"Because that's what I'm looking for, a staircase design that I can become accustomed to in as little as "a couple of weeks", instead of the literally 0 seconds it takes me to master those boring, traditional ones."

"You know, when I saw that chair (and read Rain's snark), my first thought was: "Knowing the sort of designers who churn out this crap, I wouldn't be surprised if the freaking book ring spins for 'convenient' perusal." Which, as you've illustrated, really wouldn't make it any more convenient regardless."

"What I really like about this design is that the true residential areas of the house are completely walled off from external exposures. Nothing says "extreme wealth" like the sort of pasty complexion you can only achieve by literally never seeing the sun."

""The tenants arrive here and are carried along the corridor on a conveyor belt in extreme comfort, past murals depicting Mediterranean scenes, towards the rotating knives. The last twenty feet of the corridor are heavily soundproofed. The blood pours down these chutes and the mangled flesh slurps into these..." –"The Architects Sketch", Monty Python's Flying Circus"

"Re: the three-story walk-up, just don't think about the bathroom facilities... or lack thereof. (Do you see any plumbing?)I suppose it's possible the Triangle of Mystery is equipped with a chemical toilet. Which would make the situation even worse, at least for the person tasked with removal of the... 'output'. "Careful not to drip on the spiral stairs, there's a dear! What? No, I said drip, not trip! I couldn't care less if you trip!""

"To be perfectly honest, I actually like it too. But the post's snark is still spot-on. In fact, it undersells the issue:"This long, steel door pull really gives you maximum leverage against the two INCREDIBLY TINY screws (very temporarily) holding it in place.""