase
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stairs
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stair
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bamboo in the courtyard
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Stair
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Love them
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divider
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g10
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Handrail
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Jardin en medio de escalera
added by dshel to Stairs (11 months ago)
How can we do something in this direction?
added by Tiffany Chin to floor and stairs (11 months ago)
The stairs are beautiful! I also like the floor to ceiling windows to the atrium.
added by chetcook to chetcook's ideas (11 months ago)
likr look
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laiptai 2
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wall
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2nd story stairs
added by conant to best ideas (11 months ago)
I like these cantilever stairs because they have a sculptured look about them, almost floating, not just utilitarian.
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Stairs
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Hhhhoolllyyyyy ffffuuuccckkkkk
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Sofa and vase w/ bamboo tree
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stairs
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Like this one a lot!!!!!!!!!!
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Thickness of treads
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the glass windows on 2 sides
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Escalera volada
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stairs
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stairs
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Float stair with glass window wall room divider
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cantilevered stairs add airyness to space
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the floating way
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timber rail
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Thickness of treads
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Dream stairs
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Stairs
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open look
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wood
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Escalera
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Atrium
added by jakejacobs62 to jakejacobs62's ideas (14 months ago)
done the right way, this could be a really cool idea for a stairway....
added by olivertranslucent to olivertranslucent's ideas (14 months ago)
cantilevered stair
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Es
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very nice....
added by dianehk to Stairs (14 months ago)
open stairs
added by darren55 to darren55's ideas (14 months ago)
Likes next to stairs, Scotty too
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Stairs
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nice
added by Carlo Andrea Pattacini to Staircase (15 months ago)
gradone "a scatola"
added by jackie0 to stair (15 months ago)
stairs
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May have to have the White block similar to this.
added by rosnemer to rosnemer's ideas (15 months ago)
interesting glass wall
added by camster to camster's ideas (15 months ago)
floating stairs
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cantilever stairs
added by conant to conant's ideas (16 months ago)
Nice clean look yet warm
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open stairs
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Staircase
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Stairs
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stairs
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Beautiful stairs
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Floating staircase
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Open stairs
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MODERN IDEA (SKYLIGHT)
added by yrehem to yrehem's ideas (17 months ago)
Wall for safety, but no contact. Lovely design
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Stair so simple
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Handle/rails
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stair execution with floating elements
added by nikki97 to nikki97's ideas (17 months ago)
like this
added by riclalihome to riclalihome's ideas (17 months ago)
those are the stairs
added by babado to stairs (17 months ago)
Wild and cool. Floating stairs.
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Staircase
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Stairs
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courtyard stair
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Railig
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stairs
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escalera
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how do they do this?