We’ve covered all sorts of unusual housing concepts–styrofoam dome homes, billboard houses, shipping container houses, rotating houses, conversions, floating houses, underwater habitats, off the grid mother earth ships, tiny tumbleweeds, houses shaped like musical instruments, a stealth bomber, a flying saucer, even a toilet. We even threw in the world’s highest house of cards.
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Snail Shell Living : Portable Home of the Day
Published by March 8th, 2009 in Unusual Homes. CommentsI confess a fascination with rotating architecture. I’ve found a few of them over the years (see posts below). And now this one — Heliotrope Rotating House– located in Frieburg Germany.
This environmentally friendly house was designed by the German architect Rolf Disch to follow the sun– like having a southern exposure from every [...]
From coffee cup to house…. that’s progress for styrofoam. A company in Japan has designed styrofoam dome houses to meet the country’s stringent building codes.
Called the “habitat for the 21st century,” the Dome House is constructed of 100% expanded polystyrene foam (styrofoam) that resists earthquakes and hurricanes. It does not rot or rust and is [...]
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Unusual House of the Day: Steel House
Published by August 3rd, 2008 in Architecture and Unusual Homes. CommentsLocated near Lubbock, Texas is a house created by architectural sculptor and artist Robert Bruno. It is made of steel — 110 tons of it!
Interior views:
Robert started construction in 1974….
and he’s still working on it, 34 years later!
[photos copyright Robert Bruno]
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Organic Architecture: Nautilus House
Published by July 11th, 2008 in Architecture and Unusual Homes. CommentsThe Nautilus, designed by Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, is located in Mexico City. It is constructed of ferrocement.
Video here.
via DesignShell.
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Unusual Home of the Day: Stealth Bomber House
Published by April 23rd, 2008 in Unusual Homes. CommentsHaus F in Kronberg im Taunus near Franfurt, Germany, constructed with black aluminum panels, was modeled after the Stealth Bomber.
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Known as the Toilet House, this unusual building was designed by Sin Jae Duck to mark the launching of the World Toilet Association (he’s one of the head guys) . Made of steel, white concrete and glass, it looks rather sanitary. If you really need to go, it’s located in Seoul, Korea.
via Freshomes (a neat [...]
Flying Saucer Home: Futuro
Published by October 11th, 2007 in Architecture, Futuro home, Prefab Architecture Technology and Unusual Homes. CommentsThe Futuro flying saucer home was created by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen during the 1960s. The first one was made in 1968 in Helsinki, Finland. Only 20 were made in Finland between 1968-1978. The manufacturing rights were sold for production of the unusual house in other countries. Less than 100 Futuros [...]
Home conversions are creative adaptations of existing non-residential structures. Here are places that were called something else before they were called home.
Church conversions are very popular in the UK. This English chapel home has lovely windows and high ceilings. You pray the electric bills are not hell to bear.
From self-defense to self-expression, a [...]
