Architecture

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5 min

Stairs are the best room in the house

Nobody lives on a stair, which is exactly why it is where a house can show its character.

A room you pass through

Nobody lives on a stair, so it is the one place in a house where you can be generous with space, light and material without making daily life harder.

A good stair slows you down just enough to notice the house. A great one makes you want to sit on it.

Three rules

Keep the rise under 17 centimetres. Put a window at the turn. Make the handrail from something warm.

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Written by Ilias Varenne

Architect and creative director. Notes are written on Sunday mornings in the Athens studio.

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