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Floating house

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/l...or-liftoff.html

Want.

What a ridiculous waste of time and money.

Firstly, unless you're outside, you can't see that the house is 'floating'. Standing in the main room would feel exactly the same as standing on the second story of any house with panoramic windows.

Apart from that, the design itself is crap. After digging out a huge amount of earth and inserting concrete support for the cantilevered section, they filled it back in and then purposely built an angled section over the top. As a result, that section of the house is now filled with pointless stairs. The bedrooms are shit, too. Who wants nothing but frosted glass seperating them from other guests? It's supposed to be a house, not an office.

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Originally posted by Domesticated What a ridiculous waste of time and money. Firstly, unless you're outside, you can't see that the house is 'floating'. Standing in the main room would feel exactly the same as standing on the second story of any house with panoramic windows. Apart from that, the design itself is crap. After digging out a huge amount of earth for the cantilevered section, they filled it back in and then purposely built an angled section over the top. As a result, that section of the house is now filled with pointless stairs. The bedrooms are shit, too. Who wants nothing but frosted glass seperating them from other guests? It's supposed to be a house, not an office.

If the home that you want to build for yourself is exactly how you want it, it's not a waste of time or money. Oh, and perhaps they purposely built an angled section over the top of the cantilevered section to hide what's actually keeping the house "floating."

It's not magic, it's an illusion.

You, sir, are not too bright.

Pointless stairs?!?!?! Please god no!!!

It's a cool looking house for people to look at. Yes, standing in that room would look the same as standing in the 2nd floor of a normal house with panoramic windows, if you never go outside! This isn't fucking architecturecritics.com, it's just an interesting house to look at.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 If the home that you want to build for yourself is exactly how you want it, it's not a waste of time or money. Oh, and perhaps they purposely built an angled section over the top of the cantilevered section to hide what's actually keeping the house "floating." It's not magic, it's an illusion. You, sir, are not too bright. Pointless stairs?!?!?! Please god no!!! It's a cool looking house for people to look at. Yes, standing in that room would look the same as standing in the 2nd floor of a normal house with panoramic windows, if you never go outside! This isn't fucking architecturecritics.com, it's just an interesting house to look at.

I'm quite sure my understanding of construction techniques involved is greater than your own. Unless you too have a university education and four years of industry experience, that is.

The non-floating section didn't have to be angled in that ridiculous way; it could have been recessed into the hillside or placed abreast, on a flat plane.

The stairs aren't only pointless; they'll become inconvenient pretty quickly considering the occupants are in their sixties, and seem to think this is their final home.

Yes, it's interesting to look at, if you go outside to have a good old roll down the hill, as sixty year olds do. It's also impractical, which is what counts when you spend 75% of your life in a place. Don't get all bitchy just because I disagree that this is a cool project.

House on the Rock is better, imo

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Originally posted by Domesticated I'm quite sure my understanding of construction techniques involved is greater than your own. Unless you too have a university education and four years of industry experience, that is. The non-floating section didn't have to be angled in that ridiculous way; it could have been recessed into the hillside or placed abreast, on a flat plane.

Maybe the people paying for the house...........wanted it that way

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Originally posted by tubularbills House on the Rock is better, imo

Yeah, and I like Falling Water a lot better too. I wasn't claiming that this house is the best house ever made, or really claiming anything about it at all. Just posting something for people to look at.


Oh, and for Domesticated to show off his big, bad University education and four years of industry experience.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 Maybe the people paying for the house...........wanted it that way

the article mentioned they paid over $1mil for it. and another house just up the road sold for $269k.

lol?

you are BOTH wrong in EVERY aspect. I have BUILT houses MYSELF and I KNOW for a FACT...you are both WRONG




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Originally posted by tubularbills the article mentioned they paid over $1mil for it. and another house just up the road sold for $269k. lol?

Well hey, if you have the money you can pay for what you want. Perhaps the house just up the road doesn't have the illusion that it's floating, or maybe it's just not as nice of a house.


Anybody out there who lives in the Berkshires want to comment on the quality of this house in comparison to all other houses in the Berkshires?

Domesticated? Surely with your four years of industry experience you should be able to afford a house of such stature. I mean four years?!

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Originally posted by Domesticated The stairs aren't only pointless; they'll become inconvenient pretty quickly considering the occupants are in their sixties, and seem to think this is their final home.

But just look at how happy she is!

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Originally posted by srussell0018 But just look at how happy she is!

Good recovery.

Also, Domesticated, it's their vacation home. I would see where your points would have a lot of merit in regards to the everyday dwelling of retirees, but vacation houses are the perfect places for gimmicks imo.

My only issue is the idea that it can hold "60 people comfortably." For people with that lifestyle, 60 is a manageable dinner, not a big event. What if 20 fatties show up? I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that thing for a party unless it could support 500 Australians.

Only one thumb up?

That is my max for sober posts.

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Originally posted by shaw My only issue is the idea that it can hold "60 people comfortably." For people with that lifestyle, 60 is a manageable dinner, not a big event. What if 20 fatties show up? I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that thing for a party unless it could support 500 Australians.

Are Australians really fatter than Americans? I find that hard to believe.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 Are Australians really fatter than Americans? I find that hard to believe.

Yep. Suck it, Aussies! And by 'it,' I mean lard.

mmmmmmmmmm lard.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 But just look at how happy she is!

Until someone feeds Gizmo after midnight that is.

what a shit house. i love nature but glass walls are just over the top. it's anti-cosy

You guys realize that it's not really floating, right?

WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!

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Originally posted by Ygrene You guys realize that it's not really floating, right? WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!

Looks like it got beached at high tide.

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Originally posted by boris_the_bear what a shit house. i love nature but glass walls are just over the top. it's anti-cosy

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February 13th, 2011 13:46
Meditated on a 'Floating house' thread on TA today; I often feel we (the Girl with One Sock & myself) live in a lighted house of glass, & that perhaps any moment some thin-lipped parchment face will peer through a carelessly unshaded window to obtain a free glimpse of things that the most jaded voyeur would have paid a small fortune to watch.

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Originally posted by Ygrene You guys realize that it's not really floating, right? WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA!

WRONG

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