A tear-down and build-back that took two years, this is the first in a series of reveals of our Organic Modern project.

Give your home a lift with these 16 modern floating staircase designs. Our detailed guide covers a range of materials like glass, marble, and wood, along with different configurations such as U-shaped, L-shaped, and curved, ensuring your space feels both open and contemporary.

Wade Design Architects, working with Total Concepts homebuilders, created a library and reading area under the main stairs in a Bennett Valley, California weekend house. Photography by John Costill & Paul Dyer

Just keep climbing, friends... we’ve almost made it to Friday! . And I’d take the stairs all day long if they looked like this gorgeous… | Instagram

Staircases are tricky spaces with the mix of railings, posts and the staircase. Read this for all the considerations of a stairway

Breath new life into your home with a staircase makeover, the first architectural element you and your visitors will see when entering your house!

It all started simple enough, we could not get our queen sized mattress up the staircase. I think the previous homeowners had a mattress with sections, so never had to confront the narrow passageway. The staircase was originally encased on all sides, with a doorway that had a removed door at the bottom. The effect was claustrophobic. Although the walls on either side of the staircase were load bearing, one would have to come down. Why? Well besides from being able to get a bed upstairs…

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Based in the Chicago area, Michael Abraham Architecture is a full service architecture firm that creates custom residential spaces with a sense of livable elegance.