In my Native country they have a proverb that say “If you live in a Glass House, Don’t throw stones”. I know the owner of this Amazing Glass house adhere to that proverb. The house above, it is located in a forest in the Japanese Town of Karuizawa. The house is made from solid glass walls which are punctuated with bands of wood that both connect it to and separate it from the surrounding forest.

The building site itself was a dark and uninviting space, but the architects managed to make this incredibly beautiful home look perfectly in sync with its surroundings.

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The design of the Abu Dhabi’s Helix Hotel has just been released. It was designed by a firm called Leeser Architects and looks like a big stack of toilet seat lids.

The feature that stands out the most in the design is the glass-bottom swimming pool suspended high in the air on the left and the continuous continuous spiral design inside.

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Did you know that there was a 58 story Ritz-Carlton being built in downtown Vancouver? Well if you did a few days ago Vancouver-based developer Holborn Group told buyers who’d bought condominiums in the $500-million project that it was being canceled.

To get financing, you need a certain amount of presales – and because we didn’t have enough units sold, financing didn’t turn out the way we wanted,”

Holborn had sold 62 of 123 condos in the project which was to feature a 20-storey luxury hotel topped by 40 storeys of condos. Your can read the full story after the jump.

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If you are looking for a luxury mansion then you might consider a star-approved estate getaway, Lance Armstrong’s Texas Ranch.

The property has 447.8 acres of land, including 1886 ft of frontage on the Pedernales River and ownership in the Dead Man’s Hole swimming spot, this exclusive ranch also features a 4,241 sq. ft. main house with five bedrooms, five baths, and two living areas, a guest house, seven miles of biking trails, a pool and spa, and all the privacy you could ask for.

The Property is going from $12 million price. See photo of the Dead Man’s Hole swimming spot after the jump.

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If you ever had the fantasy of living in a cave like the Batman, then you might be lucky. A unique superhero-worthy hangout is on sale, the unique Missouri Cave Home.

The property has over 17,000 sq ft of space, this cavernous house is fully livable, with three bedrooms, a 400 sq ft kitchen, three groundwater springs. There is also 2.8 acres of land and a stage where many bands such as MC5, Ted Nugent, and Bob Seger have performed.

The property is available for a bit over $300,000 via Ebay.

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Here is a really unusual house design from Antonino Cardillo which is located somewhere in Barcelona, Spain.

The unique design is full of curves, each of his structures that I’ve seen have these swooping, gentle curves, and it’s so soothing. There are more photos of the building after the break.

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The De Vrouwe van Stavoren Hotel in the Netherlands salvaged four wine casks from Switzerland and converted them into rooms. Now you can not only fall asleep alongside a good glass of French wine but also inside the cask of good French wine. These cask were once filled with 14,500 liters of Beaujolais wine from French chateau. Now instead of wine they will be holding modest two-person room with standard amenities and even an attached bathroom and sitting room. See more photos after the break

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Here is an article consisting of 50 Strange or we can say weird houses from across the globe. The above image is the The Crooked House from Sopot, Poland. Construction on the building started in January of 2003 and by December of the same year it was finish. The Architecture is based on Jan Marcin Szancer (famous Polish drawer and child books illustrator) and Per Dahlberg.

Get the link to the other 49 houses after the jump.

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