When Robert Lipskoch was drawing the plans for his house, his kids wanted a curved slide from the second to the first floor. Although the slide did not remain in the plans, a dramatic dual curved ...

A basement stairway has been the scene of many accidents where there was nothing to hang onto. And so has a wide-open or steep stairway where there’s no railing for support on the opposite wall.

Having a staircase is a luxury of sorts—it means you've got two floors instead of just one, obviously! But running up and down a staircase will make you quickly realize why they're also a ...