If I say crooked, it is really crooked. These houses define what crookedness is all about. They were not design flaws. The weird-looking, strange houses were designed that way as a form of art. See the pictures below.

Cubic Houses in Rotterdam, Netherlands – The original idea of these cubic houses came about in the 1970s. The concept behind these houses is that Piet Blom tries to create a forest by each cube representing an abstract tree; therefore the whole village becomes a forest. The cubes contain the living areas, which are split into three levels. The triangle-shaped lower level contains the living area. The middle level contains the sleeping area and a bathroom, while the top level, also in a triangular shape, is used as either an extra bedroom or a living space.

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The ‘skinniest’ house or narrowest house in New York city is now for sale for a price tag of $2.7 million. Built in 1873, its dimension is 9 1/2 feet wide and 42 feet long.

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The prices of the Most Expensive houses in the U.S. have gone down due to the economic recession. If a house is priced over $100 million, will you still buy it?

Forbes released the 2009 America’s Most Expensive Homes. The list includes mansions, urban townhouses, monumental ski lodges and country estates.

Here they are, the Top 10, in photos.

1. $125 million — Fleur de Lys (Beverly Hills, California) — Suzanne Saperstein’s gem is aptly called the Fleur de Lys. Modeled after Louis XIV’s palace at Versailles, the 45,000-square-foot home took five years to build following Saperstein’s accumulation of five acres in Holmby Hills during the 1990s. Should strolling the grounds bore you, there is a 50-seat screening room and a library filled with first-edition books. Auto collectors will salivate over the nine-car garage.
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Most roofs are only appreciated when viewed from the top, like that mansion in Berkshire where there is a 60 ft drawing of a phallus. But there are few unique roofs that attract viewers even from up front. Here are 6 unique roof photos that you might consider in your next house renovation.

Torajan ancestral houses – South Sulawesi, Indonesia

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