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Stair climbing is officially classed as a ‘vigorous exercise’ and burns more calories per minute than jogging
Stair climbing requires 8-9 times more energy expenditure than sitting and burns about 7 times more calories than taking a lift
You burn about 0.17 calories for every step you climb, so you burn roughly a calorie and a half for every 10 upward steps
You also burn calories going down. Every stair descended burns about 0.05 calories, so you burn 1 calorie for every 20 steps down

I've Seen Some Crappy Stairs, But This One Takes The Cake

Final score:

391points

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Inten Rael 5 years ago

Did someone shoot the wall with the Halo Needler?

175points

When You Let Satan Choose The Carpet

Final score:

382points

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MeggersTheFox 5 years ago

Not even Satan would do this, are there any eviler demons?

128points

For buildings with five floors or less, it’s nearly always quicker to take the stairs. Studies show office workers save up to 15 minutes a day by taking the stairs.
As well as guarding against heart disease, diabetes, stroke and some cancers, stair climbing releases endorphins that produce feelings of wellbeing.
Just 7 minutes stair climbing a day has been estimated to more than half the risk of a heart attack over 10 years.
Stair climbing cuts carbon emissions. By ditching the lift in a typical office you will save between 0.3 and 0.6 Kg of Co2 a day.
Professional skiers often climb stairs to keep competition-fit. Many models do the same to keep their legs toned for the catwalk.

Camouflage 101

Final score:

380points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

Why is the last stair not carpeted, that makes no sense??

177points

Built The Staircase Exactly As Designed, Boss

Final score:

372points

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Arno Nüüm 5 years ago

The most amazing thing is that they really went through with it all the way. You would think that at some point during the construction they would have been like "oh, this isn't gonna work", but no, they built the entire thing.

197points

Climbing stairs is a classic ‘short burst’ exercise and ideal for the time-poor. The biggest variable in stair climbing is your weight. The heavier you are, the more calories you burn.
Other variables affecting calorie burn while stair climbing include the angle of the stairs, your sex, climbing speed, age and general fitness.
You burn more calories climbing stairs in high heels.
It’s a myth that climbing stairs two at a time burns more calories. More energy is expended over time by taking things slowly.
The greatest height reached climbing stairs in 12 hours was 33,000 feet by Chris Solarz of Philadelphia, USA. Solarz climbed 58,080 stairs.
The 19th century is regarded by many as the golden era of stair construction. In the 20th century architects gave prominence to lifts.

Stairs That Lead To Nowhere

Final score:

328points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Somebody shuffled the blueprint levels

129points

Edan Min 5 years ago

It's for the flying cars!

32points

Zenozenobee 5 years ago

My, they are sooo late! I was waiting for flying cars to hit the game somewhere around 2000's. Where are our flying cars (and hoverbords btw)?

9points

Zoe Drake 5 years ago

They lead to death

12points

SmittenKitten 5 years ago

Stairs that lead to heaven...

9points

Mad Haberdasheress 5 years ago

. . .the moment you step off the bottom step!😶

10points

Miss Cris 5 years ago

On of them to a tree

3points

A. Sherlocat 5 years ago

...or hell.

0points

Susan Gardner 5 years ago

yes they do, they lead to DEATH

6points

The Cappy 5 years ago

Location please, or it's photoshop ;)

5points

Aly Matthews 5 years ago

This is in Vancouver, BC. 1133 Hornby St. Some dingus architect thought this facade would make the building cool.

13points

Colin Leetham 5 years ago

I have so many questions...

4points

Jo Choto 5 years ago

For when tenement life becomes too much?

4points

elise breedveld 5 years ago

what if someone actually walked down ._.

3points

Arno Nüüm 5 years ago

That's attempted murder.

3points

Jacey Lynn 4 years ago

Hope I don’t accidentally walk on those...thinking I’m going somewhere

2points

Alyeck Melendez Seda 5 years ago

Only three words, WTF!!!

2points

Anne 5 years ago

Can you sit on them? because it would be a cool place to sit with a cup of coffee and just people watch

2points

UndyingBisexual 5 years ago

It really would be.

1point

Edwin Lesperance 5 years ago

For gentle suicides.

2points

UndyingBisexual 5 years ago

I actually choked on my water that comment made me laugh way too hard

1point

Magpie 5 years ago

They took away part of the building ?

2points

Gabriel Sbárbaro 5 years ago

What do you mean "nowhere"??? They lead to you dead!!! Or at least to a serious injury!!!

