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Somerset House hosts a ton of amazing spiral staircases, most of which dates back to when the building was build. Not only are they an architecture success that has withstood the test of time, they are also an engineering marvel. Joining them is the Miles Stairs. Designed by Eva Jiricna, this amazing new spiral staircase is located in the West Wing of the Grade I listed Somerset House, and features a lightweight steel mesh tower core and ultra performance concrete cantilevered stair threads made of a new material called ductal. Ductal is said to be a thousand times stronger than concrete. Unlike the older staircases in Somerset House, the threads on the Miles stairs are connected to the central tower and not on the walls. The Miles Stairs Somerset House Strand WC2R 1LA London Tube: Temple

Anyone who has followed my Instagram account will know how much I love spiral staircases. From traditional 17th century cantilevered stone staircases like the beautiful Tulip staircase in Queen's House to the majestic  Brewer staircase at Heals  and modern classics like the one in City Hall . If there's an interesting staircase, particularly the spiral kind, you will bet I will be there photographing it. If you are like me then, you should be adding the Wellcome Trust to your list of venues to visit with interesting and architecturally inspiring staircase to complement their unique displays of medical artifacts. After a multi-million pound redevelopment, Wellcome Colleciton in Euston Road has finally unveiled the Wilkinson Eyre designed asymmetrical spiral staircase, which connects the ground floor to the equally brilliant and redesigned Reading Room and restaurant on the top. Wellcome Collection 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE Tube: Euston

The new Pancras Square has been connected to King's Cross St Pancras underground station by a tunnel since July of last year. It is well hidden - so much so, that in fact, I've walked past the tunnel a couple of times without ever realising it was there. Not that I never needed to use the tunnel itself as it isn't exactly a short cut to anywhere particular interesting (unless you are a property developer/speculator). Still, in a redevelopment that has thrown up its fair share of bland and uninteresting design, the tunnel is perhaps, along with the redesigned King's Cross Railway Station, worthy of a visit for anyone interested in architecture (or at least pretending they live in a Star Trek fantasyland). The 90m tunnel is equipped on one side with an integrated LED light wall which displays a radiating form of light show. The entrance to the tunnel is at One Pancras Square building. It is located at Pancras Square, part of a massive redevelopment and gentrification of ...