Interesting Houses

In order to conceal this home from its uphill neighbors a shelf was cut into the narrow slice of grassland located between an access road on one side and the steep slopes of the West Coast on the other. The uphill land extends as a green roof over the underground...

The owners had lived in Tiburon, California for many years, dreaming of one day transforming their low, one story home into a setting befitting their spectacular site perched above San Francisco Bay. Their dreams began to be realized in 2005 with the design of a 2000...

A contemporary in Beverly Hills measuring 5,868 sf, listed for $6,995,000: More photos here. Realtor video here (you may have seen it on NBC a couple of weeks ago):

Already on the market for $2,295,000: http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-120037445-604_S_The_Strand_Oceanside_CA_92054

Thanks to daytrip who sent this in from the real estalker: ...from Lenny Lemmetellya, an unimpeachable source deep inside the Platinum Triangle real estate game, the lavish and downright legendary Los Angeles (CA) estate known as Owlwood is quietly being shopped...

From HW: If you are looking for somewhere to hide when global warming finally destroys us all in a nuclear blast followed by anarchy, why not a $2 million condo? Well, it seems your chance has passed. These luxury disaster-proof, underground condos in rural Kansas are...

http://www.kovacarchitects.com/project/three-wall-house

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