It may have been, at one point, the world?s tallest single-family home If you?ve ever wanted to live high-in-the-sky in a home you shared with no other households (apartment towers don?t count, obviously), then this incredible ?falcon?s nest? home in Prescott, Arizona by Phoenix architect Sukumar Pal may be for you.
Though it claims to be, at 124 feet, the tallest single-family house in the world, that honor actually belongs to Antilla, a private home in South Mumbai, India owned by business magnate Mukesh Ambani. That ?monster home? rises 27 extra-high stories and tops in at around 170 meters, or approximately 560 feet. Alas, we digress.
Built in 1994, the postmodernist residence is nothing to scoff at, either. With three, bedrooms, four baths, 10 stories, and 6,200 square feet of living space, it nestles against the area?s landmark 6,514-feet-tall Thumb Butte with the main floor radiating out on four sides?and kind of resembles William Pereira?s iconic Geisel Library at UC San Diego.
The Palsolaral House also looks like it could be an evil villain?s lair, as Estately notes, or an air traffic control tower, especially with it?s show-stopping, 2,000-square-foot solarium, which contains two bedrooms, two baths, the kitchen, great room, and glass ceilings.
It?s also an engineering marvel of sorts, with a hydraulic elevator providing access from the ground floor to the sixth, passive solar technology and other alternative energy, hea...