Design of Wooden Staircases in Historical Houses of Tomsk in the 19–20th Centuries

The article deals with the arrangement of wooden stairs in historical buildings of the Russian Empire and Tomsk late in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The analysis is based on books and albums with drawings of civil engineers and architects, published late in the 19th and early 20th centuries, as well as on examples of real buildings of the City of Tomsk.

Purpose: The aim of the article is to study design solutions of wooden staircases.

Theoretical significance: Identification of design of wooden staircases in Tomsk houses in the 19-20th centuries and introduction of previously unpublished data in the scientific turnover.

Practical implications: The obtained results can be used in training architects and restoration engineers. 

Value: Identification and generalization of documents on construction of wooden staircases in the indicated time period, a comparative analysis of typical solutions used in the Russian empire for staircases in Tomsk houses of the same period of construction.

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