2points

K C 5 years ago

Wrong, they lead to your death

2points

Mochi 5 years ago

They lead to the grave.

2points

Ivana 5 years ago

Reminds me of a few nightmares I have had in the past.

2points

SirPatTheCat 5 years ago

Winchester, who?

2points

Miss_Olivia 5 years ago

The last step you will take

2points

Bianca Martinez Liu (MH) 3 years ago

that is the real staircase to heaven

1point

Miraculous Ladybug Fan Ladyblog lover 4 years ago

Great for sneaking out. Get a really long rope and tie it really really really really untieably well to the metal stuff and then go down and up on it. - I take no responsibility for any death caused by this idea -

1point

Eva Zaqqum 4 years ago

That's cool. :D are there also the doors?

1point

Laci 5 years ago

seems hazardous

1point

JUINNO TAN Moe 2 years ago

number 19827 times i'm in the hospital

0points

Shull GaRett 3 years ago

I would love to hear how someone explained that to a building inspector.

0points

Aasha Rooks [STUDENT] 3 years ago

sometimes I like sliding down the stairs and if I ever got drunk when I was sliding down the stairs this would have ended very poorly for me

0points

Raphael Surber 4 years ago

I guess the pool beneath went missing

0points

Kartik Shah 5 years ago

They lead straight to hell I'd say

0points

Valerie Harris 5 years ago

To be fair, they do lead somewhere.....you're just not going to like it.

0points

unagi 5 years ago

well you can't say that it does not lead somewhere. ground is also a place.

0points

Amber Turk 5 years ago

Stairway to heaven. Walk outside, and you're there.

0points

Lenny Vos-Groenendijk 5 years ago

Not even to heaven?

0points

Shinomi Chan 5 years ago

Hello Death! (Or at the very least serious injury)

0points

UndyingBisexual 5 years ago

It would be really cool to be able to sit on those stairs and read, I imagine it would be peaceful

0points

Cra-Z cat lady 5 years ago

I'd be the person that keeps going and falls off the end.

0points

Cra-Z cat lady 5 years ago

I would be the person that keeps walking not realizing what is happening

0points

Brittany Forrester 5 years ago

looks like they lifted the lower level up

0points

Nena Capodiferro 5 years ago

Yeah, they lead to death

0points

Ayur Hope 5 years ago

way to heaven

0points

beezel Palomar 5 years ago

Last step needs you to have a lot of faith.

0points

SomebodyNobody 5 years ago

Did they just not wanna build all the way down?

0points

Ashley Arias 5 years ago

Very forward thinking. This is perfect for when sea levels rise so much that this becomes New Venice.

0points

Ashley Arias 5 years ago

This design will seem genius when the big blizzards hit and people can just walk out onto the snow instead of tunnelling out.

0points

Ashley Arias 5 years ago

This design will be genius when blizzards dumping a foot of snow every hour come. Or when sea level rises high enough to turn the city into new Venice.

0points

Crusin Sandi 5 years ago

I kind of like it - sitting on the stairs, legs swinging in the breeze, watching the people go by

0points

Debbie 5 years ago

huh?

0points

Jennifer Sacrison 5 years ago (edited)

Am I the only one singing "stairs to nowhere leads to me" In the tune of Ozzy's "Road to nowhere" based on the title of this post??

0points

Jennifer Sacrison 5 years ago

Am I the only one sing Stairs to nowhere leads to me?? In the tune of Ozzy's "Road to nowhere "??

0points

Joann Councell 5 years ago

huh????

0points

Smallstudio 5 years ago

These are art sculptures of staircases, not functional (nor accessible) ... part of a larger public art piece allude to a metaphorical "story". The "ADDITION”: award winning design firm => Henriquez & Partners, Architecture Vancouver, BC (completed -2017), a 20-storey condo tower beside the 1915-built Murray Hotel, acts as its "addition”. Developer Kenstone Properties invested over $1 million to preserve & restore the historic site. Original public artwork by Richard Henriquez, “A Tribute to Duchamp” (in lobby & exterior), an homage to ”Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2”, folded-steel stair design elements; a 2storey tall art piece spans 8m (26ft) across lobby from exterior, bridges public & private realms while offering a vibrant visual display for residents & visitors .. these fictional stairs give illusion of 3 walk up townhouses suspended in levitation over entry lobby. All very eye catching & draws tourists' attention. Glad it captured yours. VIVAVancouver!

