Houses in the form of a tower 100 photos

In Utah, it is warm in the winter, so the owner of the round cottage did not even begin to warm it, there is enough gas fireplace for heating. The interior resembles the cabin of an ocean liner captain.

Round tower - project of De Matos Ryan studio in England, Gloucestershire

 

The house at the foot of the old tower has several levels. The main rooms are on the first level, and the tower itself, like a decorative superstructure and a good landmark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tower House in Chiharada (Japan). Project Miho Iwatsuki and Kentaro Kunhura. It resembles a defensive structure rather than a residential building, but it was conceived, such a samurai castle.

In the middle, everything does not look so warlike, and classic French windows and soft decor create a special cosiness. Look at these photos of what a modern Japanese castle looks like inside.

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House of the fortress Dyalou

If we talk about castles, you can look a little into history. Guangdong Province in China, Kaiping County.

These harsh tower houses were built mainly in the 18th century, although some date back to the first half of the 17th. It is clear that they were built not from a good life, these were the troubled times of the decline of the Ming dynasty, and respectable citizens had to live in such a fortress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Most of the deadlines have survived to this day, only in Kaiping there are more than 1800. At the beginning of the 19th century, many residents of this poor province went to America to participate in the gold rush that erupted in the United States. Some of them returned not by poor people and naturally began to attract the attention of local criminal groups. So instead of chic mansions, they had to build a brawler to defend themselves against raids as their ancestors. Therefore, many houses of the fortress in Kaiping were built in the thirties of the last century.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, today many deulos are abandoned, but there are also many inhabited, local residents are in no hurry to leave reliable shelters, who knows how it will continue.

This the tower house, also reminiscent of a fortress, is located in Concepcion (Chile), the truth looks more peaceful than the davoul in China.

The duo of architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen built this seven-story concrete tower in the Chilean countryside for their own needs, and also houses a studio for their company

The two-story structure is partially submerged in the hillside, creating a large workshop basement and living quarters on the ground floor. The five-story tower itself rises from its center, creating a mixture of living quarters and work studios connected by spiral staircases.

A simple straight-line grid determines the location of the rooms inside the building - an approach that Pezo von Ellrichshausen used in various projects, including Casa Pezo in Spain. The design is a monolithic concrete layering. In the interior, the walls are upholstered with painted wood panels, in which galvanized steel window frames are mounted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House tower in Costa Blanca, Javia (Spain)

Tower House in Texas

It looks like a small fortress, actually a cozy house.

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Ponte City in Johannesburg the tallest house tower on the African continent. This 75-story skyscraper was built in 1975, with a building height of 173 meters. At first, they planned to make a prison in it, but soon the plans changed and the tower became just a residential building.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dubai, the tallest tower building in the world (according to last year)

 

House in the water tower

Few people build residential buildings in the shape of a tower, except perhaps modern skyscrapers.But there are many examples in the world where old water towers are remodeled into living quarters. Here about this water tower house you can never say that it used to be an infrastructure facility.

Previously, in 1923, when it was just built, it was an ordinary English water pump, but in 1979 the building was bought out and converted into a residential building. Today the House in the Clouds Hotel is one of Suffolk's attractions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are many water towers and very expensive real estate in England. The water supply system has recently changed, the towers have long ceased to be an important part of the communal infrastructure, but not to demolish them. This one was erected in London in 1877.and in 2008, architects Lei Osborne and Graham Voices bought it for 395 thousand pounds and converted it into a residential building.

The main rooms are in a glass cube at the base of the tower - four bedrooms, a kitchen, a living room. On the stairs in the middle of the tower you can climb to the very top, where there is an observation deck with comfortable tables and sofas. The height of the building is 30 meters, so the views from the roof are excellent.

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House from an old water tower in Germany

This comfortable seven-story building today costs 350 thousand dollars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential Tower in Antwerp. Six floors of seven square meters were enough for all the necessary premises plus a winter garden.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water Tower Hotel London. But besides this, there is also the creative studio of Tom Dixon, the creator of an unusual project.

Water Tower in Busson (Holland) was converted into an office complex in 2010. The truth is now the Bussum Water Tower is a little like the previous design.

And here it is the building in the Belgian village of Stenokerzel still resembles a water tower, but it’s actually a residential building.

The new owners left most of the elements untouched, therefore they look original even indoors.

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Gentofte (Denmark). This house in the water tower has survived a turbulent history. There was an exhibition hall, a restaurant in it, and today it is a student dormitory. There was also a place for a youth club, cafe and library. Not every tower can boast of so many reconstructions.

The old water tower in the city of Lymm in Cheshire was able to be converted into a beautiful modern mansion.

The tower house was repeatedly used for filming; it really resembles an ancient castle

Inside it is a modern luxurious mansion with a stylish interior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Layout perfectly combines different eras

An abandoned water tower in the city of Joachimstahl (Germany) attracted a couple from Britain and they decided to make a tower out of it.

The building, it turns out, was of historical value, so the purchase did not work out. But the couple did not abandon their idea and rented the tower for 99 years, suggesting that the authorities also organize a viewing platform for visitors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the help of the architect Frank Mailchen, they carried out modernization by converting a dilapidated structure into a chic residential building.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconstruction was not cheap, half a million euros and almost a year of work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But the panoramic view alone was worth the effort.

A team of architects in Essen, Germany, turned a historic water tower into a space for life and work. This is a wonderful and unusual project that demonstrates the merger of the old and the new.

House in an old water tower in the Netherlands

Here is a small selection of houses, some of them were reconstructed from water towers, some became residential houses, in others restaurants and museums.

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If your city has an old water tower, start negotiations with the administration, now you know what to do with it.