Throstles Nest

SS 489

Architect John Moore and Partners
Height 13 rise
Radius 2238mm
Materials Glass, stainless steel

This helical stair is supported entirely by space frame balustrading. Where helical stairs usually utilise solid stringers to support the structure, this one gains its strength by running a pair of cross braced frames on either side of glass treads, using the top bars to form a double handrail.

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