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 ...

Brownstones and row houses have a lot of stairs. And whether it’s a grand L-shaped center staircase, winding switchback stairs or a sleek stainless steel staircase, bare treads can be beautiful. But a ...

Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. Alternating tread stairs are terrific for saving space; you only put one foot on a tread at ...