如今，房子成了社會各界的熱點話題，從上到下的關注度有增無減。在我們觀望期待自己的“蝸居”時，不妨看看地球那邊的房子吧。
德國動物園“倒立房”
德國杰托夫市的動物園里近日新添了一棟倒立的房子。如果不知道這是當地木匠杰哈德·莫德斯特和他的朋友一起設計的作品，人們可能就會認為這是超強臺風把誰家的房子給掀飛到這兒了。
高逾7米，廚房、浴室、起居室、臥室一應俱全……在這棟屋頂和閣樓都由鋼筋所鑄成的房子中，里面的所有設施和家具都被吊在“房頂”上，進到里面，就像是進入了一個完全顛倒的世界。
而這座“瘋狂房屋”的靈感源自英國作家羅爾德·達爾的童話《蠢特夫婦》。在故事中，一對夫婦經常虐待猴子，并迫使它們倒掛。猴子們之后“以彼之道，還施彼身”，將這對夫婦的所有家具都黏在了天花板上。
Upside-down house to open for tourists
A completely upside-down house is to open as a tourist attraction in Germany.
Standing on a pointed roof and supported by steel beams in the attic, the house has an upside-down kitchen, bathroom, living room and bedroom.
This bizarre upside-down house was created on the grounds of a zoo in Gettorf, Germany. The roof is reinforced with steel girders, reports the Daily Mail.
Local carpenter Gerhard Mordhorst and his colleagues Gesellse Splettstober and Manfred Kolax put the unusual building together.
"It was a challenge for us," Mr Mordhorst said. "You had to constantly think of the mirror image."
They described the job as the "craziest" one they had been asked to do and found the bathroom the trickiest to put together because of bulky items like the shower.
In total they screwed 50 separate pieces into the floor-ceiling, including beds, tables, a microwave and pictures. The heaviest piece of furniture was a 100lb wardrobe with mirror.
The men spent months to perfect every little detail and even took to needle and thread to keep the bed linen in place.
The 'crazy' house was thought up by Hamburg investor Dirk Oster. He will open it to the public at the end of March.
英國“蝸居”：麻雀雖小，五臟俱全
而在英國，相信在看到雷伊·巴克爾的房子之后，不少人會驚訝得合不上嘴。據英國媒體近日報道，這個比斯諾克球桌還要小的“蝸居”只有11英尺長（約3.3米），5.5英尺寬（約1.6米），它的面積只有60.5平方英尺(約5.6平方米)，是目前英國發現的最小房子。但據房產公司估計，對于這個位于英國西倫敦騎士橋購物區哈羅斯精品店對面的房子而言，它的位置就是一切，價值更在20萬英鎊（約合人民幣207萬元）左右。
這套房子的現任主人是巴克爾先生，49歲的他在4年前用12萬英鎊的價格買下了它。而這座房子在1987年最初出售的價格只有3.7萬英鎊。現在，因為房內設施齊全，巴克爾在房子里自得其樂，“實際上，我甚至可以一邊上廁所，一邊沖茶”。
Flat 'smaller than a snooker table' worth ￡200,000
The flat, which measures 11ft by 5.5ft, is priced at ￡35,000 more than the average home in Britain. A full-size snooker table measures 12ft by 6ft.
Located close to Harrods in exclusive Knightsbridge, the apartment was converted from a broom cupboard in 1987. It was originally bought by a secretary for ￡36,500. Its two rooms, which measure 60.5sq ft, come with a toilet and a shower-cum-wardrobe.
Owner Ray Barker, 49, bought the flat for ￡120,000 four years ago, to use rather than commute home to Bath from work in London every day.
"I can do the cleaning while lying in my sofa bed. In fact, I can wash up, answer the door, make a cuppa and go to the loo all at the same time," Mr Barker told The Daily Mirror.
Estate agents Brian Lack & Co, said: "Judging by other similar flats we've sold in the much-prized area, it could easily go for ￡150,000 to ￡200,000."
The Smallest House in Great Britain, also known as the Quay House, is now a tourist attraction in Conwy, Wales. It measures 10ft by 6ft, and was lived in until 1900, by a 6ft 3in fisherman called Robert Jones.
(Agencies)
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