Victorian Stairwell Interior — Public Building, Manchester

30 September 2019 · Manchester

A top-down view through a Victorian stairwell in Manchester, white-painted balusters and a warm timber handrail spiralling down to a single figure mid-ascent. The barred window at the landing floods the space with flat overcast light, holding the stone steps and ornate ironwork in even, unforgiving clarity. Institutional architecture stripped of ceremony — the geometry of the stair does the work the décor was always meant to distract from.