amazing architecture: Amazing Architecture - Clingstone, Rhode Island - 10/03/12 09:14 AM
Amazing Architecture   While scouring the internet for "unique" homes, it's amazing to see some of the unusual locations homes are built in or on.  We've come across cave homes, homes in trees, homes on the side of mountains.  This week's pick has a very unique location, on a solitary rock in the middle of the water! 
Clingstone, Rhode Island  
Information from www.yatzer.com Photos by Boston Photographer Erik Jacobs   This is truly an incredible home!  It's a 103 year old mansion literally in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay.  Built in 1905 for 35,982.99, this 3 storey home has 23 … (4 comments)

amazing architecture: Amazing Architecture - The House in the Clouds - 09/18/12 01:48 AM
Amazing Architecture   While scouring the internet for "unique" homes, it's amazing to see all the homes which have been converted from other structures.  This week's pick for our Facebook business page feature is one such home.       This week's pick, a water tower that has been converted into a house:    The House in the Clouds, Thorpeness,Suffolk www.thehouseintheclouds.co.uk      Photo by Andrew Dunn This amazing house is really a vacation rental property.  It was built in 1923 and used as a water tower for years.  A water tower, it was thought at the time, would destroy the look … (28 comments)

amazing architecture: Amazing Architecture - Shipping Container Home, Quebec - 09/09/12 08:57 AM
Amazing Architecture    This week's pick for our Facebook business page feature is a truly creative example of recycling! Shipping Container Home, Quebec Photos courtesy of em2espacemobile.com   A typical shipping container has a life span of about 20 years.  After that, even though it's still structurally sound, it is usually sent to a landfill.  There's been an attempt to reuse these in some way to reduce the waste.  This is a great example of how they can be turned into a home.       There are 7 containers used in this home.  They've been clad in siding and have 5 inches of … (12 comments)

amazing architecture: Amazing Architecture - The Dome House, Melbourne, Australia - 09/05/12 10:36 AM
Amazing Architecture   This week's pick of unique homes for our Facebook business page is from Melbourne, Australia.  This "funky" house is the creation of the architect firm McBride Charles Ryan.   The Dome House, Melbourne, Australia Photos by John Gollings For more information on this amazing home check out: www.mcbridecharlesryan.com      
Dornob.com described this house as a "strange spaceship home crash lands, breaks open?"  That's one great way to describe it, but according to the architect firm's website, the design was actually based on the "conception of a giant puzzle whose components ranged from the large to the infinitesimally small." … (9 comments)