A staircase is one of the most underestimated components of architecture that you only learn to appreciate once you step on a poorly designed stairway, which almost has you tripping. A stairway does the simplest job of helping you transcend or descend to another floor, but if they are designed well, they can even become the beautiful centrepiece of an otherwise ordinary architectural piece.
Genius designers have managed to convert a stairway into a packed storage space or just used a small space to make an eye-catching piece of art. We have picked a few of the unusual ones, some of which may even confuse you.
1. Andrew McConnell

2. Storage Associati

3. Mieke Meijer

4. Kazunori Fujimoto Architect & Associates

5. Edouard Brunet and François Martens

6. Hanne Fuglbjerg

7. TAF arkitektkontor

8. Heatherwick Studio


9. Treppen & Bauelemente Schmidt GmbH


10. Atmos Studio

11. 51 Architecture

12. Martin Dulanto Sangalli


13. Arquitectura en Movimento Workshop

14. Les Ateliers Tristan & Sagitta


15. Farshad Mehdizadeh and Ahmad Bathaei


16. Studio Farris Architects

17. Tetrarc


18. Hudson Architects


19. Isay Weinfeld

20. nC2

These were the few that captured our eyes. If there are any other spectacular staircase designs that we may have missed, share with us in the comments section below.