0points

Cynthia Kerman 5 years ago

They lead to your death.

0points

Jac Cruickshank 5 years ago

that last step down is a doozy

0points

Rose Fagan 5 years ago

OMG! Very scary!

0points

Jo Browne 5 years ago

Watch that last step ...it's a doozy

0points

Kikka io 5 years ago

and the one above is the catwalk for the mutineers. a hoot for the designer to explain everything to the owner.

0points

Hendra Lim 5 years ago

it's not stairs to nowhere, it's stairs to your demise

0points

Paul Chang 5 years ago

Wtf.

0points

Zaheen Muhammad 5 years ago

Fresh air on the death stair!

0points

Jigs Gabest 5 years ago

the place where people who do parkour lives. lol

0points

Lu 5 years ago

And yet they went ahead and built it...

0points

Brenda Pereira 5 years ago

WTH?

0points

Christine Faucette 5 years ago

That last step is a doozy. Beware to anyone drunk, high or in possession of a cell phone.

0points

Kimberley Thom 5 years ago

looks like special entries for burglars

0points

Kenneth V. Jørgensen 5 years ago

If you want to fly the last few metres down onto the ground, these stairs would be perfect. Well, really ... ??

0points

Calum Sanderson 5 years ago

No joke I'd sit on those steps.

0points

Manish Lakhani 5 years ago

yes they didn't want to reach anywhere but to the hell :D

0points

Norma Williamson 5 years ago

what if you sleep walked...

0points

Sherry Harvey 5 years ago

Suicide stairs!

0points

Esther Evans 5 years ago

That last step is a killer....

0points

Susi Moffitt 5 years ago

Nowhere but dead!

0points

Roger Nehring 5 years ago

They lead somewhere; to death.

0points

Steve Cruz 5 years ago

"The bottom step is a doozy!"

0points

Mairlady 5 years ago

Only in Europe?

0points

Roger Hawcroft 5 years ago

Suicide alley

0points

Cute_Angel 5 years ago

Death trap

0points

Lance Corey 5 years ago

They lead to a couple of broken bones.

0points

Id row 5 years ago

Watch that last step, it's a doozy.

0points

Kioh81 Premium 5 years ago

Whyyyyyyy???

0points

Moezarella 5 years ago

oh it leads somewhere...to deaths.

0points

Batwench Premium 5 years ago

Looks like the Ghostbusters HQ next door.

0points

lumpy 5 years ago

It’s an intentional, architectural joke. Not saying it’s a *good* joke (probably a dangerous joke), but it’s *supposed* to leave you going *wtf?*

0points

Cathy Carey 5 years ago

Why didn't they take them down?

0points

Slune 5 years ago

They didn't pay the rent.The others have slides.

0points

Premnath Kudva 5 years ago

Must belong to a villain in a Bond movie.

0points

Isa 5 years ago

You mean the stairs that lead to your death?

0points

Maria Hung 5 years ago

Exit with caution. Or with parachute

0points

Mya Lugar 5 years ago

No good for families with small childen..or short legs...or any sense..

0points

Fusion 5 years ago

Welcome to the future, with these stair, you can goes down faster than using lift

0points

Steven Rundle 5 years ago

When you give the client what they asked for, not what they wanted.

0points

SnowWolf 5 years ago

Hogwarts

0points

CbusResident 5 years ago

These actually look so cool though, someone should just add ladders! Or jetpacks!

0points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

Why?

0points

Bob Eckert 5 years ago

Watch out for the last step, it'll be your last.

0points

NJM 5 years ago

Emergency exit

0points

Just saying 5 years ago

Lawsuit waiting to happen?

0points

Nicola Morley 5 years ago

Building next door looks like the ghostbusters hq for the movie of the same name

0points

Bill 5 years ago

Did they run out of money? Thestairs are blocked

0points

Michelle Muirhead 5 years ago

Death traps!

0points

Summer Woodsong 5 years ago

in case of high water?

0points

Kathy Baylis 5 years ago

We’re those units originally meant to be on the ground floor, but someone added retail space there and forgot to erase the front steps from the blueprints?

0points

miaow 5 years ago

isnt that a hazard? o_O

0points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

Suicide apartment.

0points

glowworm2 5 years ago

They look like something out of a cartoon. I can just about hear the falling sound effects.

0points

Kjorn 5 years ago

it led to death

0points

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Maybe it’s a rain thing?

