Autarkhome – a fully sustainable houseboat
Maastricht, Netherlands  –  Autarkhome and Pietet Kromwijik Year built:   2011 Internal area:   140 m2  (1,512 sq. ft.) Cost:   From €455,000 Meet the Autarkhome – the houseboat that has full passivhaus certification and that generates 100% of it’s own power. Now add that it creates it’s own drinking and household water and […]
727 Fuselage Home
Believe it or not, this 1965 Boeing 727 airframe has been re-purposed as an exclusive hotel suite in Costa Rica. The plane was salvaged piece by piece, from its San Jose airport resting place, transported in five pieces to Manuel Antonio and reconstructed on a 50 foot concrete pedestal. Tell us what you think – […]
The Jenga House
Final Wooden House – Sou Fujimoto Architects Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects Location: Kumamoto, Japan Built: 2007 Site Area: 89.3m2 Constructed Area: 15.13m2 So, what inspires an architect to create an unusual space like The Final Wooden House? In the words of the architect: “I thought of making an ultimate wooden architecture. It was conceived by just mindlessly stacking 350mm square. Lumber […]
Camp Treehouse
Elkhorn, Wisconsin – Camp Wandawega There is a lovely story behind this unique house. When the property was first purchased by a couple, her father hung a swing in the branches of this tree to “christen” it. Shortly after this, her father passed away, and the tree contracted a disease. Rather than cut it down […]
Base Valley House
Near Hiroshima  Japan  –  Hiroshi Sambuichi Site area:   12,000 m2 Built area:   100 m2 Photography:   Katsuhisa Kida / FOTOTECA Gabion walls made from local stone and a glass roof tell you that this is no ordinary home. Hiroshi Sambuichi is an architect who appears to have little time or patience for […]
The Nautilus House
Mexico City  –  Javier Senosiain / Arquitectura Organica This is one of the world’s truly amazing homes!  The Nautilus House was built for a couple with two young children who wanted to feel more at one with nature.  Senosiain practices what he describes as bioarchitecture to help clients ‘find a natural space’. Probably best described […]
The Santambrogio Glasshouses
Milan, Italy –Â Santambrogio Milano Photography: Santambrogio Architects Imagine living in a home made entirely of glass – right down to the bed! Â The first four images are of a real display building. Â It was done to showcase the firms design capability. Â The second group of four images are purely conceptual. Whilst it’s unlikely anyone would […]
The Invisible Dome Home
Underground living – Texas style – Monolithic Dome Structures Italy, Texas USA Dig a hole 66 metres x 23 metres x 10 metres deep (200’x75’x30′), blow up your shell, start pumping concrete and insulation, fill it back up again and you have your typical underground dome home! Visitors to Glenn Young’s Monolithic Dome home often […]
Archway Studios – Living in a tunnel
Southwark London –  Undercurrent Architects Photography: Candice Lake After looking at thousands of projects, it really does take a lot to make us sit back and say ‘WOW’.  This home/office did!  We try to be objective and keep bias out of what we choose to post.  Some we like, some we just find interesting or feel […]
Stacking Green
Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam –Â Vo Trong Nghia Built: Â 2011 Area: Â 250m2 (2,700 sq ft) Vo Trong Nghia is unquestionably one of the world’s great architects. Â After studying architecture in Vietnam, he was chosen for a prime scholarship in Japan where he worked for some years with that country’s leading architects on major commercial, industrial […]