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Design

If I Had $US35,000, I Would Get Bill Gates To Show Me His Home

12:40PM Jesus Diaz | That’s how much it costs to visit Bill Gates’ home with him as the cicerone: 35,000 American doubloons. Jefe Gates, if you are reading this, could I go visit your house gratis? I promise not to look for hidden Macs. More »
Design

I’ve Always Wanted To Live In A Stealth Plane

8:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Klein Bottle House. According to the World Architecture Festival Awards, it’s the best home of 2009. F-117 pilots, dorky Tron fanboys and aliens all through the galaxy would agree. I’m in one of those categories. More »
Design

The Most Epic Treehouse Ever Constructed

2:00AM Adam Frucci | My childhood self just passed out from excitement. This thing is 11 storeys and 27 metres tall, and it’s growing ever-larger. Seriously, I want to live here so badly. More »
Random Stuff

Domain iPhone App Shows Quite A View… (NSFW)

1:29PM Nick Broughall | That’s it! I’m moving to Crows Nest Road in North Sydney. They have quite the… erm… view. Immaculately presented must mean something completely different to the Real Estate world… [Mumbrella] More »
Design

Cocoon: For People Who Want To Live In A Blimp

2:40AM Adam Frucci | Located just off Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Cocoon is a house shaped like a zeppelin. It sits propped up on the edge of a steep drop-off, as if it’s tempting people to make Hindenburg jokes. I’ll resist the urge. [Designer Choice via Inhabitat] More »
Design

10 Houses Built From Unlikely Materials

8:40AM John Herrman | James May’s Lego abode may be shaping up to be spectacular, but he’s far from the first person to build a house out of something novel. Here are ten more amazing homes with, shall we say, unorthodox constituents. More »
Design

Hide Your Porn Room Behind A Staircase For Ultimate Privacy

8:20AM Adam Frucci | There are few things cooler than having hidden passageways in your home. And unless your home is a castle of some kind, you probably don’t have any. If you’ve got the scratch and motivation, however, that could change. More »
Toys

Top Gear’s James May To Construct Two-Story Lego House

2:00AM Jack Loftus | Jesus, we know you love Lego something fierce, but are you willing to live in a completely Lego house, like Top Gear star James May? More »
Online

Google Maps Adds Real Estate Search

11:00AM Nick Broughall | Google has decided to flex its massive search muscle into the Aussie real estate market, allowing users to search for a new house to buy or rent using Google Maps. More »
Random Stuff

Kim Jong II’s House Reminds Us Of Something…

12:00PM Nick Broughall | Tipster Howie saw something very familiar in this photo of Kim Jong II’s house. What could it be? More »