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Extraordinary Vacation Home In Australia Clings To Cliff For Dear Life
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This seems like the perfect place to cure anyone of their fear of heights: a house that dangles on the edge of a cliff. Sounds like a death wish? Nah. Created by Modscape Concept, the aptly-named Cliff House is a five-story vacation home designed for use off the southwest coast of Victoria, accessible only through the carport on the top floor with a lift that goes to each floor.
Although it’s still a concept, it sure looks like it would be solid enough: the house is built from pre-fabricated modules that are stacked onto each other and anchored to the cliff with the help of steel pins — pretty much like how barnacles cling to the hulls of ships. Now that sounds like life!
More info: modscape.com.au (h/t: inhabitat)
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Reminds me of Tony Starks house in Ironman. Just look at what happened to that!
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Except that his house was blown up so your reference makes no sense at all.
Ur inability to understand sarcasm makes no sense at all
You're so daft.
One earth quake and the side of the cliff comes crumbling down
Australia dosn't have earth quakes. we have teeny tiny little tremors that are far and few between
Tell that to the 13 people that died in the Newcastle Earthquake on 28/12/1989 and more than injured 160 magnitude 5.6. Research is good!
Tell that to the 13 people that died in the Newcastle Earthquake on 28/12/1989 and more than injured 160 magnitude 5.6.
ture
Who needs an earthquake? Cliff faces do collapse every now and then.
I wouldn't be able to relax in it at all - I would be scared it would fall off!
and that's why I would probably stay drunk all the time
same here i don't think i could even enter that thing
looks cool if my mum didn't tell me it was ON A CLIFF i would be perfectly fine
Mama mia!!!
Reality tells me no!
It looks great but erosion makes it a temporary investment.
No, I like my house on solid ground. I don't know if I could sleep in that knowing the house is like a barnacle on the side of a ship.
Hmm... where's the fire exit...?
It's not "fake", it's a concept... nobody is pretending it exists. It just looks bleak to me.. brrr.
This is a conceptual design, not built. And no I could not live in this. Cliffs often fall away...and there it would go!!!
Australia is funny at times but they're pretty creative.
Oh, wait lets put a house dangling off of a limestone cliff which is easily eroded next to the ocean, and let that limestone cliff be located in a seismically active region of the world.... sounds great.
Extraordinar! Felicitari celui care a proiectat aceasta casa (y)
WOW!
Why would you put the garbage on the bottom floor?
good idea. ugly built
The way this structure is builded in that cliff i believe it is not safe,i tell you that people because nature in unpredictable.
Brilliant: could you design crazy cheap/easy housing for millions of homeless? that would be brilliant, creative & WORLD CHANGING!!
Brilliant & creative. Could you design exceptionally cheap housing for billions of homeless rather than 1 millionaire? Useful & creative!!
That doesn't look safe at all, those cliffs are meant to be really unstable..
never live somewhere you rely on lifts! the repair men are never NEVER faster than your kidneys.
You have a wide stable sliff. Why you have to do that ?
Does this house still exist?
i would rather doing it using elevated construction technology after studying the weather and geology and it will have the same feeling.
This is Crazy. ... not sure whether I want to live in it
it`s really perfect for relaxing time
luv it.... can't imagine what it feels like to be there!
What if there was an earthquake ?
Does all the shite goes straight down?
Does all the shite goes just straight down?
The architect should take a look at the cracked cliff...
OMG what it must have cost, and they put cheap plastic lawn chairs.
One Word ÄWESOME"
It's pretty awesome ! Imagine a holiday there... will be wonderful!
The concept falls short of showing how wasted waters go
NOT FOR ME !!!!!
Salt water would erode that to nothing in a couple decades.
Some do have the mulah to buy this kind of sheet.
Because it's only real within the confines of a computer, it isn't really awe inspiring. Any techie could create it.
FAIL.
3D RENDER....FAIL TOTAL!
Where is the diving board ?....
Wow i would be totally scared!!
I would love to spend my holidays here.Looks peaceful place to have rest.
council permits. i'm just sayin.
Lemony Snicket.
I'd be afraid to spend a night there...
Age of the material and pressure exerted on bone wings matters plus air pressure, gravity but it can be achieved in circular motion riveting
Er, photoshopped.
Nah. The rooms look too small for such an incredible expense. Not as a house, too expensive for tourist type things. I don't see it.
cliff look a tad crumbly to me. The word erosion comes to mind.
cliff looks a tad crumbly to me. The word erosion comes to mind.
one word: erosion. I mean, how do cliffs get to be cliffs in the first place? think about it. other than that, it's a very cool house.
one word: erosion.
