Big Sur beauties
At the request of a reader who is searching for a home in Big Sur, California, I am featuring three Big Sur homes today for…
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Wabi Sabi Cottage
Today I am featuring Wabi Sabi Cottage… A new house with an old soul. I stumbled onto Wabi Sabi Cottage online quite by chance and the owner, Joan Thompson, was…
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The ‘Bird in Flight’ house
I have always wondered how they get wood to bend – but this place goes beyond a curved roof – it is literally undulating!…
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Ojo Del Sol: The Fish House
The official name is: Ojo Del Sol (English translation – Eye of the Sun) It is located in West Berkeley, California. Locals call it the Fish House. The…
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Earl Young’s Boulder Manor in Charlevoix, Michigan is for sale!
Last year I did a post about the unusual and adorable stone cottages designed by Earl Young in Charlevoix, Michigan. I still get emails about…
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Mickey Muennig designed Big Sur house for sale
One of architect Mickey Muennig’s Big Sur, California creations is for sale! Built in 1986, this unique sod-roof mountain marvel is located on a pine-filled bluff…
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Blue Winged House
Ever have a really bad day when you just want to go…. design something? That was actually the impetus behind this creative home addition. The…
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Captain McAlmond’s House
Here’s a slightly creepy looking Gothic Revival style house in Washington State (and I say that with great affection because it reminds me of my slightly…
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The Mushroom House house in New York state
This house, or grouping of pods, strikes me more as a bunch of toadstools rather than mushrooms. Not to get too technical, but I think…
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The Crescent House
Yes, this house is shaped as a crescent. Grub-like in its appearance from the rear, it is one of those unusual architectural fantasies fully realized. The…
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The amazing homes of Javier Senosiain
I am making the journey to Mexico next week, so I thought I would prepare myself by featuring the wonderfully imaginative work of Mexican architect, Javier Senosiain. Javier Senosiain has…
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Beauty by the Bay in San Francisco
I found this gorgeous custom green-built home in an article by Jennifer Martin on the Unique Homes website. She writes about a woman named Helene who obtained a…
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Funky house in Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico is also known as “Albu-quirky” – for good reason. People there do their own thing and nobady really minds, as evidenced…
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Concrete home for sale in Vernon, British Columbia
I feel weird saying “green home” and “concrete home” in the same sentence because it seems like such an oxymoron. But indeed, that is…
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Amazing architectural home in Durango, Colorado
Look at this place! This extraordinary custom home is located on a hillside near Durango, Colorado overlooking the La Plata mountains. It is currently…
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Frank Lloyd Wright designed home for sale in Pasadena, California
I noticed this extraordinary 1923 Frank Lloyd Wright designed house at the real estate blog JoyofPasedena.com. Located in Pasadena, California, it is currently on the market for $4,995,000. It…
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Earl Young’s Charlevoix Michigan “mushroom” houses
“I always build the roof first, and then shove the house under it.” (Earl Young as quoted in the Ludington Daily News, October 13, 1971…
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The Desert Nomad House
In the Sonoran Desert, west of Tucson, Arizona, you will find this unusual home. The Desert Nomad House was designed by award winning architect…
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Bart Prince designed “House Beneath The Mountain” is for sale
American architect Bart Prince is probably my favorite contemporary designer. I just love his stuff. His creations are strikingly organic and complex – like massive science…
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