ONLINE VACATION
UNUSUAL HOUSES IN THE USA AND AROUND THE WORLD
2/21/14
Hi Everyone. Today's trip is a little different than usual. We are
going around the United States and look at unusual houses. Some are,
or have recently, been for sale. I hope you enjoy this unusual
vacation looking at unusual houses. ~Marsha~
THE MUSHROOM HOUSE
Pickford, New York
List Price $1.1 million
The interior rooms in this “pod” home decorated in mosaic tiling and the
structure’s design inspired by “a stem of Queen Anne’s Lace.”
Source: Trulia.com
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FRANK GEHRY'S SCHNABEL HOUSE
Los Angeles, California
List Price $13 million
The renowned architect’s “village of sculptural forms” is built of copper,
stucco, wood, glass and lead, and includes 3,000-square foot
reflecting pond off of the master bedroom. Source: Realtor.com
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MONOLITHIS DOME HOME
El Prado, New Mexico
List Price: $225,000
Constructed of Airform, steel-reinforced concrete and polyurethane foam,
this 1,000-square foot “dome home” has heated floors in case that
desert ground gets chilly. Source: Trulia.com
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STONE CASTLE
The Bronx, New York
List Price: $2.99 million
Built to reportedly mimic a 16th Century castle in Croatia, this Riverdale
mansion touts a two-story turret. Source: Stribling and Associates
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DESERT NOMAD HOUSE
Tucson, Arizona
List Price: $975,000
Comprised of three steel and glass cubes accessible by outdoor walkways,
architect Rick Joy’s Sonoran Desert modules are meant to be as much an
artistic statement as a residence. Source: Realtor.com
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CONVERTED CHURCH
Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania
List Price: $1.5 million
Located in a historic church converted to condos, this 3-bedroom unit has
38-foot vaulted ceilings, stained glass windows and an altar for a
kitchen counter. Source: Realtor.com
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MOROCCAN PALACE
Houston, Texas
List Price: $8.9 million
Bringing North African flare to the Lone Star state, this replica Moroccan
mansion touts a colorfully tiled inner courtyard and a petting zoo.
Source: Realtor.com
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FLOATING HOME
Seattle, Washington
List Price: $3.45 million
Permanently attached to its dock, this tri-level custom home sits atop
the water in a gated “floating waterfront community” in the Westlake
neighborhood. Source: Trulia.com
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SCULPTURE HOME
Glorieta, New Mexico
List Price: $1.68 million
An angular home in which elevation levels vary over 20 feet from one end
to the other, this Bart Prince design has special terraces built in
for studying sunrises, sunsets and the moon. Source: Sotheby's
International Realty
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THE WORLD RESIDENCE AT SEA
Ports around world v Headquarters: Miramar, Florida
Prices vary depending upon unit
Residents on board this luxury liner don’t just cruise for week or two,
they purchase the apartments and live here full time, hopping from one
city to another in the comfort of their own apartments. Source: The
World Residences At Sea
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PLUM RESIDENCE
Mountain Village, Colorado
List Price: $8.5 million
The architects of this ski estate channeled Telluride’s mining past,
incorporating recycled mining materials into its construction and an
enclosed steel and timber bridge between its two buildings. Source:
Realtor.com
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PYRAMID HOUSE
Manitou Springs, Colorado
$650,000
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SLEEPER HOUSE
Genessee Mountain near Denver, Colorado
$4.850 million
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NAUTILUS HOUSE
Arquitectura Orgánica built this amazing house in 2006 for a young couple
who wanted something different from the conventional homes.
*******************************************************************
SOLALEYA, THE GREEN ROTATING HOME
Solaleya is 90% made of wood, round shaped house with huge windows
allowing sun daylong for natural lighting. You can rotate the house
following the sun and 'the energy used for a 360 deg rotation equals a
vacuum cleaner round in the entire house.
