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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 [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Filed under All Houses, Off the ground, Pods · Tagged with cantilever, cool, corrugated metal, earthship, fertilizer, home, house, howl s moving castle, pod home, stilt, strange, unique, weird
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. [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Filed under All Houses, Off the ground, Pods · Tagged with abode, architect, ewok village, flower queen, home, house, inspiration, lace, pod home, Pods, queen anne, stalk, stilt, strange, tree house, ufo, unique, weird, wild flower
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 [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Monday, January 17, 2011 at 5:42 am
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