Created by architect Terunobu Fujimori, Takasugi-an is located in Nagano Prefecture, Japan and built atop two chestnut trees, cut from a nearby mountain and transported to the site. The interior is covered with plaster and bamboo mats.
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This incredible apartment owner by filmmaker Jeremy Noritz  is fully Steampunk including the bedroom which resembles an exploded blimp.
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Students at Minnesota’s Carleton College decided to PWN their old observatory by dressing it up to look like a very familiar astrometric droid from Star Wars.
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“Inception” Door that you will find at architect Armin Blasbichler’s home in South Tyrol.

“Across South Tyrol in northern Italy, log stacks (or “musls,” as they’re known locally) sit in fields across the lush landscape. Ever since architect Armin Blasbichler was a child, he had the idea to build a house that looked just like the log stacks and let the home blend into the scenery that he had grown up with.”
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Called the Montblanc House, this angular home was designed by Japanese architecture firm Studio Velocity.
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A World War I biplane parked on a rooftop landing strip at 77 Water Street in New York City. As a replica of a British Sopwith Camel fighter, the plane was hoisted on to the roof in 1969 as a bit of architectural whimsy by the owners of the building.
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Fully skateable house designed by the skateboarder, designer Gil Lebon Delapointe and LA based architect, Francois Perrin will be decorated with skateboard inspired furniture.
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T3arc designed the TuboHotel consisting of concrete sewer pipes, on the outskirts of Tepoztlan, Mexico. “It serves as fast and affordable housing for tourists taking in the environment.”
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Located on a barrier island, this beautiful guest residence has an unique structure “curved beams” which is influenced by the live oak trees which were shaped by the coastal winds from the west. “As a “house in the trees“, the building has one bedroom, bath, living area with kitchenette, and a loft.”
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Manhattan Townhouse has a Pool in the living room. The 15-by-30-foot pool is eight-feet deep and was installed in 1975 by previous owners. “The pool level has a brick wall and is surrounded by granite flooring and living-room furnishings. Ms. McMurray Van-Zeller said the artwork, antiques, medieval weaponry and plantings in the adjoining atrium give the space a “cave-like, medieval, Moroccan look.”
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