Why 2001. . . . Well I think the architects must have got their inspiration from the poster, on the right, from the movie 2001 a Space Odyssey.
The house was actually built in Hiroshima in 2007 by the Suppose Design Office.
If you follow the above link you will find more photographs and the several other interesting houses.
It really is worthwhile to think about all the details . . . . otherwise you may make a mistake like this!
Thanks to the Angry Architect, my favourite architectural blog, for this photo.
Demolition Site?
War Zone?
No this is a New, Completed, House!
Just when you think you have seen the weirdest building you can imagine. . . . something else comes along?
This is the Antivilla by Brandhuber
Click on the link above to see more photos. (If you thought it looked any better inside you would be wrong)
Bored with Brick Veneer?
What if you wanted to build using natural materials in whatever shape you wanted?
Well these people are hand building with ‘Cob’ which is a mixture of; Soil, straw, water, and sometimes lime.
If you would like to find out more, this photo is from This Cob House, an American web site that provides advice and instruction in this material.
Other sources of advice are:
The Owner Builder Magazine – An Australian magazine available from your newsagent
The Tiny House Blog – An American Site which provides ideas on small house design, Useful as it might take you a long time to build a big house.
However I think this house may be going a little bit too far in reducing window size!
The house is by Japanese architect Takeshi Hosaka and is called Room Room.
It is located in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
I found the house on the web site www.dezeen.com, where you will find lots more photographs of the interior and exterior
These remarkably conventional looking houses are actually floating on Lake Union, Seattle.
Although they haven’t been specially built to deal with rising sea levels there are many places that are now starting to build floating houses in a big way!
One big advantage of building on a lake is you don’t have to bother about a storm water drainage connection.
I found this picture, and and many more, on the website www.inspirationgreen.com.
How would you like to live in a Silo?
What about his house in Utah, built by Earl Stein.
If you want to find out more check out his blog about the house at: montesilo.blogspot.com.au
On the grounds of ‘keeping out of trouble’ I have “No Comment” about this photo other than WHY?
Originally found on Flower Power
Well this looks like a Clowns House to me! . . . . But if you like it, it could be yours for around $870,000.
The address is 43A Beryl Avenue Oakleigh South Vic 3167.
The Real Estate Agent says “This residence delivers understated panache and undeniable appeal with a touch of Bali”.
Want to find out more? . . . Check this link: Cooper Newman Real Estate.
One of the strangest house photos I have seen?
I found this picture on the website www.appraisalpress.com.
