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Carved-Out Cave House

Carved-Out Cave House
The Sleeper Family Sandstone Cave House is one-of-a-kind. It’s carved out right inside the cave located on a limestone and sandstone mining site. The family bought the land for $160,000 and spent another $150,000 to make the cave a three-bedroom home. Even though this cave have rough stone walls it also has hardwood floors and... 
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Toilet-Shaped House

Toilet-Shaped House
The Toilet-shaped house is an unique architecture creation of Sim Jae-Duck to mark the 2007 inaugural meeting of the World Toilet Association. The two-story 4,520-square-foot home is made of steel, concrete and glass. It features a showcase, glass-walled bathroom at it’s center. Those concerned with privacy can turn the walls opaque at the touch of... 
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One Of The Most Unusual Houses In The World

One Of The Most Unusual Houses In The World
The Bubble Castle is an unusual house situated near Cannes in the South of France. It’s the creation of Finnish architect Antti Lovag and known as a summer home of the legendary fashion designer Pierre Cardin. The house stretches over 1200 m2 , including 10 suites decorated by a different artists, a reception seating 350... 
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House Rotating Around A Central Pivot Point

House Rotating Around A Central Pivot Point
This Australian house is a 24-metre diameter octagon with a 3-metre, 360-degree verandah. Its exterior walls are mostly glass and steel, and it rotates around a central pivot point. Even though entire structure weights around 50 tonnes yet can take advantage of sunshine and shade at different times of the day. The house also encapsulates... 
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Sculptural House Design Out Of This Planet

Sculptural House Design Out Of This Planet
This sculptural house is made out of 110 tons of steel and looks like it isn’t from this planet. The architect spent 23 years on building 2,700 square feet house. The house has fluid organic design style that optimizes light and visual experience. It’s truly unique architectural piece that the architect can really be proud... 
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Shell-Shaped Nautilus House

Shell-Shaped Nautilus House
This wonderful house is located in Mexico City. Even though there are many great houses out there integrated to nature there aren’t any integrated into aquatic nature. The house was built with a 2″ ferrocement shell and shaped like Nautilus shell. Among cool features of the house design are a grass carpet, eading residents and... 
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Unique Curved Floating House

Unique Curved Floating House
This floating house has a quite unique design. The imaginative use of curved glue lam beams evoke the poetry of the ripples and contours of a river. The whole facade is made of glass and features amazing river and sunset views. The curvilinear forms create spacial differentiation that enhance the experience of time as light... 
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Unique Contemporary Concrete Home That Reminds Giant Steps

Unique Contemporary Concrete Home That Reminds Giant Steps
This contemporary home occupies a steep slope in Penafiel, Portugal. It’s design is very unusual for such sites. The home is integrated into the slope and because of that it’s very long and narrow. The roof functions as pavement support for the gardens: similar to the traditional threshing floors and patios in the northern regions... 
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House Inspired By Flintstone Cartoons

House Inspired By Flintstone Cartoons
This stone house is constructed in the middle of the Fafe Mountains in Portugal. Rising in the middle of a wind farm. It uses two gigantic granite stones for its main structure, linked with a concrete mix. As you can see it looks like the house inspired by the Flintstone cartoons. Thanks to such unusual... 
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A House’s Pavilion With Roof Shat Reminds Fallen Leaves

A House’s Pavilion With Roof Shat Reminds Fallen Leaves
Leaf House is a pavilion for a private residence in Sydney, Australia. It’s sited in a dramatic coastal setting and looks anything but ordinary. Thanks to unusual structure of its roof it blends with surroundings very well and looks like a part of the terrain. Roof’s parts resemble fallen leaves held loosely together by a... 
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