0points

Stairs Of Death

Final score:

325points

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A B C 5 years ago

It's always the nicest-looking things that are satanic

145points

Now, with the emergence of ‘active design’, architects are once again making stairs more prominent.
Many scientific studies show that simple stair prompts significantly increase stair usage. One trick is simply to point-out ‘hidden’ stairs
The longest stairway listed by the Guiness Book of Records is the service stairway for the Niesenbahn funicular railway near Spiez, Switzerland. It has 11,674 steps and a round trip would burn over 3,000 calories.
Going down stairs burns fewer calories but works and tones different muscles and joints. It’s also good for balance and coordination.
The Roman architect Vitruvius established the first guidelines for the stair in the first century B.C, suggesting a 37 degree pitch. Most stairs are not dramatically different today.

So what are you waiting for? Forget the lift, take a few deep breaths and get climbing!

Extreme Wheelchairing

Final score:

323points

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Jo Choto 5 years ago

Parkour for wheelchairs?

190points

In Case Of Fire Use Stairs, They Said. Do Not Use Elevators, They Said

Final score:

319points

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nanashi 5 years ago (edited)

I'm reminded of the story about a certain serial killer who designed a house with dead ends to kill his guests and sell them as cadaver, and I think this might be one of the feature of that house.

147points

#10

Almost Broke My Leg

Final score:

311points

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SmittenKitten 5 years ago

I mean, why though?

74points

#11

You Don't Have To Be Drunk To Fall Down These Stairs

Final score:

309points

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Dilly Millandry 5 years ago

You probably have to be drunk to navigate them safely!

192points

#12

These Stairs At A Movie Theatre

Final score:

306points

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Oquendo Kimbrough 5 years ago

Whoever designed this is an idiot!

140points

#13

These Aren’t Stairs. They Are Decorative Waterfalls. My Friend Walked Into Them And Slipped, I Laughed My Ass Off

Final score:

286points

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Kaisu 5 years ago (edited)

Shouldn't there be some kind of warning sign or railing to keep people from making that mistake?

138points

#14

This Flight Of Stairs Outside A Door Is Death Waiting To Happen

Final score:

281points

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troufaki13 5 years ago

Whoever designed this must surely hate people.

7points

#15

My God

Final score:

276points

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Vic 5 years ago

This is a ladder that is a wannabe staircase

215points

#16

For When You Want A Near Death Experience Every Time You Use The Stairs

Final score:

274points

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Whawhawhatsis 5 years ago

What's with stairs with no railing? Who thinks that's safe for a healthy adult, let alone a child or an older person whose balance isn't quite as good any more (i.e. me)?

29points

#17

If You Choose To Go On The Left, On The Ramp, Because You Have A Bike Or Stroller, Then You Will Encounter A Step Later. But If You Choose Stairs Then You Will Encounter A Ramp After The Stairs

Final score:

271points

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Edan Min 5 years ago

Suffer now or later, you choose

127points

#18

These Sloping Stairs

Final score:

264points

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Jo Choto 5 years ago

Why? WHY?

170points

#19

How To Break Your Bones

Final score:

256points

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Iggy 5 years ago

My shins ache just looking at it!

128points

#20

Man This Hill Is Just Too Steep. Hold On A Sec While I Take The Stairs

Final score:

240points

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Samantha Mix 5 years ago

Looks like a water flow outlet

73points

#21

These Double Stairs

Final score:

217points

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Edan Min 5 years ago

I wanna try it!! :)

64points

#22

These Stairs

Final score:

216points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Those are the blue ones from above but with red lights on.

298points

#23

These Stairs Must Be For Pets And Children Only

Final score:

215points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

Short People Unite!

128points

#24

These Stairs In Monaco

Final score:

214points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Are they braille?

95points

#25

These Stairs

Final score:

200points

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Vic 5 years ago

Slide for kittys, the slope needs to be a bit smoother though..

98points

#26

These Stairs In A College I Visited Had People Confused...

Final score:

198points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

Why not just one railing in the middle of the stairs?

117points

#27

These Stairs In My Sisters House Are A Joy To Use

Final score:

185points

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A B C 5 years ago

Psh, the price the carpenter offers for these stairs is too damn high. Susan, hold my beer, I'ma gonna build'em maself.

140points

#28

Someone Directed Us To These Stairs When We Were Lost

Final score:

177points

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Edan Min 5 years ago

Coz you have to stop and think maybe

47points

#29

These Stairs In A Residence Hall When I Was In College. Always Creeped Me Out

Final score:

169points

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Dean Terry 5 years ago

Go to the the light Carol Ann!

