The new Qype office in Hamburg has one killer feature: these incredible and potentially lethal open lifts, known as paternoster

I'll let Wikipedia explain:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster

"A passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two persons) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can step on or off at any floor they like...the name paternoster ("Our Father", the first two words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin) originally applied to the device because the elevator is in the form of a loop and is thus similar to rosary beads used as an aid in reciting the Lord's prayer."

So there you go - named after a prayer and quite rare thanks to the high rate of accidents... oh and one featured in the film The Omen.