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An Apartment Building for the Green of Thumb

An Apartment Building for the Green of Thumb

Want the convenience of apartment living but don’t want to give up on things like your garden or sunlight? Then there is a perfect apartment for you in lovely Rotterdamn. Referred to as the Cactus House, the twisted design allows for large balconies which aren’t directly overlapped by upstairs neighbors. The end result is a [...]

Now That’s an Earthship!

Yes, this technically isn’t an Earthship, nor does anyone claim it to be. However, if you recall last week’s post that actually was an Earthship, you might recall how I said that such a house should look like it was slowly creeping over the world be it on land, sea, or in this case, the [...]

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Martin Castle – Lexington Kentucky

This majestic piece of real estate near Lexington, Kentucky was originally built to be a single-family home. Construction began in 1969 by one Rex Martin and his wife Caroline Bogaert Martin.  They had traveled a bit in Europe and were stunned by the architecture, so they decided to try to recreate it on some prime [...]

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Why not live in a pod?

Situated in New Rochelle, New York, this house looks equal parts UFO and Ewok village. The series of pods are connected by walkways, and each pod rests a top a single central stalk. According to various architectural sources, the inspiration for this house comes not from up in the stars, but rather at our feet. [...]

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What?  Inversion House

Drivers in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston TX had a surprise in store with the Inversion Tunnel House, a temporary artwork project which turned two homes scheduled for demolition into a warped work of art with a an apparent vortex through the property! Art League artists, Havel and Ruck, converted the dwellings into an apparent [...]

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