Living Underground
Historical evidence suggests humans have been living underground for millennia, first in caves and then later in shallow excavations roofed with sticks, mud and thatch. Just as above-ground homes vary greatly in their construction and appearance, so do underground homes. Types include constructed caves, culvert homes, earth berm dwellings, elevational dwellings and atrium homes. And […]
Floating House
Ontario, Canada – MOS Architects Built area: 186 sqm Year built: 2005 Photography: Florian Holzherr Completed in 2005, this home, while fixed to the shore, literally floats on pontoons in the waters of Lake Huron, Canada. The project was done as a part of a master plan for the area. The location – a lake […]
Rounded in every sense…
Anywhere you’d like it – Domespace France More years ago than I care to remember, I bought my first Citroën car, a DS21 Goddess. The innovation was mind-boggling. In following years I owned various French cars finding them all idiosyncratic but delightful to drive. But over time, global conformity set in and the innovation died. […]
The Redmond Treehouse
Redmond, Washington – Steve Rondel Architect Link: Not given.
Life in a Fishbowl
Roppongi (Tokyo) Japan – Mejiro Studios Built area: 87.5m2 (945 sq. ft.) This is definitely a home for very confident people. The entire focus of the home is the bathroom (or wash-room) as they are thought of in Japan. Fully walled in glass, the bathroom sits in the centre of the home which is itself, a single […]
Exploring the Benson Ford Shiphouse: 7 Remarkable Attributes of an Exceptional Residence
South Bass Island, Ohio – Ship on the Bay Usable area: 7,000 sq ft (648 m2)Year built: 1924Year landlubbered: 1986 Imagine your home starting life as a 612′ long behemoth with a 3,000 horsepower motor! The Benson Ford, vacation home of the Kasper family did. It was the ‘pride of […]
Horizontal House – EASTERN Design Office
Hobbit Homes
The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy may have made the Hobbit Hole famous in recent years, but this style of building has been around for a long time. Here are just some examples. Click on any image to start lightbox display. Use your Esc key to close the lightbox. You can also view the […]
The Stair House
Daejeon City, Shimane Japan – y+M Design Office Built area: 143 m2 (1,550 sq. ft.) Take two teachers, two young children, a seaside position with harsh winters and a strong desire to interact with family and students in a casual surrounding. The House of Stairs is the innovative and visually stimulating result. Externally, the […]
Dick Clark’s Flintstone House
Malibu California USA – Architect unknown Emmys, Grammys, induction into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 7,500 hours of television time! An amazing legacy that all added up to make Dick Clark one of the richest men in Hollywood, with interests in a wide range of […]