The architect had the staircase in a strange place - right in the corner at one end of the barn. It would have meant that to get from the kitchen to the open mezzanine above the kitchen would have involved a 35 metre route march right along the barn and back the same distance. In the end, for all his strong points, we didn't think the architect could do either bathrooms or staircases.
Then we had it half way down the barn in a double-turn arrangement but that made the bedroom shapes really complicated (it's all about 90cm passage widths and turning zones).
So we ended up doing something that initially I didn't want to do, bringing the stairs up in the double height section. However, it's a wonderfully light and contemporary design and works well in the space.
Some pictures as it went in and finished:
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