dRMM and the House That Moved

London-based dRMM scored a hit with their first project design in 1995, No. 1 Centaur Street, winning eight separate awards for this single design. Since then, the firm has developed numerous innovations, like the Kingsdale School with its variable skin roofing, and the lookout tower for Milton Keynes Gallery.

Now, the firm has created a revolutionary residence for one of its clients that has captured the imagination of designers worldwide. The Sliding House, as it is called, is an amazing achievement, in that a group of four small 12 volt motors powered by car batteries moves an external sleeve weighing 20 tons on railroad tracks, revealing its inner glass shell, in just six minutes. The collective jaws of its witnesses are still waiting to close. Check them out here.