101points

#30

These Stairs Are 1ft/30cm High

Final score:

168points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

Maybe someone really tall lives there?

61points

#31

The One Stair Slightly Shifted To The Side

Final score:

168points

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miaow 5 years ago

I'll take these stairs while sitting thanks. Looks so trippy!!!

62points

#32

The Stairs To Nowhere

Final score:

166points

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Dolicious 5 years ago

Add chair and table = stairwell observation platform :)

134points

#33

You Win This Time, Stairs...

Final score:

166points

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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)

Good place to hide your valuables. Though you’ll need to figure out a secret entrance; from the other side of the cabinet, or a way to move that stair. Just spitballing ideas here....

65points

#34

These Stairs...

Final score:

161points

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Heather Coburn 5 years ago

Why the long face?

204points

#35

Terrible Floor To See The Depth Of The Stairs

Final score:

156points

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Dilly Millandry 5 years ago

Seizure causing flooring...

90points

#36

Space Saving Stairs

Final score:

155points

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Shawn 5 years ago

What space did they save?

135points

#37

Let Them All Fall From Those Stairs

Final score:

150points

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SmittenKitten 5 years ago

The sign..

92points

#38

Carpeted Stairs To Shower

Final score:

143points

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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago (edited)

Constant dampness. Mold. Mildew. Gross. Plus, no room for a bath mat, because there’s only about 3 inches of space to step out onto.

13points

#39

Nearly Died Carrying A Box Down These Basement Stairs

Final score:

136points

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Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

I lived in a place that had similar stairs. Amazingly enough, your legs/feet do eventually pick up the rhythm and oddities of the stairs.

53points

#40

Stairs Leading To Nowhere At My School

Final score:

132points

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Dilly Millandry 5 years ago

Someone put that barrier up after the stairs were built... meh.

43points

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#41

These Stairs

Final score:

34points

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Dilly Millandry 5 years ago

I'd have found them fun as a child but now? Wtf?

23points

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#42

These Stairs Made To Trip You

Final score:

33points

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JP 5 years ago

The concrete sunk. They were not designed this way. SMH.

16points

#43

These Stairs With No Access To Retrieve Items That Fall Through

Final score:

32points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Use a stick or a push broom

15points

#44

Even The Stairs At Ubsoft Have Glitches In Them

Final score:

31points

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Shawn 5 years ago

No, that's just office 3 3/4..

25points

#45

These Beautiful Stairs

Final score:

31points

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Martti Laurson 5 years ago

They do not lead you to weight room, they lead you to emergency room when you run fast enough.

17points

#46

New Cinema In My City Has The Stairs In The Exact Middle Of The Screen, Forcing Everyone To Sit To The Side

Final score:

30points

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Dolicious 5 years ago

That´s cruel :´(

15points

#47

You Have To Take The Stairs To Use This Elevator

Final score:

30points

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Edan Min 5 years ago

Or you have to take the elevator to use the stairs yeah? ;D

9points

#48

"Extra Storage" Stairs Are A Tripping Hazard Deathtrap

Final score:

30points

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Kjorn 5 years ago

looks slippery too

14points

#49

Random Stairs!

Final score:

29points

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A B C 5 years ago

Reminds a little of that one Escher painting

4points

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#50

The Carpeting On These Stairs

Final score:

28points

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Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

Nooo

3points

#51

Legit Saw A Kid Walk Up The Stairs And Stared At The Gate

Final score:

28points

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Yenis Sanchez 5 years ago

It's a life lesson for kids. Take the easy way up and you'll end up behind bars lol

22points

#52

Stair]s!

Final score:

27points

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Edan Min 5 years ago

Free game of limbo every day

8points

#53

Crappy Stairs

Final score:

27points

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A B C 5 years ago

Who? Who does that, and why??

5points

#54

The Stairs To Nowhere, At Michigan Technological University, An Engineering College

Final score:

27points

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Xavier Wescott 5 years ago

Scoring points as a college, for engineers XD

5points

#55

Escalators + Stairs. Bruh

Final score:

26points

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miaow 5 years ago

Majestic thing I've ever seen for escalators :D

8points

#56

What A Perfect Spot To Build Some Stairs....

Final score:

25points

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Martti Laurson 5 years ago (edited)

If you have hard time making choices, this staircase is a b***h!

3points

#57

Time To Take The Elevator... Oh, I Might Take The Stairs.

