Who says a house has to be planted on firm ground? These days we are seeing an increasing amount of elevated architecture, from houses high on stilts (hunting tower style), to treehouses designed to be actual homes to live in. In addition to incredible elevated architecture styles that have already been built, we have seen a wide range of concept homes that appear to float, which are also featured within this cluster.
It's time to get your head in the clouds!
28 Elevated Architecture Designs
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Gravity Defying Houses
Daring Architecture
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Hip Eco Friendly Houses
How About a Treehouses?
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Luxury Steel Box Home on Stilts
Delta Shelter
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Living in a Treehouse
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Eco Transformer Architecture
'Bird Island' Prefab Homes For Waterfronts in Kuala Lumpur
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Gravity Defying Monasteries
10 Sanctuaries Perched up on Mountain Tops
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Living Green in a Eucalyptus Tree
Aussie Arboreal Architecture
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Custom Adult Tree Houses
Baumraum Architects
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Super Tree Houses
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Real Fairytale Houses in Trees
Amazon Treehouses
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Tree House Resorts
Club Med in Senegal Looks Like Peanuts, Costs Many Sheckels
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Cliffside Architecture
Peru's Lefevre House Lives on the Edge of Desert & Ocean
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Living in a Billboard
Aeroform Homes
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Oceanfront Eco Homes
Awesome Auzzi Residence Overlooks Popular Byron Bay
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Tea Houses on Stilts
Terunobu Fujimori Designs The Takasugi-an in Japan
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Gravity Defying Buildings 2
Photoshopped Architecture
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Invisible Treehouses
Tree-Top Hotel Covered in Mirrors Is As Green As It Is Cool
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Arboreal Restaurants
Okinawa Tree House
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Cliff-Integrated Pod Resorts
The 'Sphere Hotel'
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Caged Treehouse Restaurants
The Yellow Treehouse Opens its Doors in New Zealand
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Floating Architecture
Kenyan Hut of Stilts and Rope Bridges Makes For an Awesome Holiday
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Suspended Dining
The Liong Lie Architects Restaurant Design Lets You Hang Out
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Cliff Hanger Homes
The Hanging Barn is Perfect for Overextended Vacations
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Treehouses on Log Stilts
Zigloo Architecture
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Suspended Cafeterias
The Octospider
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Treetop Restaurants
The Yellow Treehouse
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Simulated Cliff Housing
Space-Saving ‘Mountain Dwellings' Apartments
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Arboreal Balconies
Take Advantage of the Views From A Tree-Deck In Your Own Yard
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Expandable-Roof Tiny Homes
This Unique Tiny House Benefits From a Mechanically Liftable Roof
Angular Artistic Tiny Homes
The Ibiza Tiny House Captures Mediterranean Style for Comfy Living
Floating Bamboo Houses
This Vietnamese House Aims to Protect Residents From Rising Water Levels
3D-Printed House Neighborhoods
EYRC and Mighty Buildings Develop the Suburbs of the Future
