ThinkGlass glass staircases are designed and produced using a process that eliminates lamination lines, allowing for glass treads with polished edges and seamless construction. Glass staircases are ...

The staircase features seamless glass stringers and minimalist in-line attachments. A distinctive tread-to-stringer connection gives the Glass Staircase a floating appearance.

While building codes in Michigan City allow open treads, most Chicago-area towns essentially prohibit them by saying the maximum stair opening allowed is four inches.

This staircase connects the kitchen and living areas to the bedrooms on the first floor. Framed by toughened glass walls on one side, and a plaster wall on the other, the open treads appear to float.

Personally, I find walking up an open-tread staircase a bit like climbing a ladder, and feel they are much easier to fall up or down. The other important aspect to a good flight of stairs is tidiness.

Among the highlights: narrow, triangle-shaped steps, a glass spiral staircase with mirrored walls and steep wooden stairs carved into a New Zealand cliff face.

The staircase in this west London house by Tigg Coll Architects has a glass balustrade and open treads to allow light to flood through from above (+ slideshow). The three-storey maisonette in ...

It’s a sculptural piece built of thick glass and set into the center of the wide-open floor. It is transparent except for its 20 treads. These are slabs of walnut, set with stainless steel bolts.