Great stairs feel effortless underfoot and look good from every angle. The secret is planning circulation, light, and materials before you ever pick a finish. Use these practical ideas to shape a ...

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Researchers are stepping up the pace for designing safer building evacuations by releasing large, numerical datasets tracking the movement of people on stairs during high-rise building evacuation ...

Landings are often the forgotten spaces of a home. These in-between spots, sitting at the bottom or top of the stairs, may not seem quite large enough for furniture yet feel too empty to leave bare.