Interesting to see the staircase getting a lot of praise. I've posted this elsewhere, but for those who are interested, here is our studio's submission to the competition...it is also a staircase. http://departmentofunusualcertainties.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/stairspace-to-heaven/ It wasn't...

A non-finalist: StairSpace My studio Department of Unusual Certainties unfortunately was not selected in the Top 5, which is a shame, because of course we're proud of our submission. If anyone is interested, you can check it out here...