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Just to get this out of the way...

Scary, dangerous, vertigo, slippery, children, injury, generally unsafe, building codes, and I'd never have them in MY house!

Phew! Glad that's done. These are GORGEOUS. Thanks for the eye candy ;)

Actually, these stairs look like the conform to code and still look great. Proof that beauty and practicality are not mutually exclusive.

Up to code, dangerous, or whatever - these stairs are just plain fugly.

The stairs are fun, but the principle behind them is awesome. From Caliper's site:
In the search for a final form that inhabits the fecund territory between exuberance and rationality, custom code was developed to marry the generative potential fo 3D architectural modeling with the analytic power of structural design software. In an entirely automated evolutionary process, populations of stairs were created in compliance wtih strict FABRICATION constraints and then rated for structural performance. Following genetic principles, new generations were produced in which individuals showed stronger and stronger properties utnil a final design was deemed structurally adequate to connect two floors with no intermediary supports while making three ninety degree turns.

Way too much Windex than I want to use for stairs. Could you imagine the fingerprints?

Same thing I was thinking Alaricus. Can you imagine a couple of toddlers and all that glass?