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A chapel converted to residence by ZECC Architects.<\/p>\n
\nChurches<\/p>\n
ZECC Architects, beloved of their conversion of a water tower<\/a> into a residence, are at it again with this conversion of a Dutch <\/p>\n See more photos of the chapel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the full set of wacky water tower apartments, cave condos, holy hole-in-the-walls, and shipping container cribs<\/a>, join our friends at Treehugger. <\/p>\n Water tower apartment in Essen, Germany.Photo: Lars Tunbjork for The New York Times<\/p>\n \nWater towers<\/p>\n The NY Times describes this picaresque water tower home:<\/p>\n A decade ago, the architects Arnim Koch and Michael Dahms were working on a project for the municipal utility of Essen, Germany, when they became enamored with an obsolete 1905 water tower. The pair designed eight floors into the tower’s base, which are now home to two rental apartments, a real estate agency and a communications business.<\/p>\n See more photos of the water tower apartment here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the full set of wacky water tower apartments, cave condos, holy hole-in-the-walls, and shipping container cribs<\/a>, join our friends at Treehugger. <\/p>\n Underground house by SeArch and Christian Müller Architects.<\/p>\n \nUnderground houses<\/p>\n There are a lot of benefits to building houses underground; they are cheap, almost free, to heat and cool. In Vals, Switzerland there are famous thermal baths with amazing views, so in order to build close to the baths, the architects buried this house into the hill.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n See more photos of underground homes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For the full set of wacky water tower apartments, cave condos, holy hole-in-the-walls, and shipping container cribs<\/a>, join our friends at Treehugger.<\/p>\n Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n McMansion modular<\/a><\/p>\n Modern modular done right<\/a><\/p>\n Oh, those sexy building codes: More powerful than 100 nuclear plants<\/a><\/p>\n
\nchapel into a single family residence. In some ways it is a bit sad,
\nwhen formerly public spaces get converted to private residences, but
\nnot every church can be converted into a bookstore<\/a> or other public use, and this chapel is a bit less dramatic than the church that became the bookshop.<\/p>\n