Unique House Designs in the Most Isolated Locations

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A collection of bizarre house designs located in the most remote or isolated areas of the world.

Knut Voles Hytte

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This uniquely designed hut is located on top of the highest mountain in Norway – Galdhopiggen. This mountain is also the highest in Scandinavia and in Northern Europe.

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This place is frequented by hundreds of people on sunny days from the month of July till August. There’s a ski resort in the area.

Refugi Chacaltaya

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I don’t think I will ever stay in this house which was built on the edge of a mountain cliff. This peculiar house is located in Chacaltaya mountain range in Bolivia. The place is the only ski resort in the country. It was the world’s highest lift-served ski area; the northernmost ski area in Latin America as well as the world’s most equatorial.

Bertol Hut

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This hut which is 3,311 meters high is also known as Cabane de Bertol. It is an isolated mountain hut and can be accessed by a number of fixed ladders and chains. It is located at the end of Val d’Arolla, Arolla in Valais, Switzerland.

Routeburn Track Emergency

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Hiking is a very popular activity worldwide. To ensure the safety of hikers, numerous hiking shelters are put up on different locations. The hiking shelter on the above photo is located in New Zealand.

Munchner Haus

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Zupspitze is the highest mountain in Germany where you can find the unique building called Munchner Haus. A panoramic view of the area can be viewed on top of the building. The peak can be reach through numerous hike routes or via cable cars.

Conrad Kain Hut

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This isolated shelter is the Conrad Kain hut in Bugaboo Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada. It was built in 1972 and named after the renowned alpinist Conrad Kain, an Austrian mountain guide who guided extensively in Europe, Canada, and New Zealand, and was responsible for the first ascents of more than 60 routes in British Columbia.

Solvay Hut

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This house is located 4000 meters high on the cliff of Matterhorn in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

More remote huts in the Alps…

Hollandiahutte, Valais

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Cabanes de Vignettes

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Switzerland

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Cabane de l’A Neuve, Switzerland

France

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Refuge Couversle

France

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These houses are located near the Arcachon Bay in Arcachon, France. The bay is on the Atlantic Ocean and is the last water area that remains wide opened to the ocean.

Norway

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A cabin situated near the top of Ulriken in Bergen, Norway. Ulriken is the highest mountain in Norway. It can be reach through an aerial tramway.

Alpine Hut

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This very isolated encampment is located high in the Alps.

Bivouac Hut

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This shelter is almost on top of the world. It is located in the Alps in Austria. How long can you survive on this remote and treeless area?

Bivak UFO

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This hut in the Alps is so named for its peculiar shape that can be compared to UFO.

Franz-Eduard-Matras House

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Enjoy the cool wind of high altitude area, stay at Franz-Eduard-Matras-Haus. This octagon-shaped house is located up in the Alps in Salzburg, Austria.

Sudetendeutsche Hut

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Living on a house on the edge of a cliff by the lake on top of a mountain will surely be exciting and lots of thrill. But I don’t think you’ll ever have a peace of mind whenever your kids play on the yard or swim on the lake.

Bivacco Rossi

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Have you spotted where the house is? This Alpine hut is located on top of a mountain in Aosta Valley in Italy. If you’ll decide to live on this house you need to purchase your own chopper.

Beach Hut

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This unique beach hut is located in Binz, Rugen in Germany. Binz is the largest seaside resort on the Island of Rugen.

China

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This house is located in an urban area in China but it’s standing all alone by itself on top of a hill.

France

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Would you like to live on this elevated bizarre house located on a beach in Saint Brevin-les-Pins overlooking a beautiful nearby city? The night view seen from this weird house is surely breathtaking.

See also

Unique Houses of the World

10 Unique Houses From Around the World

20 Amazingly Unique Architectural Designs of Houses

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Masmasika
Masmasika said... on November 3rd, 2009 at 11:18 PM

This is a great article with wonderful pictures on the side. I love it.



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