What is the most unusual home you have ever lived in? Most of us live in pretty standard houses or apartments with everyday walls, windows, and doors, but these stunning domiciles are far different from the traditional, offering a unique way of life, and a place to live that is just as much art as it is a home. Would you like to live in any of these ten crazy houses!? | |
10. The House on the Rock, Serbia
A group of Serbian youngsters were looking for a spot to sunbathe back in 1969, and discovered the perfect rock. They decided to build a little house on it, and it's still standing in the middle of the picturesque Drina River to this day. Surviving storms, floods, and the unpredictable Serbian weather, the tiny house is a testament to sturdiness.
9. The Transparent House, Tokyo, Japan
If you say you have nothing to hide, try spending a few nights in the see-through house located in Tokyo, Japan. Built by Sou Fujimoto Architects, this 914 square-foot transparent house was inspired by our ancient predecessors who inhabited trees. While so-called “House NA” offers plenty of daylight, expect no privacy here. This wholly transparent house in Japan is perfect for anyone brave enough to have nothing to hide.
8. The Super Slim House, Warsaw, Poland
The world's thinnest home occupies a 4-feet wide space between two buildings in Warsaw, Poland. Architect Jakub Szczesny built the house to be an artist residence for short periods of time. Although it is thin, it still includes a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and lounge area.
7. Dick Clark’s Flintstones Inspired Home, USA
This real-world version of the Flintstones’ home has one bedroom and two bathrooms, a fireplace and several large glass windows offering views of city lights and sunsets as well as Serrano Valley, the Boney Mountains, the Channel Islands and the Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, animal appliances are not included in the deal.
6. Giant Seashell House, Mexico
This amazing shell-shaped house was designed by architect Javier Senosiain of Arquitectura Organica and built in 2006, inspired by the work of Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright. As strange as it looks, it’s a real house built for a young family with two children who were tired living in a conventional home and wanted to change to one integrated to nature.
5. Upside Down House, Trassenheide, Germany
This building literally turns the idea of a normal house upside down! On September 4, 2008 an upside-down house was built as a source of tourism. The architects, Polish partners Klaudiusz Golos and Sebastian Mikiciuk designed the house as part of the project 'The World Upside Down' that should allow visitors a different view of every day items. Since the whole interior is upside-down and can disorient some, the house will be used purely as an exhibit. The project was completed in August 2008.
4. Waterfall Home, Pennsylvania
There was not enough land to build a full home on this parcel, and so the architect designed a house built into the active waterfall on site. Located on Bear Run in Pennsylvania, this home is truly remarkable. Fallingwater was built between 1936 and 1939. It instantly became famous, and today it is a National Historic Landmark. It's a house that doesn’t even appear to stand on solid ground, but instead stretches out over a 30’ waterfall. It captured everyone’s imagination when it was on the cover of Time magazine in 1938.
3. Boeing 727 Hotel, Costa Rica
At one point in time this airplane flew people from South Africa to Columbia, but at the end of its career it ended up at the San Jose airport. Here it was purchased for $2,000 and recycled into a home located in Costa Rica. The 2-bedroom domain has epic views of the ocean and surrounding gardens thanks to the long hallway adorned with endless windows–provided by the plane. It cost $4,000 to transport the plane to Costa Rica, at which point an additional $24,000 was spent in renovations to make the airplane feel like home.
2. The Hobbit House, Wales
This house sure makes for some delightful photographs! Making it less of a surprise that a photographer is responsible for creating this house. With some help from his father-in-law, he was able to build this house using all natural materials and only $5,200. His goal was to create a living space that resembled the Lord of the Rings for he and his family to live, within 4-short months the dream was a reality.
1. The Tree House, Portland, Oregon
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this house can be seen in Portland, Oregon and it’s a celebration of the natural environment that surrounds it. The client had few but challenging requests. First of all, he wanted the house to seamlessly integrate into the landscape and to sit in harmony with nature and the environment. The second request was to make the house a physical representation of music. This was a challenging detail that dictated the entire design. The architect took advantage of the structure of the site.