Erosion.
Areas along the South West coast of Victoria are literally disintegrating due to erosion, so methinks, a concept is all this will ever be!
My town was destroyed by earthquakes, and cliff top houses fell off cliffs. There's no way I would enter this house.
Cool. But it's for people who don't worry about every little thing that could happen....like me!
The rock it is attached to may fall away. A wee bit scary
Where is the bathroom and where does it empty???
We pay me holydays here ....I don't go !
It looks fantastic but how long would it last?
Cold & clinical!
It makes total sense to drive the pilings in horizontal to the structure to hold in place. Solid rock and support beams will hold.
I would sleep like a baby.
a dream...
That's not a home!! That's an architectural and mechanical show off to satisfy the vanity of its owner!
I'd hate to clean those windows....
Only 3 shots? Its not for me, there is nothing cozy about it . All stone, no soft places to sit (from what I could see) and extremely scary.
Noooooo thank you !!
The house may be solid, but the cliff is surely not... This concept is just to get people talking. Free publicity...
I think the widows would become salty and dirty and impossible to ever clean them so your view would be ruined.
At least you have no lawn mowing....
No, no , no, never.
totally fake illustration!
what a view! not sure that I would trust it's stability hanging off a cliff, or having the weight of a car on top.
i would need a level for a small lawn and garden
WONDERFUL concept- if it fell- great view and happy- enjoy what you can, when you can.
Well if it fell and I died, it would be happy with a great view! there are worse ways to go- enjoy what you can, when you can-
I'm trying to look at an article titled "Artist Turns Children's Drawings Into Paintings". Why the fk does this keep coming up?!
Yes it seems unreal, photoshop :/ nowdays they are able to make every photo/picture realistic
PHOTOSHOP !
In 5-10 years this home will be gone...
For me it ruins the beauty of the cliff
I think I want to move in!
I would go and visit but would not want to stay...
Ha-ha, I'd like whisky, like High Confession or traditional Jack Daniel. I'll be afraid living this
Ha-ha, I'd like whisky, like High Confession or traditional Jack Daniel
Yeap, it's photoshoping! :) take a look to the car and to the house's shadow over the cliff... photoshopiiing!!
Photoshop total!
Someone lives there? :D
que miedo estar en esa casa un huracan,ciclon,maremoto,etc. no me animaria a vivir ahi
Shit the bed! As beautiful as it must be, I wouldn't be able to set foot in it!
this is a simple 3d rendering, i got my home on the moon, with pool and sauna
It's a Dr. Evil secret lair
Amazing, but I'm betting it doesn't have electric or water. Still pretty cool! :)
If people actually read the article, they would realise that this is a concept. It has not been built yet...
Super rich are practical? Lol. Also, if you read that super long paragraph I it states it's a concept.
Silly concept. You can get the same views at the edge of the cliff with a small section of the home "counterbalanced" over the cliff.
Australian Councils would never, ever, emphatically not, even consider a thought like this, let alone a finished product - sadly...
Bullshit those cliffs are NOTORIOUSLY unstable , can see the the crack forming for the next fall. lt's a national park NO CAN BUILD there.
I wonder where the water/electricity would come from and where the poop goes?! O_o (in this 3D concept!)
The rock will just crumble away after years of the sea crashing up against it.
Where comes the water, electricity come from and where does the "toilet" go?! O_o
I would be less worried about it staying attached to the cliff than about the rock crumbling.
How do they clean the windows?
It sure looks like Photoshop (exterior) and a common Render (inside) I'm certain it would eventually fall of, due to erosion on the cliff...
I think it;ll be fabo, when can I book it for me and the hubby to enjoy a wild time?
It looks wicked, when can I book it for me an the hubby to have a great ole time there?
He'll yeah!!! Baby!,
Sorry but the mini doesn't sit right, I mean it looks like it's been stretched. But just imagine???
If you read the story it says CONCEPT only
Looks like a Quality Street chocolate box....with no chocolates. What an eyesore!
Curious to find out how that cliff came into existence ;-)
how would they prevent coastal erosion??? no insurance company in the world would agree to insure a home like that.
Perfect for my evil lair.
Yes! I love it is it available when the is weather bad ?
I'm all in.
I think it depends on how solid that cliff is! Building it would be a challenge!
building that thing would be a NIGHTMARE!!!
beautiful!
it's not photoshop.. is some 3d software, please don't confuse
It's a mix Ana Maria, the house had be probably done in some 3D soft and the final image had be done in photoshoppppppppp
have been done, sorry my english :)
It's been made up is what I think people mean
I think photoshop is a wonderful thing. Looks good but it's not real or practical.