Cat-Centric Compact Homes
This Japanese Dwelling Embraces Feline-Friendly Design Choices
Elegant Treehouse Designs
Studio MEMM Has Developed a Beautiful Treehouse in Brazil
Displaced Persons House Designs
The Essential Homes Research Project Has a Bunker-Like Form
Inclusively Designed Treehouses
The Artistree House Has a Wheelchair-Accessible Main Floor
Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings
Wallflower Architecture + Design Creates the Touching Eden House
Floating Meditative Pavilion Designs
The Crystal Lake Pavilion by Marc Thorpe Design is Tranquil
Chic Treehouse-Style Hotels
Studio Sax Designs the Suitree Experience Hotel in Costa Rica
Corrugated Metal Barn-Like Houses
StudioAC Designs a New Home Overlooking Devil's Glen
Elevating Bed Tiny Homes
The Acorn Tiny Homes 'Elevate' Maximizes Floorspace with Clever Design
Serenely Stilted Houses
This Sustainable Tiny Home is Situated On An Elevated Platform
Garden-Centering Urban Townhouses
This Vietnamese Home's Layout is Arranged Around an Inner Garden
Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Prefabricated Miniature Home Concepts
i29 Creates the Câpsula Concept for Dutch Design Week
Treehouse-Inspired Norwegian Residences
This House Aesthetically Connects With its Surroundings
Versatile Interior Compact Homes
The Elevate Tiny Home Transforms the Interiors with a Button
Multi-Level Japanese Residences
Akio Isshiki Architects Designs the House in Hattori-Tenjin
Rurally-Inspired City Buildings
The 'Ziel' High-Rise Building Brings the Country to the Cityscape
Tranquil Elevated Tiny Homes
Jan Tyrpekl Designs the Cozy Zen House in Austria
Contemporary Extravagant Houses
Wittehaus Unveils the Gerendák Residence in North Carolina
Traditional-Style English Homes
Ström Architects Designs the Pines Home in Surrey, England
Trapezoidal Concrete Forest Homes
Ksa Studený Designs a New Home Looking Over a Forest
Incredibly Modern Lakeside Houses
Stephenson Design Collective Converts an Old Boy Scout Camp
Wildlife-Embracing Jungle Homes
This House is Fully Exposed to the Costa Rican Jungle
Geometric Structural Forest Homes
The C House by GetAway Projects has a Half-Hexagonal Shape
Stunning Mid-Century Coastal Homes
Design Theory Updates a House from the 1960s
Two-Volume A-Frame Houses
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados Designs a Home near Mexico City
Playfully Renovated Homes
This Home Has a Slide, Swings and Rock-Climbing Wall
Contemporary Ski Home Projects
Alfredo Paredes Reimagines the Traditional Ski Chalet
Timber Nature Reserve Towers
The 'Lookout Tower' from Robert Gutowski Architects is Sculptural
Elevated Airy Office Designs
The 'Aerie' Office Sits High Above the San Francisco Landscape
Nature-Connecting Vacation Homes
kaviar.collaborative Designs the New House by the Lake in India
Three-Part Multi-Generational Homes
Nós Designs a Multi-Generational Home in Vermont
A-Frame Forest Tranquil Houses
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados Designs a New Forest Home
Town-Like Classroom Designs
Atelier Apeiron Designs the Kindergarten of Museum Forest Building
Modern Panoramic View Penthouses
Bureau Fraai Designs the Panorama Penthouse in the Netherlands
Sloped Dark Wooden Homes
Studio MM Designs the South Mountain House in Upstate New York
Partially Buried Tranquil Retreats
WillemsenU Completes the House Under the Ground
Modern Forest Homes
Bourgeois / Lechasseur Architects Design the Des Forges Residence
Park-Surrounded Interconnected Homes
Atelier Data Designs the Praia Grande House in Portugal
Accessible Space Travel Systems
This Space Elevator Concept by Jordan William Hughes is Wondrous
Traditionally Formed Gabled Homes
Studio Circle Growth Designs the Casa De Mi Luna
Snow Mountain Minimal Homes
Design Over The Norms Creates the Blissful Snowfall House
High Concrete Walled Homes
Cesar Mancillas Creates a Linear Home with Tranquil Elements
Open-Plan Natural Material Houses
Architecture for London Designs the New Primrose Hill House
Excavated Underground Living Space