Final score:

25points

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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago

I hope there’s another, working, accessible elevator somewhere. Just think of moving day.

5points

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#58

These Extremely Disorienting Stairs At The Hotel We Stayed At Last Week

Final score:

24points

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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago

Third time I’ve said it. Rubber strips at the end of each step. Why aren’t these places thinking of that after making such horrible design choices?

6points

#59

Excuse Me! Could You Tell Me Where I Might Find Apartment 9 And 3/4?

Final score:

24points

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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago

Looks like a single family house cut up into apartments, and this guy lives on the ground floor by the Old stairs to the upper floor. Keeping the old stairs may not be great for apartments, but terrific when someone decides to reconvert it back to a single family home.

12points

#60

This Set Of Stairs At My Relative’s House. (I Almost Fell)

Final score:

23points

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Martti Laurson 5 years ago

Almost doesn't count

5points

#61

Outstanding Stairs.

Final score:

22points

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Karin Gibson 5 years ago

They built the stairs and then they were told they needed a disabled entry so the added it over the stairs.

18points

#62

These Stairs At My School

Final score:

21points

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Shawn 5 years ago

Those are just old staircases. Look up the old pics if your school.

16points

#63

Stairs That Lead To The Corner Of The House

Final score:

21points

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A B C 5 years ago

How else would you get into the cprner to clean the window?

11points

#64

Should We Make Stairs Or A Ramp? Yes.

Final score:

21points

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Martti Laurson 5 years ago

Do you want beer, wine or whiskey? Yes

11points

#65

Pointless Stairs Found At The National Children’s Hospital

Final score:

20points

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Eduard Korhonen 5 years ago

Clearly there was a door there at some point, but it's been bricked up

10points

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#66

I Walked Up These Stairs Without Really Thinking And Got So Confused

Final score:

20points

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#67

The Stairs In My Parents House. You Get Used To Walking Down The Grippy Carpet Then The Last Three Steps Are Incredibly Slippy When Wearing Socks. Perfect For Killing Elderly Relatives

Final score:

20points

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Heather Coburn 5 years ago

Four steps, mate. It’s FOUR steps, not three...ya don’t have to be old to take a solid hit on some steps!

14points

#68

These Stairs Lead To Nowhere

Final score:

20points

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Shawn 5 years ago

It's to the secret club.. err I mean yeah what's with those stairs leading nowhere..

5points

#69

These Stairs In The Toronto Airport

Final score:

19points

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Martti Laurson 5 years ago

Those are not stairs, those are tribunes.

3points

#70

The Stairs On This Bridge

Final score:

19points

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Marcellus the Third 5 years ago

I suppose it's to make it easier for bikes, but to force them to dismount first?

4points

#71

What Are These? Stairs For Ants?

Final score:

17points

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Iggy 5 years ago

Hamstairs...

25points

#72

I Like This Efficient Stair Design

Final score:

16points

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Miraculous Ladybug Fan Ladyblog lover 4 years ago

Oh! This is in target, Bundaberg!

0points

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#73

Stairs To Nowhere

Final score:

16points

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#74

These Stairs

Final score:

15points

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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago

Was the house converted to apartments, meaning they had to add a private entrance to the second floor? Over here the old back entrance to the house was?

4points

#75

Only The Left Side Opens Leaving The Right Side Of The Stairs Useless

Final score:

14points

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Just saying 5 years ago

But... It's nice to look at.

2points

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Chris Hardtke 5 years ago

About 80% of these could be summed up with “sometimes things get remodeled”.

35points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

By a fly-by-night contractor and with no building permits, presumably.

28points

troufaki13 5 years ago

So the people who designed these, the people who issued the permits, the people who built them... all failed to see the idiocy? And they got paid for that? They all need to give the money back and start looking for other jobs, preferably not involving people's safety!

13points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

Most of these were probably built without permits. Or at least without any inspection afterward to make sure building codes were followed. I wonder what countries these came from, because I've never seen anything like this where I live.

8points

logical fallacy 5 years ago

I could only go through the first ten or so, now I feel dizzy.

8points

Alusair Alustriel 5 years ago

At 25th my brain got damaged leaving one question: WHY

4points

Jesper Rasmussen 5 years ago

So many dead ends 🤔

4points

Kaisu 5 years ago

There's no way these were designed by architects and/or built by constructors with prop education.

