My pal Peggy sent me this amazing (yet in need of some work) glass house:

I had not heard of the back story of this house before, but it’s interesting. Read the back story here. Be sure to read through the photo comments, because how the photo was done is pretty cool too.
[glass house image via seier+seier+seier's photostream]

I’ve been meaning to post this link for a good long while now. (Ok, it’s been about a year, I think, since I saw it). I don’t love to post links to stories, just because, it seems sort of shady – as in lazy. However, this is a very cool story about the Maison de Verre and there are some amazing photos to go along with it. If you’ve never seen this beautiful structure, you’ll be amazed.
Read: The Best House in Paris

How many times have I said I hate red? I don’t know, but I know it’s plenty. Red and I just don’t mix. Red House by Hendrix is the only red house I’ve ever liked. That said, I’m a little in love with this darling house, and it just happens to be red.
What’s a girl to do? I think they got me with that darn twilight shot. As noted often, I’m a sucker for twilight; everything just looks better at this time of day. Maybe because it’s fleeting. We don’t get a whole lot of twilight. What do you think? …read more

I’ve seen this home around forever, but don’t think I’ve blogged it here. It’s really cool though; worth a post for sure.
Now, can you guess what it does, without reading further? Of course, if you’ve seen this you’d know, so I’m talking to the folks who’ve missed this sweet house.

Did you guess?
It rotates! Plus it’s green.
DOPE UPDATE: So, I just realized that one, I said, “Hey guess what this house does?” Then I realized that my title, “Rotating Solar Torch of A House” may have given that away (duh). Lordy. Still it’s too funny to edit. I’ll leave it all.
The …read more