The shape of the house is defined by the outline of its sloping site. The base of the building barely touches the declining ground, but is held firmly in place by concrete-pile foundations.

CONNECTICUT (FOX5NY.COM) - A house in Connecticut repeatedly damaged and rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy and other storms slid off concrete pilings just as it was being raised in case of future ...

The house is supported by reinforced-concrete piles that extend down nine metres into the earth and are intended to resemble utility poles where they emerge from the ground. Wooden finishes are ...

The homes are built on concrete pilings about 10 feet above the shallow flats of Biscayne Bay. The first house at Stiltsville was built by a fisherman named “Crawfish” Eddie Walker in 1933 to ...

After the Massachusetts House failed to pass a budget amendment aimed at helping homeowners with crumbling concrete foundations, many affected residents are left devastated, uncertain if relief ...