What an amazing house

kraggy

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20013402-52.html?tag=topStories3

Wonder how much it would be worth? Not sure if it says it in the article as haven't read it all yet.

Edit: It's actually open to the public now. Listed in a "places to see before you die" list also.

Would love to see it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater

Fintomiginto

Poxy looking

MagicMarker

meh

The Big Red Button

Are we looking at the same pics here?! That's a monstrosity!

starbelgrade

It's a Frank Llyod Wright design... his fees probably cost more than the build cost.

kraggy

The main picture isn't a great shot. Look at the others, especially the one where you can see how it's built over a waterfall.

orourkeda

not a patch on my caravan

mikom

Looks like the house from twilight.

CiaranMT

I like the design. You'd want to have a good compass on ya though.

krudler

Frank Lloyd Wright.....is he the guy in the Kwik-E-Mart song?

Superbus

Looks like several mistakes were made in the construction.

starbelgrade

Superbus wrote: »

Looks like several mistakes were made in the construction.

Yeah - there's nowhere to hang the curtains from.

WindSock

Its in a nice setting. Not sure I like some of the layout but the stonework is cool.

amdublin

FLW designed and built the mist amazing houses and buildigns.

It i my drean to visit Falling Water and Taliesin

starbelgrade

amdublin wrote: »

FLW designed and built the mist

I know he's a great architect, but I didn't know he was that talented.

Ricardo G

was offered to me on the housing list recently but i turned in down

Tryst

that house is amazing, i love weird and wonderful designs for houses

storm2811

Not half as cool as these,
http://www.amazontreehouses.com/

Who doesn't want a tree house that you can LIVE IN!?

Karl Hungus

I thought the thread said Amazing Horse. Now I'm disappointed.

Alter-Ego

Its impressive, but it ain't got nothing on a semi-detached in adamstown.

Sykk

mikom wrote: »

Looks like the house from twilight.

Hold on, why were you watching Twilight?

Diabhal_Glas

Amazing house alright.

Storm2811 I wouldn't say the roof of those tree houses would last too long in bad weather.

ixoy

Reminds me of the sort of house you'd see in a gangster movie like 'Scarface'. The type of place where people would be quaffing cocaine and hookers before having their blood sprayed all over the floor and walls as the rival drug gang massacred them.

mikom

Sykk wrote: »

Hold on, why were you watching Twilight?

We watched it in the orphanage I volunteer at......

My name is URL

It's like travelling back to the 70's and dreaming about the 90's

storm2811

Diabhal_Glas wrote: »

Amazing house alright.

Storm2811 I wouldn't say the roof of those tree houses would last too long in bad weather.

Why ruin my dream?:pac:
People do actually live in them though and they're meant to last the same amount of time as a normal house.

NoHornJan

It looks like one of Seanie Fitzpatrick's American holiday homes.

Superbus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf0RrF6KsI8

Local-womanizer

It would be a balls to find your way about after a few pints......

latenia

The stonework looks like the cladding you see on ex-council houses in Crumlin and Cabra. This is the real ultimate gaff; Simpsons fans will recognise it instantly as the inspiration for Troy McLure's:

http://www.eichlernetwork.com/fof_lautner.html

mink_man

a quick look at the replies in this thread make me not waste my time clicking the link...hardly any thanks aswell which is weird, shít thread all round.

up for anything

The house is nice enough but not very cosy and the furniture in the main is horrible. Loved the stone staircase with the bookshelves but who the hell artfully draped an Indian blanket across the window sill. Who picks it up, dusts under it and then redrapes it. You'd need an army of cleaners to keep it nice. The location is very picturesque and the waterfall is lovely but all that greenery is claustrophobic and the damp in the house in 10 years time will be appalling.

Killer Pigeon

kraggy wrote: »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20013402-52.html?tag=topStories3

Wonder how much it would be worth? Not sure if it says it in the article as haven't read it all yet.

Edit: It's actually open to the public now. Listed in a "places to see before you die" list also.

