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Have you always dreamed of living in a place far away from everything, without annoying neighbors and sheltered from the noise of the city? Then this selection of 10 isolated houses in the world can help you. serve as inspiration.
Casavo takes you to the discovery of truly unique buildings, built in strange and almost inaccessible places!
1. Just Room Enough Island, Canada
In the Canadian region of Ontario there is a building that is more of an island home than an isolated house. We are talking about Just Room Enough Island, a small island belonging to the Thousand Islands archipelago on the St. Lawrence River. A floating surface on which it was possible to build just a two-story house complete with a garden.
2. The Long Studio, an artist residence far from everything
If we remain in Canada and move to the western island of Fogo we find the Long Studio, an artists' residence designed by architect Todd Saunders. The structure is an architectural jewel in a privileged position overlooking the Labrador Sea. A remote place perfect for finding inspiration for new artistic projects.
3. Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
The next building is rightly considered one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century architecture. The Fallingwater villa, designed by the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright for the Kaufmann family, is a triumph of integration between human design and nature. An incredible isolated house in the mountains built directly on the waterfall of the Bear Run River in Pennsylvania, long used as a vacation home and now a museum.
4. The Korowai tree houses
In the series “houses built in strange places”, in the forests of New Guinea the Korowai people have the habit of building their homes atop trees up to 40 meters tall. The best way to protect themselves during the night from animal raids, or sudden attacks from rival tribes. A security measure that also allowed the Korowai to stay away from the rest of the world: the first encounter with another culture occurred only in 1974.
5. The Cliff House in Australia
We have already introduced you to this place when we talked about the most extravagant houses in the world, but it also deserves to be remembered for its level of isolation. The Cliff House is an Australian villa built on the side of a rocky coast. Rather than resting on the ground is anchored to the stone wall and extends in length without ever touching the ground. Certainly a house built in a strange place, an ideal residence for a James Bond villain.
6. Katskhi Pillar in Georgia
We arrive in Europe, precisely in Georgia. Near the village of Katskhi there is a natural monolith about 40 meters high. At the top of this stone pinnacle stands a small church, a hermitage where Christian ascetics probably lived in ancient times. The structure was rediscovered only in 1944 and today can be reached via a 131-step iron ladder. Do you want to know something truly incredible? A monk still lives in this isolated house in the mountains!
7. Hermitage of San Colombano in Trambileno
We continue talking about monasteries and isolated houses, and we move to Italy. Not far from Rovereto is the hermitage of San Colombano, a building designed in 1390 directly on the mountain rock above a 120-meter chasm. The church is dedicated to San Colombano who, according to legend, defeated a dragon that carried away newly baptized children into the waters of the Leno stream, just below the hermitage.
8. The Hozoviotissa Monastery on the island of Amorgos
Religious structures are prime candidates for being among the most isolated houses in the world. On the Greek island of Amorgos, the easternmost of the Cyclades, the Hozoviotissa Monastery stands out with its dazzling white on a stone wall 300 meters above the sea. An incredible place, which we recommend you visit to be amazed and envy the peaceful solitude of the monks.
9. The Island of Elliðaey in Iceland
A remote Icelandic island with a grassy valley that descends from the mountain towards the sea, and in the midst of all that green and blue, a single building. A building that has given rise to various legends over the years for what some consider to be the greatest example of isolated houses in the world. It was thought to be the residence of the eccentric Icelandic singer Björk, others maintain that it was lived in by an extravagant billionaire seeking privacy. In truth, it is a hunting lodge from the 1950s still in excellent condition, despite not having an electricity connection. As per Scandinavian tradition, there is also a working sauna.
10. The apartment behind the clock tower in Brooklyn
Who said that to live in isolation you have to move to remote places? We conclude our journey by returning to the United States. In Brooklyn, one of the most popular neighborhoods in New York, there is an apartment created in an early twentieth-century clock tower. The building once housed a cardboard box factory and has been converted into a gigantic luxury condominium. The residence inside the tower is valued at around 20 million dollars. For those who can afford it, allow, a perfect way to live alone in the beating heart of the metropolis that never sleeps.
If these 10 examples aren't enough for you, we recommend following the Instagram account Cabin Porn to discover other isolated houses around the world in the middle of woods, mountains, and in inaccessible places. To find your own peaceful corner, you can visit the Casavo's classifieds platform and start looking for your next home!
