Includes index.

Residential : Throstles Nest Hotel / John Moore and Partners -- Parliament view / Sutherland Craig Partnership -- Private apartment / Thomas Laurens B.V. -- Library staircase / Levitate Architects -- Prechistenka Street / Art-Blya -- Genetic stair / Caliper Studio -- Casa Tóló / Álvaro Leite Siza Vieira, Arq -- Crossways eco arch / Hawkes Architecture -- ElementStair / Weltevree -- Roche residence / Atelier Archiplein -- T House, Atelier Boronski -- Sensualscape staircase, Atmos -- MinamiAoyama M / Takeshi Hirobe Architects -- Magnolia Barn / Spiral Staircase Systems -- Cultural : City hall / Foster + Partners -- MAXXI Museum, Zaha Hadid Architects -- Art Gallery of Ontario / Gehry Partners LLP -- MUMUTH Music Theatre / UNStudio -- Canton Basel-Landschaft Public Records Office / EM2N -- Zweiter Traversiner Steg / Conzett Bronzini Gartmann -- Institute of Molecular Genetics / Studio P-H-A -- Four Seasons Centre for Performing Arts / Diamond Schmitt Architects -- Live Wire / Oyler Wu Collaborative -- Seoul National University / Rem Koolhaas (OMA) -- Retail : Fornarina / Giorgio Borruso Design -- Longchamp Flagship Store / Heatherwick Studio -- Boodles Jewellers / Eva Jiricna -- Louis Vuitton Nagoya / Carbondale Architects -- Louis Vuitton Hong Kong / Peter Marino Architect -- Armani Flagship Store / Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Architetti -- Offices : Escada HQ / Carbondale Architects -- Hollandse Delta / EGM Architecten -- Saxo Bank / 3XN -- Trutec Building / Barkow Leibinger Architects -- Established & Sons HQ / Angus Pond Architects -- Edificio BIP / Alberto Mozó Architectura -- Showroom Manifatture Gamba srl / nEmoGruppo architetti -- Hotels : Mondrian South Beach residences / Marcel Wanders -- Mamilla Hotel / Lissoni Associati.

Detail in Contemporary Staircase Design provides a revealing insight into this most sculptural of architectural elements. Featuring many of the world's most highly acclaimed architects, as well as emerging practitioners, the book presents 40 recently completed staircase designs, found in homes, galleries, shops, hotels, public buildings, and offices across the world. In addition to the visual and descriptive presentation of this staircase collection, the book provides an overview of various national building regulations and structural requirements that must be observed when creating staircases, which will serve as a useful and lasting source of reference. These ingenious projects, ranging from the austerely minimal to the ornate and eclectic, are presented with a concise descriptive text, color photographs, and specially drawn scale plans, sections, and construction details.