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Extreme Homes

Season 2 2012
TV-G

  • 2012-10-05T01:00:00Z on HGTV
  • 45m
  • 1h (2 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Reality
The word "extreme" means different things to different people, and to these homeowners it means pushing the envelope as far as possible. From construction to completion, take an up-close look at some of the world's most spectacular houses ever built — including a modern Italian castle, a seaside house made of refrigerator panels, a floating home that was a ferry boat and a spherical house that revolves with the sun — and find out what makes them all so unique.

13 episodes

Season Premiere

2012-10-05T01:00:00Z

2x01 Rolling Dice, Scorpion, Bunker

Season Premiere

2x01 Rolling Dice, Scorpion, Bunker

  • 2012-10-05T01:00:00Z30m

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a house with six giant leaves for a roof in Brazil, one in Spain inspired by a freeway, a home in the Arizona desert shaped like a scorpion and a Lithuanian residence that seems to disappear into the forest. Japan offers a house designed to help you stay young, in Holland one architect puts upstairs where the downstairs should be, Thailand has a home that's a luxury bunker, in Florida there's a house you can park your airplane inside, and playing with kids' blocks led to the Rolling Dice House in Australia.

2x02 Hideaway, Body House, Pyramid

  • 2012-10-12T01:00:00Z30m

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes an Australian house wedged into the dunes, a corregated steel residence in Japan, a house in a cave where outlaws used to hide in Arkansas and a pocket skyscraper in Thailand. An Italian alpine chalet mirrors the mountains, Vietnam has a house which is an evolving work of art while one in Massachusetts is a sculpture. A curved glass pavilion in Switzerland melts into the landscape and Ohio has a pyramid fit for a pharaoh. There's a body-shaped home in Holland, Florida has a tranquil haven that deflects hurricanes and one home has everything as its opposite in Lithuania.

This extraordinary collection of homes from all over the world includes a five hundred year old Lithuanian house in a glass box, while Australia has one inspired by a mailbox, Arizona has a surprisingly cool residence made of steel and Peru pays homage to an Incan tomb. A crescent shape guarantees a view of Mount Fuji from every room in Japan, Chile has one that's a cave, a house and a tent all at the same time while Holland offers spaceship style living and a traditional looking Mar Vista bungalow in LA turns out to be anything but.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a house hidden behind a wooden grille in Italy, a wave-form residence in California and an Austrian residence that's rusting beautifully. Lithuania has a round house built from sticks while there's an all-American house in Japan, a topsy-turvy home in Brazil has everything upside down and there's one in Australia that looks like a fence. Spain goes for the spaceship style, a house in Arkansas towers above the forest while one in San Francisco defies gravity and in Argentina a home takes the molecular approach and is light, incredibly strong and surprisingly portable.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a high-flying metal house in Australia, a Peruvian residence that snakes through the trees and one like a nest on stilts in Japan. A traditional ranch home in Massachusetts has been pulled into a bigger shape, you can literally be in the dog house in Idaho and there is one in Lithuania designed to be played with. Plow lines inspired a New York house, ancient meets modern by an Italian lake, Chile has a cliffside house with three boat hulls overlooking the sea, there's a house based on a Picasso painting in Spain and an Austrian residence has an entire village built right inside.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes an Australian house based on the shape of the letter K, one like a giant Monopoly piece in Portugal, a Californian home inspired by a lotus flower and a Japanese residence that looks like a subway station. A French home looks like an eye gazing over the Mediterranean, Austria has a futuristic portable pod inspired by nomads, there's a house shaped like a hammock in Paraguay and South Africa has a high-tech mountain house. A closet project turned into a whole house in California, a fairy tale inspired a snake-like home in Lithuania and a car elevator leads to a cliff-face residence in Laguna Beach.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a French bubble palace, a house in Virginia where the building materials dictated the style, a Dutch rhomboid-shaped residence and one made from soda bottles in Argentina. Two become one in Hong Kong, while a house in Portugal combines excitement with economy, a home in Wisconsin spirals out from solid stone and an Italian residence is a tiny cube. Australia has a live-in library, a home in Montana combines silver stainless with raw rusty steel and a Japanese house mirrors the world.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a Portuguese house built inside a ruin, a PVC bubble in France, a Californian home designed for performing arts and a residence beneath a wildflower meadow in England. A Japanese house makes a great deal from very little, while one in Australia is perched on a thousand-foot cliff top, California has a black-and-white masterpiece in the Hollywood Hills and a Brazilian home sits high in a fig tree. A Thai residence is based on a journey through life, there's one in Chile made from old shipping containers and Oregon has a glass farmhouse.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a luxury mansion in South Africa with sixteen security guards, one shaped like a giant flashlight in Portugal, a Dutch remodel made of glass triangles, a London apartment with a hole cut down the center and a house in New Mexico with no utility bills. A Japanese home whose walls are full of holes, a Baja tower with a criminal past, one in Arizona suspended over a creek, an Australian beach house with a crumpled roof, a Paris townhouse inspired by a tree and a hurricane-proof house in Florida.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a South African residence complete with two human-size nests, a California home that pops out of a meadow and a Japanese home that is left open to the street because it has no doors. There's a dwelling no bigger than a shed in Oregon, a Brazilian residence built for books as much as people, a tree house made from recycled materials in Texas and an Australian home inspired by a mythical creature called a gryphon. Country living and cutting edge design collide in France and a Mexican house zigzags down a hillside while a once-ruined English hunting lodge is perfect for parties and a residence in Southern California features a human aquarium.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes a Peruvian house that clings onto the cliff side, a romantic loch-side haven in Scotland, a Chilean home inspired by a mongrel dog and a luxurious family residence in a shabby, Australian factory. A modern mansion disappears into the trees in Virginia, while South Africa has a brand new castle, a French house looks like a child's line-drawing and a Mexican home was designed with horses in mind. There's a house in Holland you can clone, a home with two helicopter pads in California and one in Japan built where no-one thought it was possible.

This amazing assortment of homes from all over the world includes an American home which is like discovering a lost civilization, a house in Japan shaped like a staircase, one in South Africa which is so well-camouflaged that it almost vanishes into the wilderness and an Australian residence whose owners think they're living on Cloud Nine. Germany has a six-story wedge, Mexico has a seaside home made out of a bridge, every exterior wall possible has been made out of glass in Oakland and there's a self-styled temple to the gods in France. A Norwegian house nestles in a tree, a Portuguese one honors a whole forest and there's a pyramid home in Seattle perched on top of a skyscraper.

This remarkable collection of homes from all over the world includes a Moroccan home that was restored with a cotton swab, a home in Japan that helps its owners communicate and a French residence that was built with banana containers. We'll discover a home covered with synthetic turf in Austria, a hideaway cool enough for a secret agent in Switzerland and a residence in New York that boasts a 75 foot cantilever over the sea. New Zealand claims a modest dwelling where you can see the city but the city can't see you, fallen down ruins become home to a family in Scotland and we'll take you to an English mansion where rock stars and kings have partied for 400 years. There's a South African residence that floats in mid-air and a Mexican oasis that was inspired by a massive bird's nest.

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