The central stairs of the new Franklin County Common Pleas Courthouse seem almost to float up from the ground floor, suspended in a foyer of light and glass. However, the aesthetic appeal of the ...

From medieval times all the way up to World War II, the staircase was the focal design element in a multistoried house. Stairs were built in myriad forms, from U- and T-shaped plans to curving and ...

Amateur carpenters who have laid out the cuts in a stair stringer (the zig-zag structural support for the steps) know the queasy feeling that bubbles up at the prospect of this job. There’s the simple ...