A Fun and Different Style – The Bart Prince House
by Lynn. Bart Prince is no ordinary architect. He “builds from the inside out”, creating homes that feel good to the homeowner, and feel good to the land they are on. He uses organic styles and interesting lot arrangement to make the most of the natural light and resources offered by a particular lot. He [...]
It is a piece of social commentary art that speaks out against injustice and anti-humanitarianism. It is a tourist attraction. It is the labor of love conceived by a visionary Polish businessman and entrepreneur. It is also an upside down house. The aforementioned Polish businessman, Daniel Czapiewski, owns a company that builds wooden houses [...]
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Sarah died in 1922, leaving an unfinished, sprawling mansion with 13 bathrooms, 40 bedrooms, 2 ballrooms, and a few quirks. Sarah was obsessed with the number 13, so all the windows had 13 panes, and the number 13 carries through many of the details of the house.
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The “house” part of the house (meaning the only part that even remotely resembles at house) shows some of that old-world French-influenced something-or-another, but all in all it is as if the house was born out of a warped environmental fever dream.
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The term “earthship” is a bit of an overstatement. The name connotes an earthen vessel which slowly creeps over the sea or air, perhaps carrying with it a crew representing earth’s only hope. The reality, while cool, is not nearly that cool. The earthships of reality are made by Earthship Biotecture of Taos, New Mexico [...]
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Esterel at Theoile-sur-Mer is a red rock gem in the South of France. The waters are the deepest turquoise. The white sand beaches are immaculate. And on the hill overlooking this beauty lies a literally bubbling landscape of architectural heaven. We say architectural, but Antti Lovag, the designer of this and two other “bubble houses”, [...]
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According to the New York Times article, the owner of this early 19th century farmhouse purchased it knowing fully well how close it sits to train tracks. The poor location apparently drove down the price of the house, a boon in an already down housing market. However, upon viewing this dramatic photo, I have to [...]
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I bet you’ve dreamed of living on your very own island, away from the stresses of everyday life, surrounded by beauty, great weather and stunning fauna and flora. It was a line in Robinson Crusoe that resonated with me when Daniel Defoe wrote “I was absolute lord and lawgiver, they all owed their lives to [...]
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It may not be the prettiest thing on the outside, but these dome-shaped eco-friendly houses sure are pretty on the inside. Plus, they are great if you want to live in an environmentally friendly house that turns on a dime. Well, not on a dime. It actually has this little engine inside that rotates it, [...]
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This house sure is a doozy, or at least the fall from it is. The archway at the bottom, while sacrificing some stability, is a nice touch. Do you think that the designer of this house likes roofs? As if this house needed to be more top-heavy. My real question is: Where is the electricity [...]
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