Weird and Wonderful Homes around Europe!
From decommissioned train carriages to an old greenhouse and even a disused feed silo: I bet you’ve never seen houses as bizarre as this!
Living in a Railway Car
These mail wagons from the seventies travelled thousands of kilometers before ending up in an industrial park in Marl in northwestern Germany. Two photographers, Vanessa Stallbaum and Marco Stepniak, have set up home in one.
Living in a Railway Car
To retain the flavor of the original mail wagons, much of the old inventory has been combined with new appliances and furniture. For example, the old letter trays are now used for glasses, cups and cutlery.
Living in a Greenhouse
This greenhouse near Dresden is not just a nursery, it is also Monika and Thomas Till’s home. Twenty years ago they fulfilled their dream: to live, work and enjoy nature in one place.
Living in a Greenhouse
The Tills have built a simple stone house under the glass roof. This is where they serve the nursery’s customers during the day. They spend their leisure evenings amongst hemp palms, glossy mistletoe and black bamboo on the terrace – in both summer and winter.
Living in a Feed Bin
The core of this residential construction in The Hague in the Netherlands was originally an old granary. Architect Jan Korbes has turned the round silo into a two-story house: bedroom, kitchen, stove and bathtub – all in only 13 square meters.
Living in a Feed Bin
Not only the shell but everything else is also recycled. Jan Korbes wanted to show sustainable building really is feasible – without him everything in the kitchen would have probably landed in the garbage. The architect bought only the oven new for fire safety reasons.
Living in a Bubble
You won’t find any corners in this house: it consists of several balls. Frenchman Joel Unal thinks it feels much more natural than corners and edges. He and his wife started on the house in the Ardèche region of southern France in the seventies, using lots of steel and concrete to realize their dream.
Living in a Bubble
It took them more than 36 years until everything looked like it does now. Inside, each room feeds organically into the next. Most of the furniture is built-in. In 2010, the house was declared a French national treasure and became a listed building.
Living in a Bunker
During World War II, as many as 800 people could find shelter from air raids in this bunker in Siegen. Now a firm of architects has transformed it into a modern apartment house. A special tool was needed to cut the windows into the meter-thick walls.
Living in a Bunker
It took 70 years for the first rays of daylight to shine inside this bunker. Now a welcoming atmosphere has pushed out the oppressive darkness. The bunker houses eight residential units – including a penthouse with a large terrace. The conversion has left little of the dark past still visible.