Bubble House

The design is meant to take optimal advantage of the volcanic Côte d’Azur landscape, and its windows certainly provide a beautiful view of the Mediterranean. The design is highly futuristic and you might expect from the name it is made up from several ‘bubble’ shapes give it round ceilings and walls – which is reflected in the curved convex windows and doors too. It also features a range of round pools and waterfalls and if that wasn’t enough it’s situated on a volcanic terrain.

Bart Prince Homes

Bart Prince is an architect who is well known for his unusual structures. Architect Bart Prince is renowned for his incredibly creative approach to designing structures. Includes home design that is unusual. The homes he has created look nothing like the boxy houses that break the mould of the box-shaped buildings. Prince says his designs start from the inside out, and that every home he builds has an idea behind it. Bart Prince’s own home is of course a testament to this original and quirky design – some kind of metallic snake-like looking building that is suspended in the air and features unusual looking antennae along with some other mysterious features

Biggest House In The World -The seat of British Monarchy  

As most of us would anticipate, the biggest house in the world in not owned by any common billionaire; rather it is inhabited by some of England’s elite. The Windsor Palace- the biggest house in the world- is one of the main residences of The British Monarch. The Queen reportedly spends a good number of her weekends here.

 

Icing House in Fuerteventura, Spain. The house gives the look of some kind of tasty dessert.

Netherlands Cube House

These are One of Rotterdam’s most famous houses. The Dutch seem to be building more than their fair share of interesting houses, as evidenced by these "cube houses" in Rotterdam. Architect Piet Blom intentionally tipped the houses 45 degrees on their side. Cutting edge yes, but not good for those with vertigo.

The main idea of the houses construction was the unfolding of an origami piece, this aspect gives the house wonderful and weird angles, movement and fluidity. These are the features that make this house so special. This geometric wonder has an unexpected entry and a lot of internal space.

Tree houses are great for the kids to play in but also for adults to live in. A cool tree house is in Portland, Oregon which looks like it is floating through the forest. It is not a simple house, is a very modern and contemporary. The main living area sits in the canopy being surrounded of beautiful green leaves and the whole forest. Is a great place to leave in, you don’t have to worry about the noisy neighbors, the pollution and the traffic near the house. You got the whole forest to your self to enjoy.

No. 1, the round-top Earth Buildings in southeast China's Fujian Province, are a precious pearl in the long history of Chinese civilization and a myth in world's residential house architecture. The beautiful fortress-like residential houses are all built in forest and mountainous areas in southern Fujian Province with excellent security functions.

Updown Court is a neo-classical Californian style residence situated in the village of Windlesham in Surrey, England and was, in 2006, the most expensive private home on the market anywhere in the world.

Fallingwater is the name of a very special house that is built over a waterfall. It instantly became famous, and today it is a National Historic Landmark. Imagine the house, that doesn’t even appear to stand on solid ground, but instead stretches out over a 30′ waterfall. Such structure captured everyone minds right after first publications about it. It was designed as weekend retreat for the Kaufmann family and finished in 1934. Since 1963 it is opened to the public. Nowadays, there are a lot of products on the market that tell the history of the house, shows its beautiful architecture and even Lego building kits that allow kids to re-create their own Fallingwater house. [Fallingwater]

This unique house is located in Switzerland. It is an earth house, an architectural style characterized by the use of natural terrain to help form the walls of a house. An earth house is usually set partially into the ground and covered with thin growth, and is often intended to have a small ecological footprint.

This pretty amazing house is called a rondavel, a traditional African-style house. They are usually round in shape and traditionally made with materials that can be locally obtained in raw form. The rondavel's walls are often constructed from stones. The mortar may consist of sand, soil, or some combination of these mixed with dung.The floor is finished with a processed dung mixture to make it smooth. The roof braces of a rondavel are made out of tree limbs, which have been harvested and cut to length. The roof itself is made out of thatch that is sewn to the wooden braces with rope made out of grass.

Etymological Definition of House

The English word house derives directly from Old English Hus meaning "dwelling, shelter, home, house," which in turn derives from Proto-Germanic Khusan (reconstructed by etymological analysis) which is of unknown origin. The house itself gave rise to the letter 'B' through an early Proto-Semitic hieroglyphic symbol depicting a house. The symbol was called "bayt", "bet" or "beth" in various related languages, and became beta, the Greek letter, before it was used by the Romans.

A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for habitation by humans or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to complex structures composed of many systems. English-speaking people generally call any building they routinely occupy "home".