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A Floating House that Glides Effortlessly on its Pool

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This magical surrealistic vision of a house by Pitsou Kedem Architects looks for all the world like a mirage of an elaborate H-shaped pontoon.

This sumptuous and elegant transparent house is aptly named Float House by the architects.

A raised roof also seems to float over the structure.

Even the bed itself appears to float in its exquisite master bedroom space.

The master bedroom suite appears to extend to the edges of the site, gliding effortlessly through its transparent walls.

Its elaborate and glossy interior is contrasted by a peak through a wall that is matt and textural.

The delineation between the waters beneath and the house itself seem paper thin, so that water is almost another sheet of building material.

Cool and glossy, the interiors are as exquisite as the interiors of pearly shells.
There is a cool Japanese “floating world” sense to the house..

With its transparent walls, the floating bathroom seems larger than life.

The house is entered across a watery abyss.

A screen closes off this entrance to the house completely, automatically parting to reveal its transparent inner shell.

Likewise, an internal garden is completely walled closed when not admitting those fortunate souls invited within.

All of the transparency of the floating house is beautiful, but there is one flaw.

It seems that here this luscious house is just a little too exposed to its suburban Tel Aviv neighbors!