Worlds most extrordinary houses

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Anyone watching? In Switzerland - last house in the program has a huge garage and collection of classic and new Porsche’s.

Try and catch it on bbc iplayer.

Ian

[giltranator]

Managed to catch the end of it so will rewatch on iplayer. I did manage to spot the 911&Porscheworld magazine in the study.

A link to some photos of the house here> https://freshome.com/2011/11/04/architecturally-st...

[Rednose330]

well worth waiting for .........

[Paynewright]

Was interested to hear Piers Taylor, the architect presenter also likes cars.

Ian

[ooid]

Paynewright said:

Was interested to hear Piers Taylor, the architect presenter also likes cars.

Ian

Top gentleman. He used to teach where I've studied architecture, did some very interesting projects too by himself!

[Jim1556]

House?

Cars?

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On iplayer fast forward to 43 mins

[mfmman]

When I was a young lad learning my trade in Air Conditioning, we did quite a few swimming pool heat recovery systems. The larger commercial pools had concrete ducts running above and below the pool, through the building fabric itself. These were so large you could walk down them being blasted by air at various temperatures and humidity levels to gain access to various bits of the plant.

This building has just given me a thirty year flashback, if they leave the cars I might still go for it though!

[_Leg_]

That house with the garage is bloody awful. It's not even saved by the garage being anything other than a concrete bunker. What a depressing place to be in when the surrounding countryside is so spectacular. Only saving grace is that the architect had the good sense to put some decent windows in so you could see said spectacular views.

[Doofus]

Paynewright said:

Was interested to hear Piers Taylor, the architect presenter also likes cars.

Ian

The man who opened the door of a 356 and said "Look at the knobs."

A true enthusiast....

[DJMC]

_Leg_ said:

That house with the garage is bloody awful. It's not even saved by the garage being anything other than a concrete bunker. What a depressing place to be in when the surrounding countryside is so spectacular. Only saving grace is that the architect had the good sense to put some decent windows in so you could see said spectacular views.

That big window view was amazing. I'd have built a house around it rather than a concrete block. Shame.
Still, I think that was a Rhodium 981 on the left of the cars, so not all in bad taste.

[ooid]

_Leg_ said:

That house with the garage is bloody awful. It's not even saved by the garage being anything other than a concrete bunker. What a depressing place to be in when the surrounding countryside is so spectacular. Only saving grace is that the architect had the good sense to put some decent windows in so you could see said spectacular views.

Thats a personal choice, isn't it? Calling someone's dream home (most probably very hard-earned cash) awful is a bit too much and rude imho.

If we can start critisize other peoples homes, there are hundreds of mcmansion wannabes or neoclassical crap in here the U.K. that one could easily make a comedy-show about but that's again not the point.

Over and out.

[_Leg_]

ooid said:

_Leg_ said:

That house with the garage is bloody awful. It's not even saved by the garage being anything other than a concrete bunker. What a depressing place to be in when the surrounding countryside is so spectacular. Only saving grace is that the architect had the good sense to put some decent windows in so you could see said spectacular views.

Thats a personal choice, isn't it? Calling someone's dream home (most probably very hard-earned cash) awful is a bit too much and rude imho.

If we can start critisize other peoples homes, there are hundreds of mcmansion wannabes or neoclassical crap in here the U.K. that one could easily make a comedy-show about but that's again not the point.

Over and out.

It is the owner's personal choice as it is my personal choice to say I think it's bloody awful.

If you think you're going to suppress my right to express an opinion, online or anywhere, because it upsets your little world you've misjudged me (and Pistonheads and most other online forums) by a country mile I'm afraid old bean.

Instead of being an over sensitive internet Nazi why don't you agree or disagree with any point I've made and if I can be arsed, we can debate it rather than telling me not to have views or express them.

Please post the UK houses you refer to. I'll express my opinion on that ste too.

[RSVP911]

ooid said:

_Leg_ said:

That house with the garage is bloody awful. It's not even saved by the garage being anything other than a concrete bunker. What a depressing place to be in when the surrounding countryside is so spectacular. Only saving grace is that the architect had the good sense to put some decent windows in so you could see said spectacular views.

Thats a personal choice, isn't it? Calling someone's dream home (most probably very hard-earned cash) awful is a bit too much and rude imho.

If we can start critisize other peoples homes, there are hundreds of mcmansion wannabes or neoclassical crap in here the U.K. that one could easily make a comedy-show about but that's again not the point.

Over and out.

I’m with you - I think the house is stunning as it’s built around the views & OMG you’d have to have made a few quid to do something like that : I’m in - love it

Edited by RSVP911 on Thursday 8th March 20:43

[Robbo66]

RSVP911 said:

I’m with you - I think the house is stunning as it’s built around the views & OMG you’d have to have made a few quid to do something like that : I’m in - love it

Edited by RSVP911 on Thursday 8th March 20:43

Really ?. View was stunning but that TV room...imagine sitting there. Utterly soulless , a ‘house’ not a ‘home’. The position was perfect, he should be sectioned along with the planning committee who allowed it.
A ‘what could have been’ R....bit like the GT4.

[RSVP911]

Robbo66 said:

RSVP911 said:

I’m with you - I think the house is stunning as it’s built around the views & OMG you’d have to have made a few quid to do something like that : I’m in - love it

Edited by RSVP911 on Thursday 8th March 20:43

Really ?. View was stunning but that TV room...imagine sitting there. Utterly soulless , a ‘house’ not a ‘home’. The position was perfect, he should be sectioned along with the planning committee who allowed it.
A ‘what could have been’ R....bit like the GT4.

Yes super sure , just watched it on the telly , I love it (and I’m generally not a fan of modernist architecture) I thought it was super cool - I’d like an office like that - what a view.

Was trying to work out what the red 993 was and if he had a 918 ?

Cars here btw

Edited to add : just shown my wife the house - she said it’s vile - so there you have it - I’m wrong .... again !

Edited by RSVP911 on Thursday 8th March 22:48

[Moosh]

_Leg_ said:

It is the owner's personal choice as it is my personal choice to say I think it's bloody awful.

If you think you're going to suppress my right to express an opinion, online or anywhere, because it upsets your little world you've misjudged me (and Pistonheads and most other online forums) by a country mile I'm afraid old bean.

Instead of being an over sensitive internet Nazi why don't you agree or disagree with any point I've made and if I can be arsed, we can debate it rather than telling me not to have views or express them.

Please post the UK houses you refer to. I'll express my opinion on that ste too.

The children have come out to play

[sajafzal]

The owner of the property has a great pair of speakers

saj

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Yes back on topic please!

What was in the garage - 356, Cayman, 964.

Need to pause/rewind a few times (not done that in a while!!)

Ian