Serial stairs
In one direction only

 
Fire escapes are not only functional. When integrated in the design they are often used as icing on the cake. These stairs are rather simple, a series of identical modules connecting adjacent levels, but it brightens up the building that would otherwise look boring.

 
 
 
 
Here a re-edited color version of Fire Escape (Photos 2014-2). A collection of all the photos with fire escapes can be found in index Series (see top of this page), section 'Fire escape'.