Interesting Houses

While we're considering other options like shipping containers for homes, aren't the flower children from the 1960s still interested in communes? Indeed - there are 130 cohousing communities in the country! Hat tip to daytrip....

Hat tip to daytrip! http://www.trueactivist.com/a-shipping-container-costs-about-2000-what-these-15-people-did-with-that-is-beyond-epic All you need is around $2000 to begin building one of these epic homes – made from recycled shipping containers! A luxury home...

"If you’re looking for a hideaway worthy of a Bond villain, look no further than by Australian prefab designers Modscape. Designed to dangle dramatically off the side of a cliff, the multi-story vacation home can be entered solely through the top-level carport. At the...

An incredible display of human ingenuity - hat tip to TG!

Thanks daytrip for sending: http://www.gizmag.com/stanford-engineers-build-test-earthquake-resistant-house/34787/ An excerpt: Though a large earthquake can prove catastrophic to life and property, even relatively minor tremors may compromise the structural integrity...

Purchased by actor Matthew Perry, star of “Friends” in August 2011 for $8.5 million, this 3 bed, 4 bath, 4,000 sq. ft. custom home is a sleek work of art that could be viewed as the ultimate entertainment compound for a lavish Hollywood lifestyle....

Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects and Antoni Associates have designed a home for a family in Knysna, South Africa.  “The brief was to create a home for a Johannesburg based family that could eventually be used as a family home but would initially be used for...

This 6 br/6 ba, 9,283sf house sold for full price a year ago - $4,900,000:

Perched atop a rocky outcrop overlooking the ocean, this Carmel residence strives to appear as a natural extension of the landscape while resolving competing private and public concerns. The large area of the house was disguised by splitting the house into two wings,...

The San Diego Modern Home Tour is Saturday, and you can save $10 by ordering your tickets online before 8pm on Friday: http://modernhometours.com/event/san-diego-modern-home-tour/