Amazing Floating Stairs at The Gray Hotel, Milan

By Alex in Architecture, Pictures, Travel on Nov 12, 2008 at 12:06 pm

Now that is an awesome staircase! The creative "floating" stairs are designed by Florence architect Guido Ciompi for The Gray Hotel in Milan, Italy. The Contemporist Blog has more: Link – via stair porn (SFW actually, the blog features a lot of wonderful stairs)


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  1. Sannhp
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    I’ve always wanted a staircase like that. It would make coming home drunk interesting.

  2. stacyj
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Very cool (though I feel like I’m about to fall down just from LOOKING at those things …)

  3. The Other Parker
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    It looks cool, but I bet it’s quite a safety hazard. I think I’d be pretty scared to use it!

  4. ambassdor
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

    snap, crash, bam!

  5. silentwatcher24
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    I never knew stairs could be so fascinating. I just spent, like, 20 min looking at that site. Some of them are so cool. And the other hand, I’m pretty sure a fair deal of them would lead to my death if I ever tried to use them.

  6. Great Gonzo
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Pretty cool idea. Just don’t try to walk up and down these stairs while drunk.

  7. Paul in Boca
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Imagine how grimy the walls will get after people traipse up and down all day.

  8. Rocky Rook
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    There has to be a weight limit for those stairs.

  9. mallory
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

    The floating bookshelf (from a few weeks ago? a month? more?) would go well with the stairs :)

  10. stormie24
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

    they look so flimsy! I’m surprised that they’d hold anyone

  11. renderanything
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 7:49 pm

    It would probably take you a few goes to get accustomed to them, but after a while they’d be just like any other stairs I bet. Any word on if they are spaced normally or not?

  12. PK
    Nov 12th, 2008 at 10:27 pm

    @stormie24: It’s probably made of steel that is anchored deep inside the wall. Even a Karate kid will not break it!

  13. Oscar Zoroastor
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 4:37 am

    The artist in me is thinking cool. The drunk in me is thinking a trip to the ER

  14. ted
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 7:39 am

    But the laywer in you is saying, “Ye-ess!”

  15. noahstrickland
    Nov 13th, 2008 at 8:45 am

    very very cool.

  16. Ali S.
    Nov 14th, 2008 at 1:45 am

    Great so when you are walking down the steps at night and the cat is hiding in one of the holes and takes a swipe at your foot you can fall to your death!


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