This is interesting piece of engineering and I would definitely like to get my hands on of these properties. Do you have any more informations on these architects?

It's beautiful...but I'm thinking I wouldn't want to linger in that bathtub.

"Best bathtub ever"? When December's winds are blowing in off the North Sea, the roof is the last place I'd want to be in Antwerp!

That bathtub alone makes it worth it. A side benefit: in a small house, it's harder to accumulate kitsch.

it's an interesting design.
can't be done in the US.
from the photo's it's clear that the floors are supported by the adjacent buildings which doesn't work for earthquakes.

one thing that is very cool is that the entire forst floor window is a custom door. that's very cool.

I hate the fact that the tub is on the roof & that the toilet is right next to the bed like a night stand.

I hope that there are curtains?

Nice house! I'm wondering just how much floor area it has. That's a lot of floors + a lot of stair climbing, but it's a very unique home.

What are you talking about JULIE?! Haven't you ever taken a bath outside when it's raining....windy....etc. And yer all toasty warm in your tub...That's the BEST time to take one....I used to have an outdoor tub, when I lived in Seattle....Right up against a fence...on the other side of which was a ping pong table for a pub...Kept waiting for some one to climb over that fence after a retreating pong ball, only to find ME: spread eagled and nekid....BUT ENOUGH ABOUT ME: These persons are very talented.....

Yes, it's the 'best bathtub ever' -if you're not afraid of heights or nudity.

Could easily be made quake proof. When I first saw the photos it looked like a stack of shipping containers - which would be self supporting and work.

What's wrong with stairs? Good exercise. Bungalows = waste of space.

Considering the inescapable fact that heat rises, I don't understand why new homes are still being built with the bedrooms on the upper floors; it's inefficient for heating because all the heat goes upstairs where you don't need it, while you are freezing in your living room. I spent several difficult Christmas visits at my mother's former home, where the daytime featured huge sweaters on and hands in pockets, while I woke up in the middle of the night sweating and miserable in the guest bedroom. The thing I was most impressed with at a house where I once stayed in ski country in California was that it was built "backwards," with the bedrooms downstairs and the living area upstairs. It was a simple but brilliant idea, and I just don't understand why we don't see more houses built that way.

"What's wrong with stairs? Good exercise. Bungalows = waste of space."

how are stairs not a waste of space?

The reason two story houses are so common is that concrete slabs and roofs are much more expensive than 2x4's and stairs.

Zoned heating and cooling in a two story house is a joke, the stairs act as a solar chimney with no exit...

There are pluses and minuses to everything, and stairs have some big downfalls.