Behold the melon-twisting Schröder Staircase by Mathematician Kokichi Sugihara of Meiji University – a 3D model which appears the same right side up and upside down, it’s left end always looking taller than its right.
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From top: Neue Rathaus Munich; Music Box Steps Los Angeles; Livraria Lello & Irmão bookstore, Porto, Portugal; Tianmen Shen Zhangjiajie China; Hotel Bristol Palace Genoa; Herefordshire Beacon Malvern Hills and The ‘Exorcist Stairs’ Washington, D.C.
New pictures of Kiwi sculptor David McCracken’s 12m long “Diminish And Ascend: at Bondi Beach, Sydney (top 3), Connells Bay, Waiheke Island (4,5,6) and Christchurch Botanic Gardens in New Zealand (7,8).
Previously: Infinite Staircase
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The Art Deco and Bauhaus spiral staircases of Budapest, photographed by Balint Alovits.
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The frankly gorgeous staircase at the Musée National Gustave Moreau onRue de La Rochefoucauld in Paris.
Pic by Nico
A curved, laminated wooden spiral staircase by Norwegian architect Tron Meyer.
Oh my.
Previously: Stair Porn
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The sensuous, flowing lines of a bespoke wooden staircase at a Mumbai apartment by Mexican studio Arquitectura en Movimiento Workshop.
Diminish And Ascend – an aluminium trompe l’oeil by Kiwi artist David McCracken on show at this year’s Sculpture By The Sea at Bondi, Sydney.
(Photos by William Patino, Paul Davis, and Leighton Wallis.)