Houses

October 15, 2016

Eco-Friendly Beachside Home with a Living Green Roof Built in Just Six Weeks

Australian architecture firm ArchiBlox has created an eco-friendly home that was constructed in just six weeks' time. Known as the Avalon House, it’s a modular green-roofed home that was prefabricated off-site and then installed on a gorgeous beach side property in New South Wales. While the 106-square-meter Avalon House may be cozy in size, the designers set large sights on sustainability.

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May 21, 2015

Gorgeous South African Home Perfectly Frames Surrounding Mountain and Sea

Located near the base of Lion's Head mountain in Cape Town sits the OVD 919 house. It's a massive 10,000 square foot estate designed by the renowned architecture firm SAOTA. Despite its large size, the focus of the copper-roofed home is not only the structure itself, but the gorgeous sky and sea that surround it. SAOTA built it to honor the idyllic South African landscape.

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October 18, 2014

Transparent House Consists of Alternating Levels Connected by Multiple Staircases

Located near Omiya Station in Saitama, Japan, the S-House is a transparent home with an extraordinary, avant-garde geometric structure. Created by Tokyo-based practice Yuusuke Karasawa Architects, the two-story building is split into five levels of wall-less rooms connected by over a dozen criss-crossing staircases and diagonal beams. The modern home's labyrinth of rooms require careful navigation of the complicated levels, as some floors contain up to two rooms, while others consist of empty voids.

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June 7, 2014

Iconic Glass "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off" House Sells for $1.06M

One of the most famous works of modern architecture is finally off the market: the iconic Ferris Bueller's Day Off House, also known locally as the Ben Rose House. The Highland Park, Illinois property, which recently sold for $1.06 million, has earned its place in pop culture as the character Cameron Frye's home in the 1986 John Hughes classic.

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