Could you confidently say you know the difference between a balustrade, a banister, and a railing? No? Don't worry, neither could I. Sometimes, home design jargon can feel like a completely different ...

In our latest lookbook, Dezeen has rounded up 10 home staircases that incorporate contemporary and non-traditional balustrades from circular perforations to bold colour blocking. A balustrade is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo credit: Read McKendree It’s like an age-old riddle: What’s tall and sturdy and something you lean on every day? If you guess ...

The three-storey office building has a central atrium flanked by landings which give access to open-plan work spaces. Precastconcrete staircases rise through the atrium space, placed asymmetrically ...

Feature staircases, once synonymous with grand period houses and historic hotels, are having a renaissance. Open-plan spaces have made staircases more important as they are now more visible from or ...

But cantilever stairs have never been reserved for grand designs, and thousands of more modest examples of principal and service stairs can be found throughout the country. Unfortunately, they are ...

Canadian studio Kl.tz Design has included a staircase with suspended timber steps and a thin metal balustrade in the bright interiors of this renovated home. The Lazard house is located in Montreal's ...

A few days ago, I had a very frightening experience while climbing stairs in one of the office complexes in Kampala. Not only are the stairs stiff but they also have no handrails of any sort. So, in ...

It’s like an age-old riddle: What’s tall and sturdy and something you lean on every day? If you guess a balustrade, you’d be right—but that’s probably not the first thing that came to your mind. The ...