Hover Houses: 12 Cliff-Clinging Homes with a View
Swim to the edge of an infinity pool that feels as if it's going to pour right out into the sea, or stand on a glass-walled balcony hanging off a cantilevered volume, seeming to hover in mid-air. ...
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House of Metal: 15 Steel and Aluminum-Clad Residences
Durable, reflective and often becoming even more beautiful with exposure to the elements, metal is an unusual choice in exterior treatment for houses. These 15 metallic residences range from ...
Surrealist Disaster-Proof Structures for Dangerous Locations
Some spots are such beautiful potential locations for a home, yet repeated natural disasters make them inhospitable for all but the strongest and most durable of dwellings. Architect Dionisio ...
Alley Stack: Brooklyn Home Made of 5 Shipping Containers
A tiny slice of real estate in Brooklyn is now an affordable, low-impact multi-level residence made of five stacked and renovated shipping containers. Williamsburg couple Michele Bertomen and ...
House in Reverse: Rooftop Driveway Leads to Hillside Home
Most people with single-family homes are used to pulling up into their driveways and then ascending flights of stairs to get to the living spaces. But in this case, a ground-level driveway leads ...
Half Abandoned: Twin Townhouses Tell Two-Sided Stories
Physically conjoined but separately sold upon construction, the lives of paired buildings (ones that share a common wall) can diverge dramatically as this photo series poignantly illustrates. In ...
Fit for a Villain: 12 Surprisingly Homey Underground Lairs
Nuclear missile silos, former quarries, natural caves and man-made hills camouflage homes ranging from rustic and understated to modern and luxurious. Seeming ideally suited to shield unsavory ...
Private Playgrounds: 13 Amazingly Fun Houses
If you had your own pirate ship fort, multi-story slide, climbing wall or indoor skate park, would you ever want to leave your house? Some homeowners have turned their residences into private ...
Domestic Daredevils: 12 Insanely Cool Home Climbing Walls
When the mountains are too far away and you don't feel like going to the gym, you can always scale the walls of your living room or bedroom - if you've got one of these 12 amazing indoor climbing ...
Tentacle-Like Tubular Slide Swirls Through NYC Penthouse
A silvery steel tentacle swirls through four stories of a bright white renovated 19th-century penthouse in New York City. Architect David Hotson turned the modern space into a playful residence ...
