We Love Unique Homes
In New Zealand there is a remarkable church built from live trees in a private backyard. The creator is Brian Cox who managed to finish this project for only 4 years. And it looks pretty amazing. Cox made a selection from a wide variety of trees and he picked trees with stone colored trunks and…
In 1992 a couple who lived on the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia built together a floating home. This original island was made by Wayne Adams, 66 and his wife Catherine King, 59. They named it Freedom Cove and had been living there together ever since. The couple have been growing food and…
Elora Hardy, who had a successful career in the fashion industry in New York quit her job and decided to build bamboo houses in Indonesia. She spent 5 years for building the bamboo homes with her team. Hardy believed that the bamboo even though not very used is a great renewable resource. She treats the…
The Outdoor Care Retreats help patients by letting them get the benefits from being in nature and separating them from the sterile hospital environment. Hospitals are amazing places and we are very fortunate to have them. They are on the other hand not very inspiring. Stark and sterile, they don’t have a lot of soul…
To commemorate the first time Van Gogh’s paintings of his bedroom will be displayed in North America, the Art Institute of Chicago has made a fully-fledged recreation of Van Gogh’s bedroom and has put it up for rent on Airbnb for the cheap price of $10. Image credits: Airbnb (h/t: colossal) “This room will make…
Wealthy investors from the Gulf built hundreds of faux chateaux and now they have got their new residents. Ghosts. The project is called Burj Al Babas. Located in in Turkey’s northern Bolu province, the project began construction back in 2014 but the developer, Sarot Group, have not been able to secure the required funds for…
If you never thought you’d want to live in a shed, wait until you see this barn and it just might change your mind. Rob Lond-Caulk, a developer from the UK, renovated this old agricultural building called The Old Grain Store. It is located in Norfolk, UK and he managed to turn it into a…
In today’s time, the future of mankind is looking a bit unstable. There’s talk of war on the news all the time, and there’s a chance that nuclear fallout is a big possibility if the U.S.A and North Korea keep provoking each other. That shouldn’t make you worried though, because even if things reach a…
If you like anything middle-ages related than this castle will be like taking a trip through time. Located in Burgundy, France, Guedelon Castle is a one of a kind project in which a group of researches and volunteers are constructing an authentic 13th century castle by using only methods and materials that were available back…
Even though the concept of floating cities is straight from a science fiction novel, but there are ambitious people that want to make it a reality. One of these groups is the Seastanding Institute who can make floating cities something real by 2020. Based in San Francisco they have been working on this idea since…