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Rock Solid

Rock Solid

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 [...]

No Foundation

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No Foundation

I can’t think of a more precarious setting than what’s going on here. Doesn’t it seem that eventually, due to weathering and whatnot, that the gap would keep widening until the house fell through? At least they don’t need a security system or apparently a door for that matter. I just can’t stop wondering where [...]

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The House on the Rock

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The House on the Rock

You may have never heard of this attraction.  You may visit once per year.  You may have only read about it in books or stories.  It is featured prominently in Neil Gaiman’s novel American Gods as a place that allows one to cross the border between the real world and the “back stage” worlds where [...]

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House on a Stick

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House on a Stick

From the people that brought you ball in a cup comes house on a stick! If you loved trying to get the ball in the cup, then you’ll love trying to not fall in the water walking up and down to your front door. This was actually inspired by billboards as you can easily see. [...]

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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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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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Ferris Bueller House – The Ben Rose Home

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was pretty successful when it came out in 1986.  Since then, the movie has become a classic.  Even though Matthew Broderick’s title character was, well, the star, his movie house wasn’t exactly memorable.  Sure, that thing he rigged up to make it look like he was in bed asleep was pretty [...]

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Dragonfly Vertical Farm – A Concept Out of This World

What are the things that you can’t do in a city?  You can’t raise livestock (at least, not very easily), you can’t live on an acre or more of land (unless you’re way loaded), and you can’t really grow food.  At least not a lot of it – enough to feed an entire population.  What [...]

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The Swedish are so cool.  Seriously.  I think Sweden is an awesome place.  Now they’ve created a hotel that is unlike any other – the rooms are mirrored cubes that sit high up in the trees.  The mirrors make the cubes practically invisible from the outside, so that the natural setting is not disturbed by [...]

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Texas Kettle House

There is surprisingly little information available on the Kettle House in Galveston, Texas. It is a very interesting-looking structure.  Rumor has it that it was built in the 1950′s, and that it is the top of a silo turned upside down and roofed.  Most of the internet comments out there comment on the fact that [...]

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