Spiral stairway at the Johnson Museum by I.M. Pei...
Spiral stairway at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University ...
spiral staircase
A staircase whose steps wind around a central, vertical axis.
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Spiral stairs wind around a central pole. They typically have a handrail on the outer side only, and on the inner side just the central pole.
n (of spiral staircase) → Spindel f; (supporting banister) → Pfosten m
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Solid newel or spiral stairs are circular or polygonal on plan and built around a central pillar or newel, which may be square, polygonal or circular in section.
centre-post of a spiral staircase
Niche
vertical recess in a wall, often to take a statue ...
Broch: Drystone freestanding tower with interior court, no external windows (which face into the court), spiral stair inside wall, typically iron age Celtic refuge in Scotland. Burg: German stronghold.
Cap-house - small chamber at the top of a spiral staircase in a tower or turret, leading to the open wall-walk on the roof .
Capital - distinctly treated upper end of a column. Capital the head of a pillar, often decorated.
Each of the storeys is reached by an internal spiral staircase which leads to the balconies which are supported on muqarnas corbels.
Newel - central post supporting a spiral stair, also the main posts at the beginning and end of a flight of stairs, carrying the handrail.
Also called a spiral stair or (Scots) turnpike stair.VillaOriginally a Roman country house or farm.
Caracol or caracole - A spiral staircase.
Carrel or carol - A niche in a cloister where a monk might sit and work or read; sometimes applied to bay windows.
Newel - Center post of spiral staircase.
Nookshaft - Shaft set in angle of jamb or pier.
Offset - Ledge marking the narrowing of a wall's thickness.
Other examples are a spiral staircase and a spiral leg and a spiral column.
Spiral, Meander, Key Pattern, Maze ...
NEWEL - Stout post supporting a staircase handrail at top and bottom. Also, the central pillar of a winding or spiral staircase.
NO-FINES CONCRETE - Cast concrete in shuttering with no sand aggregate.
Newel Post supporting a staircase handrail at top and bottom. Also, the central pillar of a winding spiral staircase.
Newel stair: ascending round a central supporting newel called a spiral stair or vice when in a circular shaft, winder when in a rectangular compartment. (Winder also applies to the steps on the turn).
minaret is a balcony from which the muezzin (a Muslim crier) calls the faithful to prayer five times a day. The Arabic form of the word is manarah, meaning "place of light". Most minarets in Anatolia are cylindrical in nature and have spiral ...
Also, the central pillar of a winding spiral staircase.
Open Valley - valley gutter in which the adjoining slates or tiles are so cut that the metal sheet or other waterproof material lining the valley, is exposed.
 See also: Architecture, Tower, House, Staircase, Floor
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