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Gravity Defying Homes From Around the World

Ingenious engineering and the will of slightly crazy homeowners, brings architecture to new heightsThe expression “living on the edge” is about to take on a whole new meaning. Homes dangling from trees, balancing on sticks, hanging upside down, rotating around a spit, are just some of the residential wonders in our roundup.Gangster House (Archangelsk, Russia)Though incomplete, the “Gangster House” is believed to be the world’s tallest wooden house, soaring thirteen floors to reach 144 feet (about half the size of London’s Big Ben).

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