Why dont you read the article? It is just a project of house, doesnt mean to look like a real thing...
this is 3D not photoshop o.o"
Agreed
They said in the article that it was only a concept so of course it's not real
Nope.
Reminds me of Tony Starks house in Ironman. Just look at what happened to that!
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Except that his house was blown up so your reference makes no sense at all.
Ur inability to understand sarcasm makes no sense at all
You're so daft.
One earth quake and the side of the cliff comes crumbling down
Australia dosn't have earth quakes. we have teeny tiny little tremors that are far and few between
Tell that to the 13 people that died in the Newcastle Earthquake on 28/12/1989 and more than injured 160 magnitude 5.6. Research is good!
Tell that to the 13 people that died in the Newcastle Earthquake on 28/12/1989 and more than injured 160 magnitude 5.6.
ture
Who needs an earthquake? Cliff faces do collapse every now and then.
I wouldn't be able to relax in it at all - I would be scared it would fall off!
and that's why I would probably stay drunk all the time
same here i don't think i could even enter that thing
looks cool if my mum didn't tell me it was ON A CLIFF i would be perfectly fine
Mama mia!!!
Reality tells me no!
It looks great but erosion makes it a temporary investment.
No, I like my house on solid ground. I don't know if I could sleep in that knowing the house is like a barnacle on the side of a ship.
Hmm... where's the fire exit...?
It's not "fake", it's a concept... nobody is pretending it exists. It just looks bleak to me.. brrr.
This is a conceptual design, not built. And no I could not live in this. Cliffs often fall away...and there it would go!!!
Australia is funny at times but they're pretty creative.
Oh, wait lets put a house dangling off of a limestone cliff which is easily eroded next to the ocean, and let that limestone cliff be located in a seismically active region of the world.... sounds great.
Extraordinar! Felicitari celui care a proiectat aceasta casa (y)
WOW!
Why would you put the garbage on the bottom floor?
good idea. ugly built
The way this structure is builded in that cliff i believe it is not safe,i tell you that people because nature in unpredictable.
Brilliant: could you design crazy cheap/easy housing for millions of homeless? that would be brilliant, creative & WORLD CHANGING!!
Brilliant & creative. Could you design exceptionally cheap housing for billions of homeless rather than 1 millionaire? Useful & creative!!
That doesn't look safe at all, those cliffs are meant to be really unstable..
never live somewhere you rely on lifts! the repair men are never NEVER faster than your kidneys.
You have a wide stable sliff. Why you have to do that ?
Does this house still exist?
i would rather doing it using elevated construction technology after studying the weather and geology and it will have the same feeling.
This is Crazy. ... not sure whether I want to live in it
it`s really perfect for relaxing time
luv it.... can't imagine what it feels like to be there!
What if there was an earthquake ?
Does all the shite goes straight down?
Does all the shite goes just straight down?
The architect should take a look at the cracked cliff...
OMG what it must have cost, and they put cheap plastic lawn chairs.
One Word ÄWESOME"
It's pretty awesome ! Imagine a holiday there... will be wonderful!
The concept falls short of showing how wasted waters go
NOT FOR ME !!!!!
Salt water would erode that to nothing in a couple decades.
Some do have the mulah to buy this kind of sheet.
Because it's only real within the confines of a computer, it isn't really awe inspiring. Any techie could create it.
FAIL.
3D RENDER....FAIL TOTAL!
Where is the diving board ?....
Wow i would be totally scared!!
I would love to spend my holidays here.Looks peaceful place to have rest.
council permits. i'm just sayin.
Lemony Snicket.
I'd be afraid to spend a night there...
Age of the material and pressure exerted on bone wings matters plus air pressure, gravity but it can be achieved in circular motion riveting
Er, photoshopped.
Nah. The rooms look too small for such an incredible expense. Not as a house, too expensive for tourist type things. I don't see it.
cliff look a tad crumbly to me. The word erosion comes to mind.
cliff looks a tad crumbly to me. The word erosion comes to mind.
one word: erosion. I mean, how do cliffs get to be cliffs in the first place? think about it. other than that, it's a very cool house.
one word: erosion.
Erosion.
Areas along the South West coast of Victoria are literally disintegrating due to erosion, so methinks, a concept is all this will ever be!
My town was destroyed by earthquakes, and cliff top houses fell off cliffs. There's no way I would enter this house.
Cool. But it's for people who don't worry about every little thing that could happen....like me!
