The staircase is the most honest room in a building
Every floor plan lies a little. Stairs cannot: they show how a building really moves people from one level to the next.
Topic
Architecture
Buildings, rooms and the details that make them work.
The colours of a concrete block
One building, hundreds of balconies, each one painted to tell you where you live.
Pink concrete, blue sky
Some buildings only work under one kind of sky.
A roof made of colour
Coloured glass turns a plain roof into a lamp by day and a landmark by night.
Balconies are a public gesture
A balcony belongs to one flat and to the whole street at the same time.
White box, blue sky
The plainest buildings need the best light.
Car parks deserve better
Most of us start and end the day in one. Few were designed as if that mattered.