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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This Vietnamese Dwelling Offers Respite From the Concrete Jungle
Cat-Centric Compact Homes
This Japanese Dwelling Embraces Feline-Friendly Design Choices
Inclusively Designed Treehouses
The Artistree House Has a Wheelchair-Accessible Main Floor
Shipping Container Tiny Homes
UnContained Dreams Designs the Rising Sun Tiny Home
Plant-Based Cabin Constructions
Moontower Design Build Creates the Cross Cabin in Austin
Plant-Filled Latticed Buildings
Wallflower Architecture + Design Creates the Touching Eden House
Origami-Inspired Sleek Cabins
A.L.P.S. Designs the Infinity Mobile Architecture System
Chic Treehouse-Style Hotels
Studio Sax Designs the Suitree Experience Hotel in Costa Rica
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
Plant-Based Timber Cabins
Moontower Design Build Has Created the Cross Cabin in Austin
Cactus-Inspired Urban Skyscrapers
This Danish Skyscraper Features a Spiky Facade Design
Discreet Architectural Polish Homes
Mobius Architekci Designs the Loop House in Rural Poland
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
Extreme Space-Saving Architecture
A 74-Square-Foot Apartment is Redefining Urban Living
Multi-Level Japanese Residences
Akio Isshiki Architects Designs the House in Hattori-Tenjin
Trapezoidal Concrete Forest Homes
Ksa Studený Designs a New Home Looking Over a Forest
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
H-Shaped Structural Mountain Homes
Studio B Architecture + Interiors Designs the Villa H
Playfully Renovated Homes
This Home Has a Slide, Swings and Rock-Climbing Wall
Contemporary Ski Home Projects
Alfredo Paredes Reimagines the Traditional Ski Chalet
Nature-Connecting Vacation Homes
kaviar.collaborative Designs the New House by the Lake in India
Captivating Stilt-House Hotels
MAST Introduces Plans to Build a Hotel on Stilts in Portugal
Curved Translucent Experimental Apartments
NEUHÄUSL HUNAL Designs the Sculptor's Apartment
A-Frame Forest Tranquil Houses
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados Designs a New Forest Home
Self-Sufficient Housing Solutions
The 'Hillcrest House' is Entirely Solar-Powered
Town-Like Classroom Designs
Atelier Apeiron Designs the Kindergarten of Museum Forest Building
Partially Buried Tranquil Retreats
WillemsenU Completes the House Under the Ground
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
Modern A-Frame Toronto Homes
Reign Architects Designs the Contemporary House Caroline
High Concrete Walled Homes
Cesar Mancillas Creates a Linear Home with Tranquil Elements
Off-Grid Oceanside Homes
Campos Studio Designs a Sculptural Cliffside Home in Mexico
Gallery-Like Elevated Retail Designs
Format Architecture Office Designs the Leica Store & Gallery
Math Equation-Inspired Houses
Fala Atelier Designed the House of Countless Windows
Garden Oasis Renovated Homes
Sam Crawford Architects Designs the Hidden Garden House
Modern-Updated Traditional Homes
KiKi ARCHi Designs the Skip House in the Middle of Beijing
Modernist Reconfigured Belgian Homes
ISM Architecten Adds a New Roof to the BEEV Home
Planted Balcony Home Designs
4site Architects Designs the House of Greens in Bangalore
Wooden Surrounded Concrete Homes
Omer Arbel Presents Designs for a Range of Washington State Homes
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
Dynamic Y-Shaped Glazed Houses
Saunders Architecture Designs the Y House in Alberta
Lotus Plant-Inspired Skyscrapers
Aedas Designs the Pair of One Future Buildings Lined with Bronze
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
Limestone Plinth Holiday Homes
Kontextus Architecture Studio Designs the Clifftop House
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
Economical Modular Wooden Homes
The Cake House Reinvents Housing in the Czech Republic
Terraced Garden-Surrounded Homes
Arkitito Arquitetura Designed the Lechuza House in Brazil
Elevated Timber-Clad Homes
Habitable Form Designs the Victory Bay House on Kiawah Island
Greenhouse-Topped Residences
Moe Architecten Adds a Greenhouse on Top of the Wooden House
Modern Minimal Concrete Homes
Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados Designs the Copas Home
Wooden Screen Stacked Houses
DB Arquitectors Designs the Casa VJC Iporanga In Brazil
Relaxing Wooden Holiday Homes
Norm Architects Designs the Heatherhill Beach House
Nature-Leveraging Home Designs
PAE Designs the Casa Coaba Tucked in the Hillsides
Bamboo-Clad Residential Homes
i29 Designs the Open Park Villa to Connect with Nature
Reconfigured Spacious Brooklyn Homes
Light & Air Design the Z House with an Open and Bright Look
White Wood-Clad Cubed Houses
Stanaćev Granados Designs a Chilean Holiday House
Nature Blending Modern Homes
MODU Designed the Mini Tower One Residence in Brooklyn
Indian Design Principal-Based Homes
Matra Designs the New Prism House with Four Concrete Volumes
Robust Monolithic Walled Homes
H Arquitectes Completes the Casa 1736 in Barcelona
Curved Garden-Surrounding Linear Homes
Denis Joelsons designs the Casa dos Terraços Circulares
Blackened Timber Tranquil Cabins
The Hideaway House is Nestled in the Abundance of Nature
Suspended Off-Grid Treetop Homes
Snøhetta and Tor Helge Dokka Designs the House Dokka
Avian-Inspired Luxury Residences
