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The spiral stair is a type of stairway which, due to its complex helical structure, has been introduced relatively late into architecture. Although the oldest example dates back to the 5th century BC, [ 1 ] it was only in the wake of the influential design of the Trajan's Column that this space-saving new type permanently caught hold in ancient ...
Plan of the Scala Regia At the base of the stairs, Bernini placed his equestrian statue of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great . It is meant to display the event, before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge when at Saxa Rubra north of Rome along the Tiber, Constantine sees a vision of the cross with the words In Hoc Signo Vinces (In this sign ...
The Flintstone House is a free-form, single-family residence in Hillsborough, California, [1] overlooking and easily seen from the Doran Memorial Bridge carrying Interstate 280 over San Mateo Creek. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
The modern 'Bramante' spiral stairs of the Vatican Museums, designed by Giuseppe Momo in 1932 The modern double helix staircase, also in the Pio-Clementine Museum, and commonly referred to as the "Bramante Staircase", was designed by Giuseppe Momo, sculpted by Antonio Maraini and realized by the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry in 1932 and was inspired by the original Bramante Staircase.
Good lighting is important in a staircase so users see where they are going and to prevent falls. [6] There is often a window on the wall to let in daylight.In many cases, indoor stairs are placed far inside the building structure, and it is often not easy to get access to a wall on the outside where it would be natural to have a regular window for letting daylight in.
Its first owner, Dafydd ap Richard, is known to have been lord of the manor in 1549. The original defensive design incorporated a single entrance, four-foot thick walls enclosing spiral stone staircases for access between floors and stout wooden doors with iron bolts; there may originally have been up to fourteen staircases, one for each room.
The Hubbards emphasized beauty and utility in the house's design. When the original section was built in 1871, it included a central heating system (furnace); the structure also included four bathrooms, uncommon in the area at the time. [5] The home was also one of the first in the area to have indoor plumbing, a telephone, and electricity. [9]
The local fire brigade managed to stop the fire reaching the wooden stairs to the top of the tower. [14] Prebendary F. E. Murphy, the rector of Walcot, established an appeal for funds of £300 for the restoration. [11] [15] [16] By 1954 the stairs up the tower had become unsafe and a further appeal for public funds for the restoration was ...