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    Extreme Homes: The Rotating House

    By Carolina Buia, Shine staff | Haven – Tue, Jun 1, 2010 10:55 PM EDT

    Make Home A Haven tours this one-of-a-kind rotating round house. Eight rooms, stunning views and sunlight everywhere. But this Wilton Connecticut home's biggest prize is its unique ability to spin with the touch of a button. It's head turning too, both inside and out.



    The round shape is beautiful to look at, but this spread offers much more. I love the floor to ceiling windows that envelope you in nature and light. The core of the home and its central spiral staircase are stationary; the rest of the house spins. It takes about 48 minutes for one complete rotation, so imagine stepping off the stairs and walking directly into your bedroom one day and into your living room the next. The same variety applies to the outdoors views. Start breakfast overlooking a massive pond and finish breakfast overlooking a serene garden. The round motif continues throughout the house, from the fireplace to the limestone sink in the powder room. There are 3 bedrooms and 2 ½ baths. It sits on 4 acres and has a guest-house and an inground pool. The house is made of steel, glass and cedar shingles. Designed by famed architect Richard T. Foster in 1968 (as a collaboration with Philip Johnson), the home is on the market right now with an asking price of $1,750,000.00. If you're in the market for a round rotating house contact its agent JoAnne E. Fisher at William Pitt/ Sotheby's International Realty.

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    178 comments

    • Don
      Don  •  1 year 0 months ago
      Hi Don Dunick from the Lighthouse It is Buitifull and very Funcional .They work well .Unless you have been there you will never know the dramatic difference in a Rotating system It is the future

      If you go to www.lighthouse. net.nz or do a search you will see another /Search

      Lighthouse by Don Dunick
    • Mark D
      Mark D  •  1 year 2 months ago
      if you can wait til i hit the lottery,i take it. the only worry is the cost of the maintenance of the turning mechanisum and how the home is heated. but to me it looks like the best place on earth even if it is in connecticut with dannel molloy for gov.
    • LISA
      LISA  •  1 year 11 months ago
      The rotating home is sweet! More conventional but a true mountain home is Cliff Hangar (cliff-hangar.com) with 3 stories, theater, game room, elevator and 1000 foot view above Lake Chatuge. A rotating home on top of a mountain would be even more perfect. A nice job here on the highlight, Carolina! This can be a whole series on unusual homes.
    • Kitchen Guy
      Kitchen Guy  •  1 year 11 months ago
      Great home! the only thing its missing is the round kitchen... - here it is! http://www.pediniusa.com/products/kitchen/artika/index.htm
    • A Yahoo! User  •  1 year 11 months ago
      This report bills this house as "one of a kind" but we have a famous spinning house in California as well. It is located just off the 101 in Novato, California.
    • Melody
      Melody  •  1 year 11 months ago
      Does it really spin that fast watching it from the outside? I'm dizzy from just watching it. Can you imagine climbing up the spiral staircase while this house is moving. LOL!
    • PhilS
      PhilS  •  1 year 11 months ago
      I like the clunky 60's style control panel to turn on the motor.
    • donna
      donna  •  1 year 11 months ago
      your pic of the rotating house does not come up its blank just a black pic very disapointed
    • pretty much amazing
      pretty much amazing  •  2 years 0 months ago
      I want it.
    • Racquel
      Racquel  •  1 year 11 months ago
      very nice, i love it
    • Irene
      Irene  •  1 year 11 months ago
      Hmmm...it is an interesting home...but the insurance premiums on it have got to be ridiculous...not to mention maintenance costs! And I think I prefer having my rooms right where I left them!
    • omerlm
      omerlm  •  2 years 0 months ago
      that's a sweet house. kind of a waste of energy rotating, i hope they have upgraded to 'cleaner' power :)
    • SKYBORNE
      SKYBORNE  •  1 year 11 months ago
      WOW, IT WAS A VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. I WISH I OWN IT. IT IS A DREAM OF A LIFE TIME.
    • Blow Me
      Blow Me  •  1 year 11 months ago
      Ugly.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  1 year 11 months ago
      Has anyone seen men in black? LOL
    • jonathan
      jonathan  •  1 year 11 months ago
      You're gonna need a strong stomach to live there.
    • Rosnani Bonzi - Kurkdjian
      Rosnani Bonzi - Kurkdjian  •  1 year 11 months ago
      That's awesome,but some people would have a nausea like if they're not use to sail,in this home they'd throw out.lol:-))
      Compliments to the owner,it is a great place to stay.Move on....!
    • Nish
      Nish  •  1 year 11 months ago
      It's not one of a kind unfortunately, there is one almost exactly like it in San Diego located on Mt. Helix!
    • Honey
      Honey  •  1 year 11 months ago
      Does it come with a handyman?
    • grimer
      grimer  •  1 year 11 months ago
      oh that Joanne Fisher..."surrounded by conservation" when there's building lots
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