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	* Unusual building design of the week.		* Unusual building design of the week.
	* Upside Down House, Poland.		* Upside Down House, Poland.

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	* Little Crooked House, Poland.		* Little Crooked House, Poland.

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	* Little Crooked House, Poland.		* Little Crooked House, Poland.
	* Nautilus House.		* Nautilus House.

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	* Little Crooked House, Poland.		* Little Crooked House, Poland.
	* Nautilus House.		* Nautilus House.

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	The Hole House was an architectural installation located in Houston, Texas. Officially known as the ‘Inversion’ project, two sculptors, Dan Havel and Dean Ruck, created the work in 2005 using two houses that were slated for demolition.		The Hole House was an architectural installation located in Houston, Texas. Officially known as the ‘Inversion’ project, two sculptors, Dan Havel and Dean Ruck, created the work in 2005 using two houses that were slated for demolition.

−	With the help of Art League Houston, the sculptors used timber boards and scraps from the exterior of the two houses to create a large, funnel-like vortex between ~~the buildings~~, narrowing to a small hole at the end in an adjacent courtyard.	+	With the help of Art League Houston, the sculptors used timber boards and scraps from the exterior of the two houses to create a large, funnel-like vortex between them, narrowing to a small hole at the end in an adjacent courtyard.

−	The exterior skin of the houses was peeled off and arranged ~~in such a way,~~ in a narrowing spiral, that it gave the impression ~~that the house was~~ being sucked in by some kind of strange event – perhaps, as some observers suggested ‘a disaster of the space-time continuum’.	+	The exterior skin of the houses was peeled off and arranged in a narrowing spiral that gave the impression they were being sucked in by some kind of strange event – perhaps, as some observers suggested ‘a disaster of the space-time continuum’.

	Unfortunately, the installation was only intended to be temporary, and was dismantled after a few months.		Unfortunately, the installation was only intended to be temporary, and was dismantled after a few months.

−	[[File:Holehouse2.jpg]]	+	[[File:Holehouse2.jpg\|link=File:Holehouse2.jpg]]

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[[File:Holehouse1.gif]]

The Hole House was an architectural installation located in Houston, Texas. Officially known as the ‘Inversion’ project, two sculptors, Dan Havel and Dean Ruck, created the work in 2005 using two houses that were slated for demolition.

With the help of Art League Houston, the sculptors used timber boards and scraps from the exterior of the two houses to create a large, funnel-like vortex between the buildings, narrowing to a small hole at the end in an adjacent courtyard.

The exterior skin of the houses was peeled off and arranged in such a way, in a narrowing spiral, that it gave the impression that the house was being sucked in by some kind of strange event – perhaps, as some observers suggested ‘a disaster of the space-time continuum’.

Unfortunately, the installation was only intended to be temporary, and was dismantled after a few months.

[[File:Holehouse2.jpg]]

= Find out more =

=== Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki ===

* A House for Essex.
* Building of the week series.
* Blur Building.
* Little Crooked House, Poland.
* Nautilus House.
* Republic of Kugelmugel.
* Unusual building design of the week.
* Upside Down House, Poland.

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