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Unusual Homes Around the World (2015)

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Kinda nice that this isn't a "top 20 homes that will drop your jaw" kinda thing :)

If you like this you will probably love www.darkroastedblend.com which has lots of great collections of images and info.

Makes me think, other kinds of lists would be interesting too, there's an opportunity there. "top 20 garish displays of opulence" is boring & inapplicable to daily life.

Any list of unusual houses is incomplete without Robert Bruno's steel house. It's actual architecture/sculpture, not just a novelty based on the way it looks.

http://res.dallasnews.com/interactives/steelhouse/

If you are able to stand through the (subjectively) most obnoxious host in the history of TV shows, then you might like http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7804132/ this.

Been eyeing this for a while now. Just the push I needed to add it to my list. Thanks.

Happy to help. You've been warned, though ;). Enjoy!

Been watching this, it’s quite good! And I actually like the hosts. :)

The first series was full of interesting buildings. The second series is just "bare concrete and plain wood in a pretty location" houses. :/

Another interesting one from my hometown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliotrope_(building)

> "Liu made himself a 1.5-meter-wide, 2-meter-high, "portable room" weighing about 60 kg (132 lb), to carry with him as he walked an average of 20 km everyday."

I want to see a picture of this guy because I imagine he's quite fit. That's one hell of a daily routine.

I thought this was funny. He's created just about the worst tent of all time.

How about a self-cleaning house?

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/18/us/frances-gabe-dead-i...

I've always thought the water tower in Belgium that was converted to a house is interesting (they've added a necessary elevator!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfBk-IYCW14

There's this one really cool bunker like house in Sweeden or one of the Nordic countries that has blast shutters that come down at night. It looks like a black cube.

I've been looking for more details about it. I saw it on cracked first.

This one?

https://www.dezeen.com/2011/06/08/safe-house-by-robert-konie...

That's the one. I think it's one of the coolest houses out there.

they forgot this house.. http://www.house-crazy.com/colorados-famous-spaceship-house/

Agreed I’m always amazed by DIY houses or just extremely DIY modified houses. It seems to be an area where people who don’t consider themselves creative can express creativity. Good stuff.

Nice... but after the second home:

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Okay, now I want a Heliodome.

Why is this on HN?

Because people here enjoy all kinds of design and engineering not just those that pertain to computers

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