Monday, June 4, 2012

7 Houses You Won't Believe People Actually Live In

There are many houses around the globe with splendid architecture that are sure to impress you in a big way. Although traditional architecture of historical buildings has undoubtedly been creating an everlasting impact on generations but the marvel of contemporary architecture is no less which speaks about the imagination of people that is just not limited to innovations in science and technology.
Below is the list of some houses, which is like see it to believe it.
1) Just Room Enough:
This cute little house ‘Just Room Enough’ is situated on the St. Lawrence River, between Canada and America. This house is built on an island exactly the same size of the house. The house ‘Just Room Enough’ was purchased by the Sizeland family back in the year 1950s. The family brought this piece of land hoping to stay away from the turmoil of everyday day life. Surprisingly, the island became a tourist attraction due to the uniqueness of the house, reports Eric Yosomono, Mike Cooney in Cracked.com.

2) House between two stones:
This crazy looking house is situated in Portugal in the Fafe Mountains. The house is built in between two huge stones, which is connected with a concrete mix. The construction is said to have taken inspiration from the American Flintstones cartoon. The house looks pre-historic and has some traditional features like front door, windows and roof. Thousands of tourists are attracted towards this house each year. There isn't much detail regarding the designer and year of construction.
3) Extreme Tree-house:
This tree house is just one example of the typical house used by the Korowai tribe of New Guinea, who were totally detached from the outside world and had no idea about the existing world until 1970.  Normally people build tree houses 10 feet above the ground but, these Korowai tribes build their real tree houses 165 feet above the ground. They build such houses to avoid predators, floods and ant swarms. You can imagine a tree house up in air just looks outstanding and provides breathtaking views.

4) Sidewalk Egg House:
Instead of paying high rents, Dai Haifei, a 24 year-old architect in Beijing built an egg shape house for himself. This six-foot tall, solar-powered ‘Egg House’ is made up of bamboo, wood and grass seeds, which grows in the natural environment and is cold-proof. This house costs $964 and can accommodate a bed, a water tank and a night table. This small egg shaped house actually fits on the sidewalks.
5) Flintstone House:
The Flintstone house is located in Hillsborough, California, which was designed by William Nicholson in the year 1976.The building is a series of domes which looks attractive and unusual. The building was constructed forming a wire mesh over aeronautical balloons which were overblown and then concrete was sprayed on them. Earlier it had an off-white colour, but later on in the mid-80's, it was re-painted with deep-orange colour.
6) Ultramodern Hobbit House:
This ultra modern hobbit house is located in the side of a hill in Switzerland. This hobbit house was designed by a Dutch architecture firm and it looks like the house sunk into the mountain. A huge patio is a distinctive feature of the house, which opens up to provide an elliptical view of the mountains.
7) Free Spirit House:
Free spirit houses are built in British Columbia and Canada, which was invented and manufactured by Tom Chudleigh. The houses are in the shape of sphere which is made of wood and it hangs from trees or cliffs suspended from a rope. One will have to make use of spiral stairway to reach this beautiful house, which looks like a fruit hanging from the tree. The house is mainly meant for grown-ups.

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