The rock it is attached to may fall away. A wee bit scary
Where is the bathroom and where does it empty???
We pay me holydays here ....I don't go !
It looks fantastic but how long would it last?
Cold & clinical!
It makes total sense to drive the pilings in horizontal to the structure to hold in place. Solid rock and support beams will hold.
I would sleep like a baby.
a dream...
That's not a home!! That's an architectural and mechanical show off to satisfy the vanity of its owner!
I'd hate to clean those windows....
Only 3 shots? Its not for me, there is nothing cozy about it . All stone, no soft places to sit (from what I could see) and extremely scary.
Noooooo thank you !!
The house may be solid, but the cliff is surely not... This concept is just to get people talking. Free publicity...
I think the widows would become salty and dirty and impossible to ever clean them so your view would be ruined.
At least you have no lawn mowing....
No, no , no, never.
totally fake illustration!
what a view! not sure that I would trust it's stability hanging off a cliff, or having the weight of a car on top.
i would need a level for a small lawn and garden
WONDERFUL concept- if it fell- great view and happy- enjoy what you can, when you can.
Well if it fell and I died, it would be happy with a great view! there are worse ways to go- enjoy what you can, when you can-
I'm trying to look at an article titled "Artist Turns Children's Drawings Into Paintings". Why the fk does this keep coming up?!
Yes it seems unreal, photoshop :/ nowdays they are able to make every photo/picture realistic
PHOTOSHOP !
In 5-10 years this home will be gone...
For me it ruins the beauty of the cliff
I think I want to move in!
I would go and visit but would not want to stay...
Ha-ha, I'd like whisky, like High Confession or traditional Jack Daniel. I'll be afraid living this
Ha-ha, I'd like whisky, like High Confession or traditional Jack Daniel
Yeap, it's photoshoping! :) take a look to the car and to the house's shadow over the cliff... photoshopiiing!!
Photoshop total!
Someone lives there? :D
que miedo estar en esa casa un huracan,ciclon,maremoto,etc. no me animaria a vivir ahi
Shit the bed! As beautiful as it must be, I wouldn't be able to set foot in it!
this is a simple 3d rendering, i got my home on the moon, with pool and sauna
It's a Dr. Evil secret lair
Amazing, but I'm betting it doesn't have electric or water. Still pretty cool! :)
If people actually read the article, they would realise that this is a concept. It has not been built yet...
Super rich are practical? Lol. Also, if you read that super long paragraph I it states it's a concept.
Silly concept. You can get the same views at the edge of the cliff with a small section of the home "counterbalanced" over the cliff.
Australian Councils would never, ever, emphatically not, even consider a thought like this, let alone a finished product - sadly...
Bullshit those cliffs are NOTORIOUSLY unstable , can see the the crack forming for the next fall. lt's a national park NO CAN BUILD there.
I wonder where the water/electricity would come from and where the poop goes?! O_o (in this 3D concept!)
The rock will just crumble away after years of the sea crashing up against it.
Where comes the water, electricity come from and where does the "toilet" go?! O_o
I would be less worried about it staying attached to the cliff than about the rock crumbling.
How do they clean the windows?
It sure looks like Photoshop (exterior) and a common Render (inside) I'm certain it would eventually fall of, due to erosion on the cliff...
I think it;ll be fabo, when can I book it for me and the hubby to enjoy a wild time?
It looks wicked, when can I book it for me an the hubby to have a great ole time there?
He'll yeah!!! Baby!,
Sorry but the mini doesn't sit right, I mean it looks like it's been stretched. But just imagine???
If you read the story it says CONCEPT only
Looks like a Quality Street chocolate box....with no chocolates. What an eyesore!
Curious to find out how that cliff came into existence ;-)
how would they prevent coastal erosion??? no insurance company in the world would agree to insure a home like that.
Perfect for my evil lair.
Yes! I love it is it available when the is weather bad ?
I'm all in.
I think it depends on how solid that cliff is! Building it would be a challenge!
building that thing would be a NIGHTMARE!!!
beautiful!
it's not photoshop.. is some 3d software, please don't confuse
It's a mix Ana Maria, the house had be probably done in some 3D soft and the final image had be done in photoshoppppppppp
have been done, sorry my english :)
It's been made up is what I think people mean
I think photoshop is a wonderful thing. Looks good but it's not real or practical.
Why dont you read the article? It is just a project of house, doesnt mean to look like a real thing...
this is 3D not photoshop o.o"
Agreed
They said in the article that it was only a concept so of course it's not real
Nope.