`A rose is a rose is a rose,” writer Gertrude Stein once said. For most house buyers, that could be “a stair is a stair is a stair.” But that’s not true for most home builde… ...

Q: One section of the stair railing in my 1903 condominium has been broken and poorly repaired for many years. Some wood is missing, and there is filler of some sort and a metal band. I asked a ...

Single-stair, then, is a change to local building codes that essentially removes the need for the second staircase. This allows buildings to be designed around, say, a central atrium or stairwell ...