Entry stairs, Hill House, Chapel Hill, Brisbane

As seen from driveway.

Stairs to upper level, Brannigan House, St Lucia, Brisbane

Stairs to upper bedroom/studio spaces. Kitchen and central deck on left.

Testing of stair climbing point-of-choice prompts in Barcelona at an outdoor set of stairs and scalators on the Montjuïc site

Regular stair climbing has well-documented health dividends, such as increased fitness and strength, weight loss and reduced body fat, improved lipid profiles and reduced risk of osteoporosis. The general absence of barriers to participation makes stair climbing an ideal physical activity (PA) for health promotion. Studies in the US and the UK have consistently shown that interventions to increase the accumulation of lifestyle PA by climbing stairs rather than using the escalators are effective. However, there are no previous in Catalonia. This project tested one message for their ability to prompt travelers on the Montjuïc site to choose the stairs rather than the escalator when climbing up the Monjuïc hill. One standard message, " Take the stairs! 7 minutes of stair climbing a day protects your heart" provided a comparison with previous research done in the UK. Translated into Catalan and Spanish, it was presented on a poster positioned at the point of choice between the stairs and the escalator. The study used a quasi-experimental, interrupted time series design. Travelers, during several and specific hours on two days of the week, were coded for stair or escalator use, gender, age, ethnic status, presence of accompanying children or bags by one observer. Overall, the intervention resulted in a 81% increase in stair climbing. In the follow-up period without messages, stair climbing dropped out to baseline levels. This preliminary study showed a significant effect on stair use. However, caution is needed since results are based on a small sample and, only a low percentage of the sample took the stairs at baseline or the intervention phase . Future research on stair use in Catalonia should focus on using bigger samples, different sites (metro stations, airports, shopping centers, etc) , different messages and techniques to promote stair climbing.

Plan of Cellar Stairs for the South Entry. A reversed set for the North Entry, ca. 1813

Detailed drawing of stairways to be built in University Hall. Includes dimensions for height, length, and width of stairs.

Plan of north and south stairs for University Hall, ca. 1813

This drawing includes the dimensions for the north and south stairs as well as for the spaces surrounding the staircases. Dimensions are also given for the windows and doors.

Injuries resulting from falls on stairs.

"August 1984."

Safety on stairs /

Mode of access: Internet.

Below stairs /

A novel.

Bon ton; or, High life above stairs. A farce. With prefatory remarks ... Faithfully marked with the stage business, and stage directions, as it is performed at the Theatres Royal.

Prologue written by Colman to whom the play is sometimes ascribed. cf. The Colman letters (London, 1820) p. 305; R. B. Peake's Memoirs of the Colman family, v. 1, p. 533; Davies' Memoirs of the life of Garrick.

High life below stairs. A farce of two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane ...

Also attributed to David Garrick.

Stair builders' guide; a treatise on the construction of straight flight, platform, cylindrical and eliptical [!] stairs, explaining the theory and practice so the average building mechanic may understand it, with examples of work ranging from the simplest to the most complex forms,

Mode of access: Internet.

Wapping old stairs : an original nautical drama in three acts /

"Embellished with an engraving from a drawing taken in the theatre during representation."