Would you live in a shipping container?

[Kenny]

How to heat these so-called houses? How would they fit in near

historic buildings in Paris, Stockholm, Venice or even St. Petersburg, Russia near The Hermitage Museum/ Tsar's Winter Palace? And St. Petersburg badly needs better housing.

Radiant heat. Like a barbecue grill.

[Spencer L]

It's just a box like any other houses Meh

[samhexum]

Do the wave!

 

A new residential complex finally completed in Denmark after more than a decade is taking buyers on a ride with a unique undulating facade.

 

With five flowing, nine-story humps reflecting against the Skyttehus bay in Vejle (roughly 150 miles west of Copenhagen), the building, dubbed Bølgen (Danish for “Wave”), looks waterpark ready.

 

In fact, its designer — renowned Nordic design house Henning Larsen, known for the Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark’s Moesgaard Museum and Harpa in Reykjavik, Iceland — was reportedly inspired by Jørn Utzon’s Sydney Opera House.

 

“The land surrounding Vejle is unique for its rolling hills, which are an uncommon sight in Denmark,” says Søren Øllgaard, partner and design director at Henning Larsen. “We feel our design merges our own contemporary designs with a strong sense of local identity.”

 

It’s no slow roller either. The eye-catching 150,000-square-foot, 100-unit apartment building is moving faster than a tsunami, with three out of five “waves” fully sold or rented and just seven units remaining overall, according to the building’s website.

 

However, a top floor, roughly 2,700-square-feet, duplex is still available, asking just over $2 million.

 

The apartment complex has also picked up a number of design and industry awards over the years, including a local prize for Building of the Year, Britain’s Civic Trust Award and architecture’s prestigious ABB LEAF Award. Call it a real estate flow rider.