Amateur carpenters who have laid out the cuts in a stair stringer (the zig-zag structural support for the steps) know the queasy feeling that bubbles up at the prospect of this job. There’s the simple ...

From central staircases to curved, sweeping structures and glass features to subtle, luxe offerings, we take a look at some of the ways in which you can incorporate your very own custom staircase in ...

To lay out a set of stair stringers from scratch requires a little math, but not much. Equally important is some quiet time to run the numbers and at the same time to think about the construction ...

Lancaster architect C. Emlen Urban mastered both open- and closed-stair design in the residences and public buildings he designed all over Lancaster in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Here are ...