Habitable Polyhedron is a beautiful compact house designed to serve as a peaceful and relaxing summer escape from our busy lives.
This stylish backyard house comes with large windows that provide natural light, plenty of shelves for storage, and a drawing area for kids.
Also check out: Narrow House, Glass House, and Walking House
samkinkel
it’s like a hobbit house, without the hill! haha.
I’d like one of these, it’d be cool to have (if I had the right backyard for it :/)
Apr 2nd, 2010
Molly
Hmmmm maybe I’ll move out there and let my son have my bedroom ;) Nice!!
Apr 2nd, 2010
:)
this is nice!!!
Apr 3rd, 2010
BosluisTepel
This is stupid…there is no way to put up blinds in front of the big window/door. What about privacy?
Apr 3rd, 2010
Kikishua
I’d love this for a home office. But it looks like it’s about the size of my back garden. *sigh*
Apr 3rd, 2010
Den
I just love it! I agree, nice home office!
Apr 3rd, 2010
Mr.Great
On Toxel it said this is a “Compact House for your Backyard.” It’s more like “Compact splinters for your Backyard”
-Mr.Great
Apr 3rd, 2010
steppenwolf
I wonder how much they’d charge to build one of these underground with a hatch. I’m guessing it would cost more than twice as much, because everything would have to be reinforced.
Apr 3rd, 2010
Karin L.
I’m ready to move in right now!
Apr 3rd, 2010
madmarshall
it sure looks good and something to be be proud for having but will the cost having one is reasonable?
Apr 3rd, 2010
moomins0
I think it just looks wrong. black tiles do not sit well with natural environment. Odd.
Apr 4th, 2010
b
i like it! :)
Apr 4th, 2010
MMM
What a great office/guest house. I am sure you could hang curtains.
Apr 4th, 2010
Archie
This would function well as an art studio
Apr 4th, 2010
Taz
Where’s the bathroom?
Apr 5th, 2010
Ozzyton
If you can put blinds/curtains in front of sliding glass doors at home, why would this be any different?
This is a pretty neat house, I wouldn’t mind living there one bit, Especially if it came with the woods ;P
Apr 5th, 2010
:)
wouldnt it be awfully cold in there?
Apr 5th, 2010
delere
This would be a great writers/art studio.
Apr 5th, 2010
A Girl
I really like the insides. It’s great! I just don’t like the black outside, it could be all woody and it’d be perfect.
Apr 6th, 2010
PDR
Bring out the Gimp!
Apr 6th, 2010
michael_p893
a lovely little dome, i live in a larger version of this, they are efficient to cool, to heat, and beautiful living enviroments, and yes, they do look like hobbit houses
Apr 11th, 2010
jnkm
hm… tranforming it into a sauna cud b interesting?
a little pool outside..
a frige for fruits..
Apr 22nd, 2010
mazz
its perfct how it is get some bongs in there and some shades and it would be a sick toke hut
May 13th, 2010
Jooj
creative!
Jun 6th, 2010
@Thinkstock
These are so fun. Makes us want to be kids again running around in the woods, very inspiring!
Jun 9th, 2010
man
looks like a dice
Jun 22nd, 2010
johhny
this is cool i love for people to be able to watch me sleep and then break in and kill me
Jun 23rd, 2010
vipul
what if it rolls down????:P
Jun 23rd, 2010
Vivian Martin
Unique and adorable! How does it hold up to wind? ;-)
Jul 7th, 2010
brea
this is a cool concept but i have to agree with a lot of people it doesn’t offer a lot in the way of privacy and the architecture leaves much to be desired but otherwise its a really cool idea
Jul 8th, 2010
Mattro
Vertical Blinds are (relatively) inexpensive and can be ordered to pretty much any specification. Clearly, though, this is intended to face a private wooded area where privacy concerns are minimal and the advantage of having lots of openness is maximized.
i like it. i think better use could be made of the space at the top of the dome. storage? is it big enough for a small utility loft?
Jul 14th, 2010
PurpleB
could be like a little office to get away from the real people
Jul 15th, 2010
Seth
And the WC is where?
Jul 22nd, 2010
StOpCoMpLaInInG
Cuuuute!! And looks comfy, I want one because I think it’s nice!
It’s designed to be in a kinda remote woodlands as Mattro said, so maybe the WC is outside?
Jul 23rd, 2010
G8-LIFE
I think this little pavilion is awesome. It’s big enough to be comfortable and personalize and small enough not to take up your entire yard and sever as unique garden art!
Jul 30th, 2010
samwal
Honestly i think this is a good little house for those rainy days or days when its to cold to be outside! you could just go out there and enjoy lookin at nature from a nice warm little room! and if you put a bigger window on top you could sit out there at night and watch the stars. id be out there a good majority of my time at home!
Aug 30th, 2010
Gucci Babe
WOW, this is sooo awesome. I could really do with it, either on a HIT summer day on a cold day, aything really… The perfect spot to hide out from the hustle n bustle
Sep 1st, 2010
njmehta
looks pretty cool as long as it doesn’t start rolling.
Sep 8th, 2010
tamsin
This would be perfect to site in a piece of jungle here in Thailand, maybe even up in a (very large) tree. Or even on my roof terrace!
I agree with poster who said that the panels be left natural wood as opposed to black. Particularly here where black attracts even more heat. LOVE it.
Sep 22nd, 2010
kropped
Wicked little project, Looks very similar to those sheres you can get as tree houses.
Nice
Oct 13th, 2010
Meri
The interior looks cozy.
Oct 20th, 2010
leila
yes it is cozy
Nov 1st, 2010
James G.
where could I get one of these???
Nov 1st, 2010
Susan Abramson
So Cool! I have always wanted an escape pad and this could be it… I even have the space in my backyard!
Nov 4th, 2010
Legit
Looks to me like a refurbished prison cell.
Nov 12th, 2010
poblos
I love it! I wanna make my house just like this.
Nov 16th, 2010
coco
absolutely beautiful
Nov 21st, 2010
Manal
Loved it, but what about people who smoke? hahah
Dec 12th, 2010
Tammie
It looks like loads of fun – if you’re a kid who needs a playhouse or a fort!! I’m not sure y’all are seeing the size correctly. It even specifies: CHILDREN’S drawing desk. I doubt it would be big enough for a home office, & certainly not for a guest house!! Where would you put a bed & a nightstand?!? Not to mention a bathroom. Some hosts & hostess’ you are LOL!
Jan 18th, 2011
amberf19
i love the open window!!!i would stay in it even if it is kinda tiny
Feb 4th, 2011
Colonel R. E.Jackson
How much for the House ?
How long to build it ?
I’m Disabled and in a Wheelchair, I can not build it.
Mar 22nd, 2011
Karri
This looks like something my brother would build for his kids. What a fun place for children to play.
Mar 24th, 2011
bo jangles
looks awesome but how the hell is it cooled? it would be a sauna in the summer time
Apr 1st, 2011
Stefan Petersen
“Compact” is an understatement.
Apr 9th, 2011
bob
I would never want to live here.
Jun 11th, 2011
Nici
This thing is adorable. I would like to try and make a home out of it if I could. Might need to alter a few things but other than that, it would be just the coziest thing to live in. You could get a little space heater for the winter and an air conditioner or fan for the summer.
Aug 4th, 2011
anand bobbili
It was nice but it was dangerous for the smoking people and the top of the house was only glass so any stone comes through this.
Nov 6th, 2011
lila
Awesome
May 23rd, 2012
Maya
Love it
May 24th, 2012