Unusual Houses
Living within a Work of Art

Some of these unusual houses and unique homes would perfectly fit into the section Art Environments, though I wanted to give them their own space, since they are built with a double purpose – art objects and homes to live in.

In our age of conformity and standardized living, it’s liberating to see that these visionary artists and architects dare to think and build differently.

Artist or Architect – these houses are built by non-conventionalists with a peerless imagination.

Take a tour of some of the world’s most amazing houses. Whether they are remodeled or newly built; cool, bizarre, or just plain weird – I hope you enjoy these uniquely crafted and sometimes strange houses as much as I do.

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United States of America | Vietnam

"The Glass Bottle House – David H. Brown, Boswell, BC"

David H. Brown created one of the most unique houses in the Kootenay. His glass bottle house is constructed of more than 500’000 discarded embalming fluid bottles...

"Pandoras Box – Tiny Houses with a Purpose, Aschau"

Inspired by the American writer Henry David Thoreau, who lived two years in a small cabin near lake Walden, Massachusetts - German designer and architect Lars Holger Moormann created a multi-purpose garden shed called Walden…

"Two Tiny Houses with Expressive Moon Faces, Carovigno"

These two tiny houses in pink and blue look like the fairy godmother had dropped them in the middle of an ancient olive grove in the typical Apulian landscape of rolling plains…

"Underground Homes, Dietikon, Switzerland"

The underground homes, designed by Peter Vetsch, blend perfectly into the meadows above Dietikon, a suburb near Zürich, Switzerland. Modern Hobbit dwellings with a twist…

"The Bowling Ball House, Safety Harbor, Florida"

Todd's and Kiaralinda's Cool House. Bowlers say that a perfect ball is a piece of art. But I doubt that they have the Bowling Ball Art of the Whimezy Twinz in mind.

"Hang Nga Guesthouse & Art Gallery, Da Lat"

Mme Hang Nga, the flamboyant creator of The Hang Nga Guesthouse & Art Gallery, called the Crazy House, built her fantasy emporium and visionary art environment in Da Lat.

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