“The World Stands on its Head” (“Die Welt Steht Kopf”) House on the
Baltic Sea Island of Usedom stands nearly completed on September 3, 2008
in Trassenheide, Germany. The upside down house, complete with upside
down interior furnishings, is the brainchild of Klaudiusz Golos and
Sebastian Mikiciuk.
There are regular houseboats, and then there are these high-concept
homes. These homes are anchored to land but they sit on planks that
float in the water. According to
the company’s Web site, “what was required was the development of a
uniquely maritime structure – neither house nor ship.”
The Ennis-Brown House, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in
1924, is seen March 7, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. The historic
10,000 square foot home was yellow tagged (limited occupancy allowed) by
the City of Los Angeles after a retaining wall
began to fail after recent rain storms in Southern California. Named
“House for an Art Lover” this home was built in 1901 by Glasgow’s most
famous architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The design was submitted
as part of a competition to build a house for an art lover and
disqualified because it was sent in after the deadline. However, it was
awarded an alternative prize for its uniqueness and built in Glasgow.
This residential car-house in Salzburg was designed by architect
Markus Voglreiter, who invested about one million euros for the
exceptional building constructed in the shape of a Volkswagen-Beetle-car. The home was rented for 2500 euros monthly. Search for homes for sale and for rent in New York.
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s designed house, Fallingwater,
completed in 1939 as a weekend cottage for Pittsburgh department store
owner Edgar J. Kaufmann, sits over a waterfall May 20, 2002 in Mill Run, PA. The house is undergoing an $11.5 million restoration project targeted at preserving the home.
This crazy-looking home will make you feel a little, er, cold. Two Detroit artists are encasing this home in
ice in an effort to draw attention to the housing crisis that has
ramsacked America. They call the project “Ice House Detroit.”
While at first glance this house looks to be a UFO, it’s actually
the earthly product of a Finnish architect. Called the Futuro House, it
was designed in the late 1960s by Matti Suuronen and was light enough
to be moved by helicopter, according to the New York Times.
