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« Reply #54 on: January 19, 2010, 12:13:07 AM »
6. San Francisco's Tiled Steps - World's Longest Mosaic Stair (USA)



The 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, perhaps the world's longest mosaic staircase (163 steps, 82' high), was conceived and fabricated by Irish ceramicist Aileen Barr and San Francisco mosaic artist Colette Crutcher. Over a two and a half year period, a tireless group of neighbors raised funds and lobbied city government to make the project, unveiled in August 2005, a reality. Over 2000 handmade tiles and 75,000 fragments of tile, mirror and stained glass went into the finished piece, located at 16th Ave. and Moraga, in San Francisco.
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« Reply #55 on: January 19, 2010, 12:14:02 AM »
7. Umschreibung - KPMG Building Munich (Germany)



This artistic staircase designed by Olafur Eliasson is called Umschreibung (Rewriting), and was completed in 2004. It's in the courtyard of the global accounting firm KPMG in Munich.
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« Reply #56 on: January 19, 2010, 12:14:50 AM »
8. Stairs at the Longchamp Store (New York)



Constructed in 1¼” hot-rolled steel and taking six months to be built, the sta ir landscape weighs 55 tons and is an installation of ribbon-like forms that divide and converge to form a topography of walkways, landings and steps.
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« Reply #57 on: January 19, 2010, 12:15:20 AM »
9. Vertigo Staircase at the QVB Building (Australia)



This image shows “The Grand Staircase" of Sydney's Grand Queen Victoria Building. This building, now affectionately known as the QVB, wasdesigned by George McRae and completed in 1898, replacing the original Sydney markets on the site. Built as a monument to the long reigning monarch, construction took place in dire times, as Sydney was in a severe recession. The elaborate Romanesque architecture was specially planned for the grand building so the Government could employ many out-of-work craftsmen – stonemasons, plasterers, and stained window artists – in a worthwhile project.
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« Reply #58 on: January 19, 2010, 12:15:55 AM »
10. Bridge-stair at the Traversinertobel (Switzerland)



The bridge over the Traversinertobel, a side valley of the Via Mala, is the latest structure of this kind designed by engineer Jürg Conzett and his associate Rolf Bachofner . They solved the problem of connecting two different elevations over the gorge by creating a staircase.The staircase replaces a rope bridge for hikers that was wiped out by a rock slide. This suspended footbridge spans a distance of 56 metres, with a difference in height of 22 metres between the two ends.
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« Reply #59 on: June 26, 2010, 02:05:29 AM »
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