Paper Tube Stairs from the Paper-Brick House

We've showcased countless cool stairs here at Apartment Therapy. Here's yet another to add to the books: it's a stair made of paper tubes, found in a project called the Paper-Brick House...

Designed by China's Li Xinggang Atelier, the Paper-Brick House is made of paper boxes and tubes. The temporary structure was erected as China's pavilion for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2008, with a theme of "ordinary architecture". We love how these ordinary materials have been composed to create anything but ordinary architecture.

See more of the house and its cool stair at archiCentral.

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MORE PICTURES PLEASE!

posted by littlebrownbird on July 30th 2009 at 2:51pm
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Very cool.

Emily

posted by Emily Sneds on July 30th 2009 at 3:29pm
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Hmm, I must be in a bitchy mood today. I would have said that you've shown a lot of really *weird* stairs on AT.

posted by JoanneM on July 30th 2009 at 3:39pm
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A paper house. Hmmm, makes my "tenderbox" Eichler feel almost fire retardant.

posted by paintitbright on July 30th 2009 at 3:49pm
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It looks sort of cool but if you did this in the U.S. I can't help but think you'd have to prepare to be sued by all the people that fell on your stairs...I'd never make it on those in my heels...

posted by mvdiaz9 on July 30th 2009 at 5:18pm
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Cool, but man, having to sweep or vacuum those..shoot me!

posted by Honey Child on July 30th 2009 at 11:42pm
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Awesome, another way to kill myself falling down stairs!

posted by kuroneko on July 31st 2009 at 11:48am
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