A Gallery of Spiral & Helicial Staircases

There is just something intriguing and beautiful about spiral and helicial staircases - the sort of magical "lighter than air" feeling it gives to something architecturally important in combination with the graceful and beautiful structure...

.... of the actual staircases, their step configurations and the lines of their railings.

This impressive gallery of ten examples are all from Spiral Staircase Systems UK, as part of many different architects' projects. Enjoy!

Shown above, top row, left to right:
1. Aspect Capital, Morgan Lowell
2. Theobald's Road, ORMS Architects & Designers
3. Anne Summers, Mackenzie
4. Cleveland Square, Fred Collin
5. Watergate Lane, PS Architects

Bottom row, left to right:
6. Hamilton Terrace, Theis & Kahn
7. Clarendon Road, David Furze
8. Parkview, Elsworth Sykes Architecture
9. Hamilton Terrace, Theis & Kahn
10. Cadogan Place, architect info n/a

Images: Spiral Stairs UK

Comments (6)

You really mean that there's something magical, etc. about PHOTOGRAPHS of spiral staircases. In the real world, these angle isn't on view.

In the real world, tight spiral staircases are a pain in the ass. You can't move furniture up and down them, children and old people have trouble negotiating them, and so on.

These photos are great.

posted by Palmetto on July 18th 2009 at 12:50pm
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I think they are art worthy.

I took this in guanajuato-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44713708@N00/344229732/in/set-72157621509322774/

posted by LoriSF on July 18th 2009 at 5:21pm
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Just looking at the photos makes me dizzy! And they are very incovenient for the reasons mentioned by Palmetto.

posted by Battling Betty on July 19th 2009 at 12:35am
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I just moved from an apartment that had spiral stairs. Never again. I loved them, really, I did... until I had to do laundry, or move anything remotely large to the bedroom (like a basket full of laundry!).

I paid someone to move our furniture, because there was no way I was dealing with the furniture on the top floor again. Once was enough when we moved in.

posted by megnez on July 20th 2009 at 3:46pm
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The is the ultimate mysterious spiral stair.

posted by dianalily on July 20th 2009 at 9:52pm
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i meant:

Loretto chapel.

Apologies - I stink at html right now.

posted by dianalily on July 20th 2009 at 9:57pm
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