Newsflash! Cool Stuff! A Cantilevered Glass House

[Modern Saint]

I dig this kind of stuff. Check it out.

Exterior of Berkshire, Mass. home that cantilevers for 45 feet, 14 feet off of the ground

Friends praise the panoramic views and spare nature of the vacation home of Boston architect Warren Schwartz and his wife, Sheila Fiekowsky. But "sometimes, there's a feeling of, 'What is holding this up?'," said pianist Eve Wolf.

Boston architect Warren Schwartz designed and built a modern home of glass, steel and concrete in the Berkshires for himself and his wife Sheila, a longtime violinist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The three-bedroom home climbs to more than 30 feet, with views across the wooded hills and a rooftop terrace, where the Schwartzes watch the night sky in the summer.

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/living-room-ready-for-liftoff.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703583404576080110589960694.html?mod=yahoo_RE

 

[jelloman]

is that Martin Riggs in his pickup truck down there? what's he doing with that chain?

 

[Flamencology]

One of these days, when my wife and I don't have 5 other people living with us, something like that might be nice.

 

[Peeker]

I'd be ascairt!

 

[loganonymous]

I would suppose they shouldn't throw stones.

 

[B Valley]

I wish I had that house and that guy had a sharp stick in his eye.
I guess there'd be no funny business with the wife on the couch in that living room, eh?

 

[loganonymous]

Just think of what they spend on Windex!

 

[Denverdave]

I would suppose they shouldn't throw stones.

:rim:

 

[mattburnside]

One of these days, when my wife and I don't have 5 other people living with us, something like that might be nice.

I know, it would be too much trouble trying to keep track of where everybody is in the house and preventing clustering on the wobbly end.

 

[reverend1]

Its neat, but seems kid of sterile to me.

 

[Flamencology]

I know, it would be too much trouble trying to keep track of where everybody is in the house and preventing clustering on the wobbly end.

It'd be like one of those movie scenes, like in Godfather I, where a character realizes that another character is about to walk into a trap a second too late.

"Honey, could you grab me a pair of scissors from the kitchen? (a few seconds pass, realization hits) NO, WAIT, DON'T!!!"

 

[Modern Saint]

After playing Angry birds for a few months, looking at that house makes you think about launching one of the birds at it.

 

[platypus]

I would suppose they shouldn't throw stones.

I always get that mixed up with people who live in skin houses shouldn't throw glass....

this one is pretty cool though: http://blog.iso50.com/23011/chicken-point-cabin/

 

[Chad]

After playing Angry birds for a few months, looking at that house makes you think about launching one of the birds at it.

This.

 

[Mark Wein]

After playing Angry birds for a few months, looking at that house makes you think about launching one of the birds at it.

 

[Tralfaz]

Glass, steel and concrete. Sounds like it would be cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and dreary all-year round.

 

[Theodore]