Non-standard dwellings.
Every year, more and more strange and unusual buildings are being designed by architecture, thus, as if proving that living in a standard house is no longer fashionable. These are practically transparent glass buildings, and houses converted from churches. This review presents 5 very non-standard houses in which not everyone dares to live.
All for show: transparent house
A house in which it is impossible to retire.
A house where everything is on display.
The creation of such an unusual house (House NA) by famous architect Sou Fujimoto was inspired by the life of ancestors, which was like trees. Numerous crossings represent the branches along which people moved. In fairness, it is worth noting that the author is not interested in originality, but to live in such «open», not everyone dares to a transparent house.
Skaters Dream: Ramp House for Skating
A house where you can skateboard.
A house where you can skateboard.
Those to whom my mother used to say: «Do not ride around the house on roller skates and a board», can now rejoice. A house has been built in Malibu, which is both a residential apartment and a ski ramp. The construction is made of environmentally friendly materials, and special ventilation does not allow the wood to dry out. The narrowest house in the world
House in Warsaw, which is only 92 cm wide.
Keret House – the world’s narrowest housing.
The Keret House is considered one of the narrowest residential buildings in the world. It is located in Warsaw and has as many as 3 floors. The widest distance between the walls is 152 cm, and the narrowest is only 92 cm.The Israeli writer Etgar Keret lives in the house..
House with a slide
Slide House – house with a slide.
A house in which a slide can be used instead of steps.
In order to make life in your own house not seem boring, Japanese architects from Level Architects designed steps on one side of the house and a slide on the other. Now kids, and adults as well, can take a breeze ride from the third floor to the first.
House in a former church
Church converted into residential apartments.
Church converted into residential apartments.
Zecc Architecten is engaged in the redevelopment of churches into residential buildings. The situation is such that many medieval religious monuments of architecture are falling into decay, and converting them into residential apartments is the only way to keep buildings from destruction..
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