3points

Ben Tresham 5 years ago

Also who the f**k designed these, beauty needs function, without it is stupidity

2points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

People need to understand that stairs are not meant to be optical illusions

2points

Ben Tresham 5 years ago

Some can be, my friend has floating stairs and they look cool. But you can walk up them without falling off!

1point

Tahani 5 years ago

I see 75 efficient ways of breaking your neck (well almost except for the stairs to nowhere pics...)

2points

Daria Z 5 years ago

Well, I like stairs as they provide free workout opportunity but these come straight from hell! It's hard to suspect their designers of good intentions :/

2points

Jacey Lynn 4 years ago

Pretty cool. I likes seeing all the weird and crazy ideas!

1point

Meeow 5 years ago

These staircases looks like you don't have enough money to finish, or they just don't give a f**k. And those stair to nowhere reminds me of the haunted house "The Winchester Mystery House" in San Jose, they build those stair for the spirit. Here's the video: https://youtu.be/Padm4JItZPw

1point

Stephen Roberts 5 years ago

Stairs in Russia are a real hoot. They build the risers all the same height, except at the top or the bottom there's a different-height riser to make it all fit.

1point

Virgínia 5 years ago

I broke my leg just by looking at these stairs.

1point

Miss D 5 years ago

I'm surprised there aren't any Dutch stairs in that list. The super narrow and steep stairs in the older Amsterdam houses are lethal!

1point

Jo Choto 5 years ago

Some architects are getting paid for these designs.

1point

boredhuman 5 years ago

99/100 designs were made in the following situation. Person A (wasted): I bet you can't design a stair that will kills you instantly. Person B (even more wasted): Hold my three beers.

1point

Judy Lovins 1 week ago

The saddest stair story I've ever heard is on 9/11, when folks try to escape took at stairs and ended up in a dead end with wheeled barrels and cement. Am I remembering this correctly?

0points

TC 5 years ago

Some star designers and specially some smart builders should be sent straight to prison even before commencing a job.

0points

Sam Leigh 5 years ago

And that’s why we have strict codes when building stairs (internal ones anyway)

0points

Lucinda Overhoussen 5 years ago

Be interesting to know if kids lived at some of these homes... And whether they survived into adulthood.

0points

Steve Moore 5 years ago

Quite a few of these are the result of changed safety standards. In some businesses, guidelines call for employees to maintain 3 "points of contact" at all times : One foot and both hands. The photos reflect the addition of another handrail so that the 3 points are maintained at all times, where the were formerly too widely spaced to allow for it.

0points

channing716 4 years ago

Steve Moore what

0points

Eliyahu Rooff 5 years ago

Almost all of these violate various building and life-safety codes in one way or another. There are good reasons that a safe set of stairs is usually a bit boring and predictable.

0points

Taffy Lindley 5 years ago

Aside from the Avant-Garde stairwells, a few seemed to have been modded after the original structure was built

0points

Memyselfand I 5 years ago

I wear bifocals. Walking down a normal flight of stairs can be terrifying. I can't imagine walking down any of these flights of stairs while wearing bifocals! :-/ bifolcals-...943805.jpg

0points

Elizabeth Butler 5 years ago

10,000 lawsuits won when juries invited to use the stairs

0points

bill marsano 5 years ago

Great story, typically unimaginative headline. Should have been called '40 Staircase Designs that Should Make Lawyers Rich.'

0points

B 🐌🖤 5 years ago

Just been to our local cinema. This very carpet!!

0points

Lemon Garnished Potato 5 years ago

my ankles hurt just looking at all of these.

0points

Benderong 5 years ago

This made me stair for quite some time

0points

Mer 5 years ago

This post is proof that common sense isn't necessary when attempting to design stairs.

0points

未周陸 5 years ago

“Highway to Hell” vs “Stairways to Heaven”？！ Or, the Other Way Around？！ Or ... Vice Versa？！

0points

EVERLEIGH 5 years ago

You can tell these aren't in the U. S. They wouldn't be allowed. Wouldn't pass inspection.

0points

Katherine Boag 5 years ago

I actually like the ones where a railing has blocked off part of some variable width stairs. I need a handrail going down stairs and if there are a lot of people I can end up stranded in the middle of the stairs.

0points

Batwench Premium 5 years ago

Had to do a double take at the writers name!

0points

1tsm3.bre4d 5 years ago

I have one question for all these: why, tho?

