Things better left unsaid

I love these staircases - especially glass/steel combinations. The fact that much of the actual support structure is able to be hidden away into the walls means that the usual connections to (what I presume) is a traditional wood/brick/block framing structure need not be exposed.

Architects in Glass Houses

Gavin Jackson/Arcaid, for The New York Times
STEP LIGHTLY Luis Treviño Fernandez, above, a London architect, and his partner, Alexander Skinner, added a glass staircase, skylights and large windows to flood their once-dark Victorian home with light.
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