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CAVE HOUSE
It's a 17,000 square foot gouge in the earth that dates back to a 1930s
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KLEIN BOTTLE HOUSE
The Klein bottle house was designed by McBride Charles Ryan, and the
unusual home design takes its inspiration from the 19th century
invention - Klein bottle: it is a certain non-orientable surface,
i.e., a surface (a two-dimensional manifold) with no distinct "inner"
and "outer" sides. The house recently won the Harold Desbrowe-Annear
award in architecture.
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MAISON BULLE
Pierre Cardin was looking for a house in Cannes, but he couldn't stand the
prospect of the unoriginal villas that had multiplied all over the
Côte d'Azur. He wanted the architectural equivalent of his avant-garde
creations in fashion. Built, was to be a bubble-house, an unusual
enterprise intended to demonstrate the possibility of short-circuiting
traditional architecture in the name of original, contemporary design."
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GROUND HOUSES
Many may think that living under the ground does not make much sense, but
one needs to rethink once the summer temperatures of these deserts of
South Australia are brought into the picture, many residents preferred
to live in caves in the hillsides.
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FABERGE EGG SHAPED HOUSE<BR>
This four-story estate spread over 342-square-meters is a replica of a <BR>huge Faberge egg, its positioned on Ulitsa Mashkova, a side lane of <BR>the idiosyncratic Chistiye Prudy zone (Moscow). <p>
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EARTH HOUSE<BR>
Earth House Estate Lättenstrasse located in Dietikon, Switzerland was <br>designed by Swiss architect Vetsch Architektur. Although these look <br>like hobbit houses, they are equipped with the latest interior, such <br>as contemporary kitchens, bathrooms and house control systems. They <br>are flexible construction can be built to the owners wishes. <P>
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AIRPLANE HOUSE<BR>
Airplane Homes by Max Power. Its offering reused Boeing aircrafts as <BR>private residences. <P>
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FLINTSTONE HOUSE<BR>
This house reminds us of town of Bedrock in the Stone Age era - The <BR>Flintstones. <p>
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ORGANIC HOUSE<BR>
This is a low impact woodland family house of Moabi in Wales. It was built <BR>by Moabi, & his father-in-law with the help from passers by & visiting <BR>friends. It took about 4 months. <p>
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NARROW HOUSES<p>
Narrow House in Madre de Deus, Brazil <P>
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Narrow house in Italy<p>
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UPSIDE DOWN HOUSES<BR>
This Upside Down House is builT by Daniel Czapiewski, Polish businessman <BR>in tiny Polish village of Szymbark. Usually, his company builds homes <BR>in 3 weeks but this one took 114 days because the workers were <BR>confused with structural design. <p>
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SOCCER BALL SHAPED HOUSE<BR>
Barier is a soccer ball-shaped house manufactured by World Window. It <BR>offers a safe, living space, multi-functional, elegant and playful <BR>space, emphasizing each individual)
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TOILET SHAPED HOUSE
The 4,508 square foot concrete and glass structure is a $1.6 million
toilet-shaped house designed to promote Sim Jae-Duck's tireless
project for cleaner loos (toilets) worldwide.
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GUITAR SHAPED HOUSE
Elvis L. Carden, an award-winning songwriter is the owner of this 3,800
square foot guitar-shaped house located in Fayetteville, Georgia.
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SHOE SHAPED HOUSE
This is 25 feet tall and contains five stories in Hallam, Pennsylvania.
It was built by shoe salesman Mahlon Haines in 1948 as a form of
advertisement.