0points

d bradley 5 years ago

these are the same stairs that the Count on Sesame Street carried his chocolate cream pies

0points

similarly 5 years ago

I used to work in a safety engineering office. Every single one of these would fail US safety regulations for staircases, and more than half of them are outright illegal. US laws on staircases are VERY specific: consistent tread-riser dimensions, maximum and minimum step dimensions, rail height, rail distance, rail diameter, lighting, coefficient of friction, angle ... the rules just go on and on and on.

0points

Glynis Lailann 5 years ago

I wonder how many people broke their ankles from these idiot designs?

0points

We'llSee 5 years ago

I feel a lot better about this house we built, sure we have a few "we'd do this differently" things but nothing like these lol

0points

Ben Tresham 5 years ago

Lol, I live in an old building with 5 flights of all different widths. Difficult sober in a rush bloody difficult pissed. #whynolift

0points

Monika Soffronow 5 years ago

Just a little note to go with all those photos of stairs with strangely patterned carpeting or otherwise with weird lines. When someone has had a stroke, oftentimes the ability to see depth correctly is hampered and this makes these stairs horrifically dangerous. The same goes for someone trying to get used to their new progressive, multi-focal glasses.

0points

Leo Domitrix 5 years ago

Low-bid your retrofit, your remodel, etc., and you get... no money to remove old stairs and similar. Oh, and if you see railings, that's usually to help control foot traffic flow and they're installed way after construction. Local high school has a few of these.... Yep. Low bids get you what you pay for!

0points

CbusResident 5 years ago

All of these were likely designed by my family members; our house growing up was like these staircases, minus the artsy-cool vibe of some of these and with way more mess around it all. In architecture the form must follow the function, not vice versa. Nerd-rage!

0points

Nicky OldfieldDesciple 5 years ago

Why do I suddenly have the song "We're on the Road to Nowhere by Talkinhg Heads stuck in my head now?

0points

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago

And she’s climbing the stairway to heaven!!!

0points

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Chris Hardtke 5 years ago

About 80% of these could be summed up with “sometimes things get remodeled”.

35points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

By a fly-by-night contractor and with no building permits, presumably.

28points

troufaki13 5 years ago

13points

R.s. Potter 5 years ago

8points

logical fallacy 5 years ago

I could only go through the first ten or so, now I feel dizzy.

8points

Alusair Alustriel 5 years ago

At 25th my brain got damaged leaving one question: WHY

4points

Jesper Rasmussen 5 years ago

So many dead ends 🤔

4points

Kaisu 5 years ago

There's no way these were designed by architects and/or built by constructors with prop education.

3points

Ben Tresham 5 years ago

Also who the f**k designed these, beauty needs function, without it is stupidity

2points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

People need to understand that stairs are not meant to be optical illusions

2points

Ben Tresham 5 years ago

Some can be, my friend has floating stairs and they look cool. But you can walk up them without falling off!

1point

Tahani 5 years ago

I see 75 efficient ways of breaking your neck (well almost except for the stairs to nowhere pics...)

2points

Daria Z 5 years ago

Well, I like stairs as they provide free workout opportunity but these come straight from hell! It's hard to suspect their designers of good intentions :/

2points

Jacey Lynn 4 years ago

Pretty cool. I likes seeing all the weird and crazy ideas!

1point

Meeow 5 years ago

1point

Stephen Roberts 5 years ago

Stairs in Russia are a real hoot. They build the risers all the same height, except at the top or the bottom there's a different-height riser to make it all fit.

1point

Virgínia 5 years ago

I broke my leg just by looking at these stairs.

1point

Miss D 5 years ago

I'm surprised there aren't any Dutch stairs in that list. The super narrow and steep stairs in the older Amsterdam houses are lethal!

1point

Jo Choto 5 years ago

Some architects are getting paid for these designs.

1point

boredhuman 5 years ago

99/100 designs were made in the following situation. Person A (wasted): I bet you can't design a stair that will kills you instantly. Person B (even more wasted): Hold my three beers.

1point

Judy Lovins 1 week ago

The saddest stair story I've ever heard is on 9/11, when folks try to escape took at stairs and ended up in a dead end with wheeled barrels and cement. Am I remembering this correctly?

0points

TC 5 years ago

Some star designers and specially some smart builders should be sent straight to prison even before commencing a job.

0points

Sam Leigh 5 years ago

And that’s why we have strict codes when building stairs (internal ones anyway)

0points

Lucinda Overhoussen 5 years ago

Be interesting to know if kids lived at some of these homes... And whether they survived into adulthood.

0points

Steve Moore 5 years ago

0points

channing716 4 years ago

Steve Moore what

0points