For those living close to the coast, putting your home up on stilts will reduce the risk of damage caused by hurricanes and rising tides.
Why Put Your Home On Stilts?
Building a new home on stilts might be a good idea if your property lies anywhere within theFederal Emergency Management Agency’s flood zones. Technically, compliance with the flood maps is voluntary, but a few towns and insurers are pressing compliance with building codes that keep up with the designated storm surge levels.
建造一个现有的房子比从零开始建造要复杂一些。2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率所有公用事业线路必须断开。(你的地下室不会出现。)钢梁被放置在底层的下方,然后用液压千斤顶慢慢地将房屋吊起来,并逐步放置在木制婴儿床上。然后房子被移到一边,一个新的塔基安装到位,然后房子被重新安置在新的更高的基础上。改善现有住房的最低成本是3万美元,但许多因素可能会提高这个数字。
15 Of The World’s Best Homes on Stilts
1) Sol Duc Cabin
Sol Duc Cabin.
奥林匹克半岛,华盛顿。More photographs can be seen atOlson Kundig’s website.
Sol Duc Cabin. Olympic Peninsula, Washington.
This steel-clad 350 sf cabin on stilts can be completely shuttered when the owner is away. The cabin’s rugged patina and raw materiality respond to the surrounding wilderness while its verticality provides a safe haven during occasional floods from the nearby river.Olsonkundigarchitects.comhas additional information on the project.
2) Sonoma Pole House
Healdsburg, California.
The raised houses protect the structural integrity from earthquakes, floods, and sloped ground. It’s a great way for residents to protect themselves from unexpected weather.
3) Crescent Beach Cabin
Washington.
Hood Canal Cabin sits well above the beach on four 24″ round pilings and features a retractable stair for security. Ray C. Freeman III, Seattle. Go tofreeman-wetzel.comfor additional information and photos.
4) Pond House
Pond House, Maine.
The small cottage was designed with the inspiration of surrounding structures around the wharf. These designers have more photos on their FaceBook pageElliott + Elliott Architecture.
5) Australian Guest House
Guest house on stilts in Mornington, Victoria, Australia.
Planning regulations permit only first floor structures that are located over car parking or storage areas which necessitated the elevated ‘stilt’ design. Stair is clad in translucent polycarbonate. To view the interior of this marvelous home visitclarecousins.com.au.
6) Sustainable House
新西兰大屏障岛的可持续住宅。
The house is elevated for flood protection. The living spaces open completely to the outdoors. Architects: Crosson Clarke Carnachan. This photograph was originally found at “ccca.co. nz/0506_great%20barrier_house.php.”
7) Island House
Island near Florida.
This home is raised 18 to 20 feet in the air with the rest of the 40 ft poles being buried in the ground. To build this house, the materials were shipped to the site by ferry.
8) 2Inns
La Jolla, California.
Twenty-five full height glass panels slide away on an automated track, creating a continuous interior-exterior space that connects the back garden to the ocean views. This feature transforms the kitchen, living and dining areas into a complete exterior space. An IPE wood clad top level houses the sleeping quarters and provides shade to the space below. Arch: Sebastian Mariscal Studio,sebastianmariscal.com.
9) Jewell Street
j. Jewell Street Addition.
Screened rooms are a popular choice on the ground floor and help the house have a visual relationship with the ground. More work by these designers can be found atwebberstudio.com.
10) Fish Camp
Fish Camp, Longboat Key, Florida.
The 2,000-square-foot home sits on 14-foot-tall stilts, putting the front door a full 17 feet above sea level. Go toLeaderDesignStudio.comfor additional information.
11) Beachtown Community
Beachtown, Texas.
Beachtown, Galveston, an island community in Texas where homes are built well above FEMA’s required flood based elevation. Panels close in the mostly empty ground floors. Visitbeachtowngalveston.com浏览Beachtown提供的更多报价和其他建筑信息。
12) The Hamptons
Long Island, New York.
这座位于纽约长岛汉普顿的住宅位于湿地保护区上空。玻璃百叶立面的设计反映了周围的景观。The information on this structure can be found atrenegonzalezarchitect.com.
13) Haena
Haena, Hawaii.
Raising the structure helps stabilize this home in case of a flood. The design also provides a sheltered patio or parking area.
14) Nurai Island
Nurai Island, Arabian Gulf.
Nurai residence, under construction, Abu Dhabai. Information about the project is available atnuraiislandvillas.com.
15) Stiltsville
Cape Florida, FL.
Stiltsville是一组木吊脚楼,位于佛罗里达州比斯坎湾,佛罗里达角以南一英里处。这些吊脚楼高出浅水约2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率10英尺,退潮时浅水深度为1至3英尺。这些房子有些建于20世纪30年代,有些建于20世纪60年代。自1965年贝蒂飓风以来,就不允许新建建筑。En.wikipedia.orghas more information about each house in this community.
Read About The FEMA Maps
- Greenwich Stilt Houses Foreshadow Impact of New FEMA Maps:bloomberg.com
- Good News: The Government Will No Longer Make You Put Your House on Stilts:businessweek.com
Sarah Jumelsays
You forget a really huge field of expansion for stilt houses-parking lots! Here in Austin there are way too many parking lots, that heat up insanely in our six month summers. If there was some legal way to expand usage of the airspace above parking lots, we could shade those with housing. Also, I find that if you make it handsome nobody minds it-so why not put automatic greywater watering in the walls of those houses so they are covered with greenery? If apartment houses looked like green hills, no one would mind them. If you could walk up them, they would be as popular as parks. Ugly ass parking lots (And also strip malls) could be beautiful and shaded; also if the roofs of the grocery stores and the other businesses were greened people in the neighborhood could walk there (Making an addition to the area instead of a huge barren place to avoid when walking).
alisonsays
thank you so much for adding this thoughtful suggestion! Is there an intentional movement in this direction? I would love to join like-minded people in this regard. Ali B
Annasays
还可以搜索昆士兰人。这些类型的房子适合潮湿的热带地区。其他优点包括避免白蚁,捕捉凉爽的微风,以及在陡峭的斜坡上建造更便宜的建筑。2022世界杯四强亚盘赔率
davesays
Interesting to read. I was impressed by Crescent Beach Cabin. I think it is creative and modern architectural style. I do not see such kinds of building in New Zealand, so in future I have a plan to build the same house in my town. So, for making this task I contacted with well-known building company near me here I think in future my dream will come true.
Scott Satersays
I am a retired elect. contractor. We are in a transition period right now…My wife retires in March and we have been dickering around in selling our house and 5 acres and building a houseboat. We now have two close couples in the same situation, and have talked to us at looking to buy Crystal River property on the salt marsh and building independent stilt homes on some acreage. I’m a Tampa native and grew up on the bay marsh…fishing the Clearwater and Indian Rocks Piers. After Donna (hurricane) wiped us out…Not Stilt… we moved inland. For my wife’s and my downsizing life…we wish a one bedroom 1.5 bath. The master will need to be of sufficient size to accommodate a twin 40″ x 80″ adjustable beds. We have a cabinet style Murphy bed for the guests that will be arranged in the living room. We have all the Kitchen appliances we just need to have the kitchen counters and cabinets installed. Our range and oven, micro, are all built into cabinets/islands That I built 30 years ago from Hickory and Blue Ash. They will be a part of our move in furnishings. The A/C (a Dankin multi split ) we can supply, we will need the lines run. WE want to use a tankless water heater and a small upright washer/dryer combo.
We do desire an uncovered porch at the top of the landing for the stairs.
如果价格合适,我们可以更进一步。
Regards,
R. Scott Sater