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CUBE HOUSE
In Rotterdam, Holland
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HOVERCRAFT HOUSE
In New Mexico
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PLANET HOUSE
In Pensacola Beach, Florida
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FLYING SAUCER HOUSE
In West Hollywood, California
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SPACESHIP HOUSE
In Chattanooga, Tennessee
HELIODOME SOLAR HOME
IN FRANCE
IN THE GRASS
IN NORWAY
BOROUJERDI MUD HOUSE
KASHAN, IRAN
THE UGLY HOUSE
IN TORONTO, CANADA
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OTHER UNUSUAL HOUSES THAT I DON'T KNOW THE LOCATION
ISABELLA PINK HOUSE
TUBE HOUSE
BASKET HOUSE
SHOE HOUSE
VILLAGE OF JOY DOME HOUSE
DOG HOUSE
HOUSE ON A ROCK
ON SPINDLY LEGS
ROCK HOUSE
HIGH RISE
BRIDGE HOUSE
ARROW HOUSE
GUITAR AND PIANO HOUSE
LEANING HOUSES
UPSIDE DOWN HOUSE
ON TOP OF THE WORLD HOUSE
TREE HOUSE
BEAUTIFUL (I WANT THIS ONE)
WATER HOUSE
UNUSUAL
going around the United States and look at unusual houses. Some are,
or have recently, been for sale. I hope you enjoy this unusual
vacation looking at unusual houses.
~Marsha~
THE MUSHROOM HOUSE
Pickford, New York
List Price $1.1 million
The interior rooms in this “pod” home decorated in mosaic tiling and the
structure’s design inspired by “a stem of Queen Anne’s Lace.”
Source: Trulia.com
****************************************************************
FRANK GEHRY'S SCHNABEL HOUSE
Los Angeles, California
List Price $13 million
The renowned architect’s “village of sculptural forms” is built of copper,
stucco, wood, glass and lead, and includes 3,000-square foot
reflecting pond off of the master bedroom. Source: Realtor.com
*****************************************************************
MONOLITHIS DOME HOME
El Prado, New Mexico
List Price: $225,000
Constructed of Airform, steel-reinforced concrete and polyurethane foam,
this 1,000-square foot “dome home” has heated floors in case that
desert ground gets chilly. Source: Trulia.com
******************************************************************
STONE CASTLE
The Bronx, New York
List Price: $2.99 million
Built to reportedly mimic a 16th Century castle in Croatia, this Riverdale
mansion touts a two-story turret. Source: Stribling and Associates
*******************************************************************
DESERT NOMAD HOUSE
Tucson, Arizona
List Price: $975,000
Comprised of three steel and glass cubes accessible by outdoor walkways,
architect Rick Joy’s Sonoran Desert modules are meant to be as much an
artistic statement as a residence. Source: Realtor.com
*******************************************************************
CONVERTED CHURCH
Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania
List Price: $1.5 million
Located in a historic church converted to condos, this 3-bedroom unit has
38-foot vaulted ceilings, stained glass windows and an altar for a
kitchen counter. Source: Realtor.com
*******************************************************************
MOROCCAN PALACE
Houston, Texas
List Price: $8.9 million
Bringing North African flare to the Lone Star state, this replica Moroccan
mansion touts a colorfully tiled inner courtyard and a petting zoo.
Source: Realtor.com
******************************************************************
FLOATING HOME
Seattle, Washington
List Price: $3.45 million
Permanently attached to its dock, this tri-level custom home sits atop
the water in a gated “floating waterfront community” in the Westlake
neighborhood. Source: Trulia.com
********************************************************************
SCULPTURE HOME
Glorieta, New Mexico
List Price: $1.68 million
An angular home in which elevation levels vary over 20 feet from one end
to the other, this Bart Prince design has special terraces built in
for studying sunrises, sunsets and the moon. Source: Sotheby's
International Realty
*******************************************************************
THE WORLD RESIDENCE AT SEA
Ports around world v Headquarters: Miramar, Florida
Prices vary depending upon unit
Residents on board this luxury liner don’t just cruise for week or two,
they purchase the apartments and live here full time, hopping from one
city to another in the comfort of their own apartments. Source: The
World Residences At Sea
*******************************************************************
PLUM RESIDENCE
Mountain Village, Colorado
List Price: $8.5 million
The architects of this ski estate channeled Telluride’s mining past,
incorporating recycled mining materials into its construction and an
enclosed steel and timber bridge between its two buildings. Source:
Realtor.com
*******************************************************************
PYRAMID HOUSE
Manitou Springs, Colorado
$650,000
*******************************************************************
SLEEPER HOUSE
Genessee Mountain near Denver, Colorado
$4.850 million
*******************************************************************
NAUTILUS HOUSE
Arquitectura Orgánica built this amazing house in 2006 for a young couple
who wanted something different from the conventional homes.