Cera Stribley Creates the New Hideaway House on a Lot
Garden Oasis Renovated Homes
Sam Crawford Architects Designs the Hidden Garden House
Modernist Reconfigured Belgian Homes
ISM Architecten Adds a New Roof to the BEEV Home
Modern-Updated Traditional Homes
KiKi ARCHi Designs the Skip House in the Middle of Beijing
Shore-Perched Modern Homes
Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Design the Tongass Ledge
Nature-Leveraging Home Designs
PAE Designs the Casa Coaba Tucked in the Hillsides
Ski Resort Crystalline Skyscrapers
A Skyscraper is Designed at the Trojena Ski Report
Upward-Pitched Roof Homes
O'Neill McVoy Architects Designs a New Z-Shaped Home in Houston
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
Dynamic Y-Shaped Glazed Houses
Saunders Architecture Designs the Y House in Alberta
Flood-Mitigating Wooden Homes
Ushijima Architects Designs a New Small Home in Shiga Prefecture
Bamboo Luxe Pool Houses
Baldó Arquitectura Designs the Godai Pavilion with a Hanging Roof
Solar Powered Luxe Treehouses
Fort Treehouse Co. Designs the Baltic Treehouse in Canada
Blocky Extended Transformed Bunaglows
O'Sullivan Skoufoglou Architects Adds Levels to a Bunalow
Vaulted Structural Telescopic Treehouse
Artistree Home Creates a New Treehouse in Sonoma County
Caterpillar-Shaped Apartment Buildings
Undecorated Developed an Eye-Catching Metal Building
Off-Grid Self-Sufficient Island Homes
Vollebak and Bjarke Ingels Design the Earth House in Canada
Economical Modular Wooden Homes
The Cake House Reinvents Housing in the Czech Republic
Contemporary Wooden Blue Cabins
Markéta Cajthamlová Designs the Wooden Cabin in the Mountains
Roof-Planed Cascading Homes
Worrell Yeung Designs a New Home by Candlewood Lake in Connecticut
Elevated Timber-Clad Homes
Habitable Form Designs the Victory Bay House on Kiawah Island
Playfully Angular House Designs
Takeshi Hirobe Architects Design the Villa MKZ in Japan
Balanced Grass-Topped Homes
RO_AR Designs a Beautiful Dwelling in the Czech Republic
Wooden Screen Stacked Houses
DB Arquitectors Designs the Casa VJC Iporanga In Brazil
Relaxing Wooden Holiday Homes
Norm Architects Designs the Heatherhill Beach House
Self-Sustaining Houses
Archiopteryx Designs the People Tree House in Noida, India
Repurposed Wooden Shoreside Homes
H2 Designs the Tree House by the Lake in Vietnam
White Wood-Clad Cubed Houses
Stanaćev Granados Designs a Chilean Holiday House
Reconfigured Spacious Brooklyn Homes
Light & Air Design the Z House with an Open and Bright Look
Bamboo-Clad Residential Homes
i29 Designs the Open Park Villa to Connect with Nature
Indian Design Principal-Based Homes
Matra Designs the New Prism House with Four Concrete Volumes
Blackened Timber Tranquil Cabins
The Hideaway House is Nestled in the Abundance of Nature
Avian-Inspired Luxury Residences
This Hill-Top Costa Rican Home is Inspired By Bird Plumage
Gallery-Like Minimal Home Designs
Daytrip Completes the Interior Design of a Home in North London
Environmentally Blending Residences
A Threshold Studio Designs the Ineffable Light Home
Suspended Off-Grid Treetop Homes
Snøhetta and Tor Helge Dokka Designs the House Dokka
Multifunctional Vietnamese Homes
H-H Studio Designs the House for Young Families in Da Nang
Natural Light-Centric Timber Homes
Studio Varey Architects Designs the Huron House in London
Light-CelebratingTwo-Storey Homes
Direccion Designs the Bright and Soothing Casa Tres Árboles
Modern Concrete Hayfield Homes
Omer Arbel Designs the 75.9 House in the Canadian Pacific Northwest
Contemporary Nature-Inspired Homes
Fuller/Overby Architecture Designs the Nebo House
Cement Block-Decorated Homes
Bloom Architecture Designs the Small Houses Collection
Elevated Treetop Modern Cabins
NAMO Architecture & i29 Architects Create the Buitenverblijf Nest
Floating-Style Classroom Designs
Ennead Architects & Rockwell Group Completes the Bloomberg Center
Reclaimed Stone Modern Homes
Brown & Brown Creates the Arbor House Design in Scotland
Treehouse-Style Tranquil Resorts
Frida Esobedo Designs the New Boca de Agua in Mexico
