Roborock's Saros Rover robot vacuum uses AI-powered wheel-legs to climb and clean stairs, solving the multi-story cleaning ...

Stairways are central to access and mobility within a space, and yet, they often take a backseat to other elements of design within a work of architecture. However, Mexican firm PRODUCTORA has put ...

Enter the The Architect’s Stair #3 ‪Architecture‬ Competition‬ now! 7,000 € in prize money! Closing date for registration: March 5, 2026 The stair is one of the most elemental and enduring components ...

As you walk into the broad lobby of George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus in Toronto, squarely in front of you is a flight of stairs. It offers an enticing route upward along a wall of glass, ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. As we move through our cities each day, we make dozens of small ...

“Uninspired” was one of the kinder things that could be said of this 1,250-square-foot duplex when Gowanus-based architect Lynn Gaffney and her clients first laid eyes on it (for proof, see the ...

Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. Alternating tread stairs are terrific for saving space; you only put one foot on a tread at ...

The metal cladding of German architect Jürgen Mayer H's FOM Hochschule university building in Düsseldorf is carved into sculptural shapes that connect windows, balconies and stairs. The Berlin-based ...

Citing the Grenfell Tower tragedy isn't enough to nix this idea. Eliason is a researcher, writer, urbanist, and architect based in Seattle. He holds a B.Arch from Virginia Tech. His writings and past ...