*******************************************************************
SOLALEYA, THE GREEN ROTATING HOME
Solaleya is 90% made of wood, round shaped house with huge windows
allowing sun daylong for natural lighting. You can rotate the house
following the sun and 'the energy used for a 360 deg rotation equals a
vacuum cleaner round in the entire house.
*********************************************************************
CAVE HOUSE
*********************************************************************
KLEIN BOTTLE HOUSE
*********************************************************************
MAISON BULLE
******************************************************************
GROUND HOUSES
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TOILET SHAPED HOUSE
******************************************************************
GUITAR SHAPED HOUSE
Elvis L. Carden, an award-winning songwriter is the owner of this 3,800
******************************************************************
SHOE SHAPED HOUSE
This is 25 feet tall and contains five stories in Hallam, Pennsylvania.
******************************************************************
CUBE HOUSE
In Rotterdam, Holland "
******************************************************************
HOVERCRAFT HOUSE
******************************************************************
PLANET HOUSE
******************************************************************
FLYING SAUCER HOUSE
In West Hollywood, California
*******************************************************************
SPACESHIP HOUSE
HELIODOME SOLAR HOME
IN THE GRASS
BOROUJERDI MUD HOUSE
THE UGLY HOUSE
*******************************************************************
OTHER UNUSUAL HOUSES THAT I DON'T KNOW THE LOCATION
ISABELLA PINK HOUSE
TUBE HOUSE
BASKET HOUSE
SHOE HOUSE
VILLAGE OF JOY DOME HOUSE
DOG HOUSE
HOUSE ON A ROCK
ON SPINDLY LEGS
ROCK HOUSE
HIGH RISE
BRIDGE HOUSE
ARROW HOUSE
GUITAR AND PIANO HOUSE
LEANING HOUSES
UPSIDE DOWN HOUSE
ON TOP OF THE WORLD HOUSE
TREE HOUSE
BEAUTIFUL (I WANT THIS ONE)
WATER HOUSE
UNUSUAL
It's a 17,000 square foot gouge in the earth that dates back to a 1930s
The Klein bottle house was designed by McBride Charles Ryan, and the
unusual home design takes its inspiration from the 19th century
invention - Klein bottle: it is a certain non-orientable surface,
i.e., a surface (a two-dimensional manifold) with no distinct "inner"
and "outer" sides. The house recently won the Harold Desbrowe-Annear
award in architecture.
Pierre Cardin was looking for a house in Cannes, but he couldn't stand the
prospect of the unoriginal villas that had multiplied all over the
Côte d'Azur. He wanted the architectural equivalent of his avant-garde
creations in fashion. Built, was to be a bubble-house, an unusual
enterprise intended to demonstrate the possibility of short-circuiting
traditional architecture in the name of original, contemporary design."
Many may think that living under the ground does not make much sense, but
one needs to rethink once the summer temperatures of these deserts of
South Australia are brought into the picture, many residents preferred
to live in caves in the hillsides.
The 4,508 square foot concrete and glass structure is a $1.6 million
toilet-shaped house designed to promote Sim Jae-Duck's tireless
project for cleaner loos (toilets) worldwide.
square foot guitar-shaped house located in Fayetteville, Georgia.
It was built by shoe salesman Mahlon Haines in 1948 as a form of
advertisement.
In New Mexico
In Pensacola Beach, Florida
In Chattanooga, Tennessee
IN FRANCE
IN NORWAY
KASHAN, IRAN
IN TORONTO, CANADA
Information from Forbes.com and Crookedbrain.net
This is a MelloMarsha creation
I do not take credit for the pictures
Thanks to the respective photographers
2-20-14
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