Futuristic and Innovative Homes for Sale Right Now

Here is a selection of futuristic abodes that challenge traditional McMansion layouts.  These homes are handpicked as the sleekest, most avant-garde, in some cases zaniest, homes currently or recently on the market. They conjure images of science fiction lore, and in many cases, have actually been rented out by movie and television studios for that express reason.

Wissioming Court, Bethesda, MD

List Price: $7 million
Bed: 4

Bath: 5 full, 2 partial

Size: 10,000 sq ft

This brightly-hued, rectangular 10,000-square foot manse was designed by Robert Gurney, sits overlooking the Potomac River and boasts heated floors, glass bridges and walls, a five-car garage and an infinity pool.

Gonowabie Road, Crystal Bay, NV

List Price: $43 million

Bed: 4

Bath: 4 full, 1 partial

Size: 8,700 sq ft

This Lake Tahoe manse is architecturally significant and spectacularly engineered to maximize views. It touts walls of glass, a glass elevator, and a six-story glass stairwell, all suspended off the edge of a granite promontory making for a Dr. Seuss-like effect.

Loma Linda Drive, Beverly Hills, CA

Recently Sold: $9 million

Bed: 7

Bath: 6

Size: 7,500 sq ft

Designed by Ed Niles, this home is stunning in execution and design. With circular walls of glass and soaring steel beams, the marvelous interior garden courtyard offers hypnotizing views of the infinity edge pool to the city and sea beyond. Custom curved stainless windows and doors, wonderful views in every direction from all rooms.

Waterwood Estate, Vermilion, OH

List Price: $19.5 million

Bed: 5

Bath: 9 full, 7 partial

Size: 38,000 sq ft

The 38,000-square foot geometrically-shaped complex boasts an indoor pool, a wine grotto, a private barber shop, a ballet room, a rotating parking garage platform, even a heliport. From the dining room, which has a rotating floor allowing all dinner guests a view of the water.

West 29th Street, New York, NY

List Price: $1.75 million

Bed: 2

Bath: 2

Size: 1,875 sq ft

This one-bedroom steam punk-inspired apartment is adorned in ship doors, steam pipes, construction dropcloths, even a 32-foot model of the Hindenburg that lights up and changes colors. Open the oversized glass sliding doors and step into your private 500-square foot southern facing terrace sanctuary.

Porsche Design Tower, Sunny Isles Beach, FL

Tentative List Prices: $$2.9 million to $9

Bed: varied

Bath: varied

Size: 3,800- 9,500 sq ft

“You will drive into the building, onto the elevator ramp, shut the ignition off and be magically whisked to the front door of your apartment in 45 seconds to a minute and 15 seconds depending on what floor you’re on,” Gil Dezer of Dezer Properties says of the new condo project.