This Hill-Top Costa Rican Home is Inspired By Bird Plumage
Environmentally Blending Residences
A Threshold Studio Designs the Ineffable Light Home
Mountaintop Cantilevered Residences
Alejandro Vazquez Designs the Levitar House on a Mountain
Futuristic Curved Islandic Homes
The Collective Studio Co., Ltd Designs the Nest Residence
Multifunctional Vietnamese Homes
H-H Studio Designs the House for Young Families in Da Nang
Picturesque Modern Holiday Homes
Young Architects Designs the Ligar Bay Bach Holiday Home
Daylight-Filled Treetop Residences
An Architect Couple Designs the Unique Atwater House
Natural Light-Centric Timber Homes
Studio Varey Architects Designs the Huron House in London
Concrete Boxes-Overlapping Homes
FujiwaraMuro Architects Designs the House in Tsurumi-ku
Natural Material-Crafterd Holiday Homes
Johan Sundberg Arkitektur Designs the Sommarhus E
Modern Concrete Hayfield Homes
Omer Arbel Designs the 75.9 House in the Canadian Pacific Northwest
Mid-Century Modern Historical Homes
SHED Architecture & Design Creates the Lark House
Contemporary Nature-Inspired Homes
Fuller/Overby Architecture Designs the Nebo House
CLT Sunken Hungarian Homes
Hello Wood Completes the Sunken House in Budapest, Hungary
Cement Block-Decorated Homes
Bloom Architecture Designs the Small Houses Collection
Elevated Treetop Modern Cabins
NAMO Architecture & i29 Architects Create the Buitenverblijf Nest
Exposed Concrete Stealthy Homes
OFIS Aritekti Designs the Villa Eternal Way in Slovenia
Floating-Style Classroom Designs
Ennead Architects & Rockwell Group Completes the Bloomberg Center
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
Live-In Art Gallery Homes
Casa Galeria is a Home That Doubles as an Art Gallery
Lakeside Thatched Holiday Homes
RAPA Designs the Summer House on Lake Balaton in Hungary
Greenery-Filled Skyscraper Terrarium
ODA Presents a Look at the Terrarium Cheong-Dam Design
Perched Grassy Hillside Homes
Harding Huebner Architects Designs the Tranquil Meadow House
Tree-Centered Cubic Home Designs
Moises Sánchez Designs the Tonalli House in Jocotepec
Hillside Cantilevered Concrete Homes
Anonymous Architects Designs the Olancha Drive House
Juxtaposing Contemporary Homes
Bates Masi Designs the Stony Hill Project with Various Volumes
Angled Concrete Forest Homes
Nendo Designs the Block Wall House in a Japanese Forest
Versatile Work Furniture Systems
SIXINCH USA and Populous Present the Elevate System
Geometric African Homes
Gregory Katz Architecture Designs the Great Primary Shapes Home
Cutout Roof Cement-Clad Homes
Edition Office Designs a Home with a Focus on Tree Views
Mountainous Elliptical House
MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Designs the House at 9,000 Feet
Stilts-Reading Suspended Homes
ElasticoFarm Designs The Hole with the House Around in Italy
Garden-Focused Victorian Terrace House
Austin Maynard Architects Designs the Helvetia House
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
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
Orange Tonal Concrete Homes
Álvaro Siza Designs the Colien House on a Sloped Site in Spain
Temperature-Balanced High-Rise Buildings
Snøhetta Designs the Vertika Nydalen Project
Lotus Flower-Inspired Villas
Thilina Liyanage Designs the Lotus Villa Inspired by Nature
Gabled Forest-Side Homes
Théque Atelier Designs the Frame House in Hungary
Sustainable Custom Luxe Homes
Schenkar and GA Arquitectura y Construcción Join on a Structure
Wooden Screened Cantilevered Home
Studio North Designs the Elbow House in Calgary
Volcanic Terrain Modern Homes
The Ranch Mine Designs the Noir Peaks House in Arizona
Retro Gabled Greenhouse Additions
BHY Arquitectos Renovates the Casa Wiz in Buenos Aires
Contemporary Stacked Residences
StudioAC Designs the Everden Residence with Minimal Details
Textured Concrete Tiered Homes
Nomo Studio Designs the Shift House Holiday Residence
Holiday Mountain Village Chalets
Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures Designs the Perfect Day House
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
Naturally Ventilated Bright Houses
Kiron Cheerla Architecture Designs the Pott House
Expansive Roofs Concrete Homes
Studio MOB Creates a House in the Farm in Coimbatore
Trapezoidal Coastal Beach Houses
Emergentes Architectures Sàrl Designed the Dreal House in Chile
Juxtaposing History-Preserved Homes
PRO-STORY Designs the Double Gable House in Czech Republic
Juxtaposing Traditionally Modular Homes
FLOWER Designs the Hi-Hat House in Colorado
Dynamic Concrete Modern Buildings
Atelier Matias Mosquera Designs the Shire Building
Tree-Inspired Panelled Workspaces
Hood Design Studio Creates a New Campus in Silicon Valley
Greenery-Surrounding Lush Homes
Ho Khue Architects Creates the Nest House in Vietnam
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
Nature-Merging Geometric Homes
Reigo & Bauer Designs the Neville Park Residence in Toronto
Timber-Clad Canadian Holiday Homes
Naturehumaine Designs La Cime Home in Lanaudière
Architectural Tranquil Cabin Retreats
Snøhetta Designs the Bolder Lodges in Lysefjord
Staggered Cubic Skyscrapers
OODA Works on a Rising Geometric Skyscraper in Tirana
Glamorous Urban Tranquil Villas
GROWTO DESIGN Presents the Natural Villa in China
Philosophically Designed Modern Homes
c.dd Designs the Boundaless Residence in Guangdong