Would love to see it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater

*fap fap fap*

Sticky_Fingers

It's a beautiful building but don't forget that we have some ourselves, with the added advantage that you can actually own them if you have the readies. Thanks to Steven some of these properties are now coming onto the market at knockdown prices, I can't believe that the owners are foolish enough to part with them at any price.

Some examples:

http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=492802
http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=229636
http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=489343
http://www.daft.ie/searchsale.daft?id=119296

I would say living in one of these houses would be a experience like no other.

Doc

My name is URL wrote: »

It's like travelling back to the 70's and dreaming about the 90's

As it was built in 1935 I think you can agree that it was well ahead of its time then. I doesn’t look like a house that was built 65 years ago.

How can people not appreciate how beautiful this house is?

Some people just have no understanding of what good design is and if it’s not the current trend reject it as bad.

pavcro10

Meh, looks a bit like a jenga tower to me

Pdfile

kraggy wrote: »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20013402-52.html?tag=topStories3

Wonder how much it would be worth? Not sure if it says it in the article as haven't read it all yet.

Edit: It's actually open to the public now. Listed in a "places to see before you die" list also.

Would love to see it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater

theirs nowhere to insert my penis.


this house is a disgrace.

Rockshamrover

I can't see a place for the wheelie bins.

pickarooney

I went here the other day. Screw your tree houses, be an honest-to-goodness troglodyte!

humanji

Personally, I think it's a f*ck ugly house in a beautiful location. It's a brilliantly designed house. Just f*ck ugly.

fakeaccent

Wouldn't be my cup of tea, reminds me of the house from Ferris Bueller, where the car goes out through the window..

ClutchIt

The best house in the world is the one at the very end of Casino Royale where some guy gets shot. I can't find pics anywhere. Does anyone else know anything about this house? I tried on IMDB but couldn't see anything about it

oppenheimer1

kraggy wrote: »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20013402-52.html?tag=topStories3

Wonder how much it would be worth? Not sure if it says it in the article as haven't read it all yet.

Edit: It's actually open to the public now. Listed in a "places to see before you die" list also.

Would love to see it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallingwater

That house is a masterpiece, from one of the greats of modern architecture. Incidentally the family that lived there didn't like it too much, like all great pieces of art it wasn't too practical.

http://www.niallmclaughlin.com/0504_1.html

This house was longlisted for the Sterling prize. Goes to show not all boom housing was bad.

Quazzie

starbelgrade wrote: »

It's a Frank Llyod Wright design... his fees probably cost more than the build cost.

Apparently not

From Wikipedia
architect's fee $8,000

IvyTheTerrible

Very dated looking and looks more pretentious than practical. WHat a way to ruin a lovely location.

mailforkev

You can buy a Lego version for 99 quid, saw it in the shop of the Guggenheim last year (which they also have in Lego).

Link: http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=21005&cn=52

The Ferris Bueller house mentioned above is a bit more expensive: Link

Elenxor

up for anything wrote: »

The house is nice enough but not very cosy and the furniture in the main is horrible. Loved the stone staircase with the bookshelves but who the hell artfully draped an Indian blanket across the window sill. Who picks it up, dusts under it and then redrapes it. You'd need an army of cleaners to keep it nice. The location is very picturesque and the waterfall is lovely but all that greenery is claustrophobic and the damp in the house in 10 years time will be appalling.

If I could afford a house like this..I could afford an army of cleaners too!

chakotha

Looks very 80's tacky a la Miami Vice. You'd be forever cleaning off the leaves and bugs.

humanji

Quazzie wrote: »

Apparently not

If it was built in 1935, would that not have been an absolute fortune? The cost of materials and labour would have been tiny, wouldn't they?

Sanjuro

krudler wrote: »

Frank Lloyd Wright.....is he the guy in the Kwik-E-Mart song?

He certainly is!

Quazzie

humanji wrote: »

If it was built in 1935, would that not have been an absolute fortune? The cost of materials and labour would have been tiny, wouldn't they?

Wikipedia says that the whole build cost was $155k which equates to $2.4M in todays money. Using rough maths, that means the architects fees in todays money is $124k. A massive amount still but still a lot below the cost of the build even in todays money.