Curvaceous Brick Forest Homes
Blurring Boundaries Designs the Asmalay Home in a Forest
Climbing Plant-Wrapped Homes
Anarchlab Designs the Nevogilde House in Porto with Unique Screen
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Sculptural Canteliver Concrete Houses
Espacio 18 Arquitectura Designs the Casa del Alma
Lakeside Thatched Holiday Homes
RAPA Designs the Summer House on Lake Balaton in Hungary
Perched Grassy Hillside Homes
Harding Huebner Architects Designs the Tranquil Meadow House
Greenery-Filled Skyscraper Terrarium
ODA Presents a Look at the Terrarium Cheong-Dam Design
Tree-Centered Cubic Home Designs
Moises Sánchez Designs the Tonalli House in Jocotepec
Mountainside Cedar Alpine Houses
Elizabeth Roberts Architects Designs an New Alpine House
Hillside Cantilevered Concrete Homes
Anonymous Architects Designs the Olancha Drive House
Juxtaposing Contemporary Homes
Bates Masi Designs the Stony Hill Project with Various Volumes
Elevated Garden-Filled Buildings
Snøhetta Designs the New Cloud 11 Building in Bangkok
Geometric African Homes
Gregory Katz Architecture Designs the Great Primary Shapes Home
Forested Residential Buildings
GAAGA Designs the Forest Bath Building Framed by Tree Trunks
Cutout Roof Cement-Clad Homes
Edition Office Designs a Home with a Focus on Tree Views
Gothic-Themed Ornamental Homes
Hyde + Hyde Designs a New 19th Century Gothic Home in Oxford
Garden-Focused Victorian Terrace House
Austin Maynard Architects Designs the Helvetia House
Stilts-Reading Suspended Homes
ElasticoFarm Designs The Hole with the House Around in Italy
Stunning Ecuadorean Skyscrapers
This New Skyscraper is Inspired By Local Architecture & Culture
Modular Wooden Holiday Homes
Arsenit Designs the Piil Home Resting in an Estonian Forest
Halo-Like Skylight Homes
Tamara Wibowo Architects Designs the Halo House in Indonesia
Apple Tree-Surrounding Glass Homes
ACDF Architecture Designs a Modern Home Around a Tree
Sustainable Cubic Homes
Appels Architekten Designs a New Wooden Home in Germany
Natural Landscape-Surrounding Homes
All(zone) Designs the Under the Rain Trees Holiday Home
Nature-Immersive Tranquil Resorts
Stilt Studios Designs the Treehouse Villas in Bali
Lotus Flower-Inspired Villas
Thilina Liyanage Designs the Lotus Villa Inspired by Nature
Planted Balcony Home Designs
4site Architects Designs the House of Greens in Bangalore
Climate-Friendly Waterfront Homes
From 4 to 1 Creates Three Pavilions in Copenhagen
Lantern-Like Tea House Pavilions
Grau Architects Designs the Tea House Pavilion by the Lake
Sculptural Staircase Penthouses
Tria Arquitetura Designs the New Frederic Chopin Apartment
Contemporary Stacked Residences
StudioAC Designs the Everden Residence with Minimal Details
Textured Concrete Tiered Homes
Nomo Studio Designs the Shift House Holiday Residence
Single-Clad Alps Viewing Tower
Snøhetta Designs the Top of Alpbachtal in the Tyrolean Alps
Wood Cladded Modern Homes
Fredrik Nilsson Originally Builds the Grafton House in LA
Fried Egg-Inspired Canopy Designs
THISS Studio Creates the Sunny Side Up Extensions
X-Shaped Nature-Interacting Gabled Cabins
Tall Architects Designs the Fowl River Cabin in Alabama
Wooden Pavilion Seaside Homes
LAND Arquitectos Designs the House of Circumstances in Chile
Mid-Century Modern Historical Homes
SHED Architecture & Design Creates the Lark House
Tree-Inspired Panelled Workspaces
Hood Design Studio Creates a New Campus in Silicon Valley
Immersive Breeze Houses
Alya Ola Abbas' Design Was Installed for Dubai Design Week 2023
Staggered Family Home Designs
Ellway Designed the Renovated Cascade House in Paddington
Inverted-Pitched Roof Extentions
The DHaus Company Creates the Butterfly House Extension
Sustainable Dynamic Hilltop Buildings
Arshia Architects Designs the RO54 in LA's Bel Air
Distinctive Airlifted Structures
Arête Architects and Makers Fabrication Design the Karka Tower
Architectural Tranquil Cabin Retreats
Snøhetta Designs the Bolder Lodges in Lysefjord
Staggered Cubic Skyscrapers
OODA Works on a Rising Geometric Skyscraper in Tirana