Up in Flames: Dubai ‘Torch’ Tower Catches Fire, Extinguished
A multistory fire raged up the side of this 1,105-foot skyscraper last night, one of the tallest in Dubai, exacerbated by high winds and casting molten glass and charred masonry from ...
Category: Houses & Residential
Waking, sleeping, recreating, loving and living, we spend so much time at home it seems a shame not to make your place of residence both functional and radical – the dwelling designs featured here will shock, amaze, intrigue and inspire you to rethink your housing situation and improve the spaces you inhabit.
Sunken Sky: Courtyard Light Well Suspended in Warehouse Loft
A formerly dark, poorly ventilated caviar warehouse is illuminated naturally thanks to a sunken courtyard with a retractible glass roof, connecting the interior spaces to an outdoor terrace, ...
Rustic Swiss Structure Hides Modern Underground Home
Set into a landscape of grassy hills and deteriorating stone walls, a rustic 200-year-old wood and stone structure hides a wholly unexpected modern residence. The renovation in Linescio, ...
See Through Stone: 13 Aging Structures with Glass Extensions
The crumbling stone ruins of churches, farmhouses and barns are integrated into new structures that preserve and display their historic character while adding playful modern elements, like glass ...
Groundscrapers: Survivalist Condos in Converted Missile Silos
Located in a converted subterranean silo near Concordia, Kansas, the first complex of these high-end survival accommodations is already sold out and their creators are working on a second ...
Skinny Portable House for Singles Takes Just 1 Day to Build
These narrow, movable, single-person residences provide affordable housing for young people shut out of more conventional options by the housing crisis in Europe's major cities, while also ...
Afterglow: Luma Tower, Glasgow’s Shining Art Deco Icon
Rising from the trashes of vandalism and neglect, Glasgow's former Luma Light Bulb Factory has recaptured its Art Deco glory as the residential Luma Tower. ...
Seaside Stunners: 14 Cliff-Clinging Houses with Crazy Views
Dangling precariously from cliffs, tumbling down hillsides or jutting out over the water, these beautiful seaside homes feature mirage-like rooftop infinity pools, diving boards that lead ...
Made in China: World’s First 3D-Printed Apartment Complex
The same company known for printing 10 home in less than 24 hours is back with a new record-breaking construction project: a multistory apartment structure built using recycled building materials ...
Open Source Homes: 6 Free Plans Put High-End Design in Reach
Rendering luxury-class house designs accessible to the public is just part of the beauty of Paperhouses, an endeavor to raise the quality of free house plans and and explore the potentials for ...
