Explore 14 unique houses that adapt to topography, showcasing diverse architectural strategies for sloped landscapes.

Sometimes, people build wooden houses beside lakes, rivers, or coastal areas on stilts. This helps protect them from floods and high tides. They can also catch fish from their front porch!

And a new house on stilts, Stewart Avenue Residence, was born. ‘After [our client] went through Hurricane Irma in 2017, he knew it was time to build something new,’ the architects recall. ‘His ...

Location: 1002 Edwards Street, Washington Avenue, Houston, Texas Price: $1,595,000 Designer: Scott Strasser Year Built ... In Houston, a Home on Stilts Overlooking "Mount Rush Hour" Seeks $1 ...

In recent decades, government policies and environmental changes have encouraged many Bajau Laut to settle in villages with houses built on stilts over shallow waters. However, some families ...

As told toJeremy Berlin and Yann Gross 7 min read In Tipishca, Peru—a rainy, remote village near the Curaray River—houses are built on stilts to keep water out. Locals have seen a spike in ...

Unlike modern developments around it in Port Klang, one of the busiest ports in the world, this village has retained traditional structures such as wooden houses built on stilts over mudflats.

TAWI-TAWI, Philippines – It takes two flights from Manila to Tawi-Tawi, and another two-hour ferry ride to reach Sitangkai, the southernmost island of the Philippines where most of the ...