This wooden house with a pyramid roof is on the shores of Lake Paijanne in the south of Finland. It has a ground floor and a mezzanine floor with a glazed nature observatory at the very top.

The double height living area has a 32-foot window overlooking spectacular views of the lake. It sits on two levels, with a stone fireplace to add cosiness on the lower level, and a wall-mounted TV on the upper level.

On the first floor, there’s a guest bedroom, sauna and two bathrooms. The house is kitted out with internet-connected devices to control access, heating and lighting. The sloping walls and roof are designed to fully insulate you against the harsh Finnish winters. Love this? Here are 11 more wooden homes that go against the grain. 

Artist Birte Lohne lives and works in a beautiful three-storey pyramid house near the city of Kristiansand on the southern tip of Norway. Every Thursday evening she opens up her home to visitors who get to see her artwork and explore this amazing house.

The house was built in the 1980s and Birte has lived there with her family since 2010. Its unusual construction has proved to be a perfect place to display her paintings, despite the sloping walls. This bright, modern living area has been furnished with comfortable leather chairs and electric blue accents.

Birte had to get creative to hang some of her paintings as the structure of the building presented her with some logistical problems. Some of the walls are only 90 centimetres high before the ceiling starts to slope inwards, while sections are eight metres high. 

There’s a double-height kitchen overlooked by one of the upper rooms. A lovely chandelier and wall sculpture add to the view as you look up. Leading off the kitchen is a TV room with more paintings and sculptures.

Large skylights are a practical solution to the problem of glazing a pyramid house. This bright bedroom still feels cosy thanks to the snug bed blanket, wood clad walls and pretty fairy lights. 

Scyld is a Scandinavian-style architect-designed home in the coastal village of Climping, West Sussex, with three floors, five bedrooms and three reception rooms. It was on the market for £725,000 ($938k) with Strutt & Parker in 2018.

Definitely one for mid-century property lovers, this unique house is set in more than two acres of land and reached via a long drive through its own woodland. It’s on the edge of the village two miles from the unspoilt beach of Climping, on the south coast of the UK.

This pyramid house is deceptively big. There's a study and a library on the ground floor, along with a breakfast room with a wood-burning stove next to the kitchen. The master bedroom on the first floor has an ensuite shower room and balcony. As the building tapers upwards, there are two more bedrooms on the first floor and three loft rooms on the second floor.

This stunning villa in the resort of Costa Smerelda is currently for sale. It looks out onto the beach of Marinella and has beautiful sea views. Set over three floors, it has five bedrooms, two reception rooms and six bathrooms.

The house has its own private path leading to beautiful Marinella beach, which sits just 260 feet from the doorstep. The village of Porto Rotondo, with its marina, central square and cafes, is two miles away and you are just 11 miles from the airport for an easy getaway.

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Architect Harry Wilson and his wife Ruth decided to build their pyramid home after visiting Egypt in 1973. Based in Henderson, 15 miles from Las Vegas, they started the building project in 1981 and sold the completed house in the 1990s. It was sold again more recently by the Rob Morganti Group.

There’s a spacious backyard with a pool for cooling off on hot days and beautiful views of the nearby mountain and golf course. You can relax under the shade of the trees there, use the barbecue area for entertaining and enjoy sunset views.

Talk about sur-real estate! ‘Ziggurat’ means terraced pyramid in the Sumerian language. Available for short stays on AirBnb, this four-storey home sits on the beach between the coastal cities of Florence and Yachats, offering two private suites for guests. 

This amazing pyramid house in Malibu Canyon, built by a husband and wife in the 1980s, is for sale at £2.2 million. It sits in 2.5 acres of orchard land on a mountain top nearly 2,000 feet above sea level, with commanding views for miles aroun.

The backyard is west facing so you can enjoy sunsets every day – even better while sipping cocktails with guests. There are two circular buildings leading off the pyramid with a cosy living room and an office space. Still intrigued? See more of the world's weirdest homes that'll blow your mind! 

This spectacular design was created by Takei Nabeshima Architects as part of the Solo Houses project. French developer Christian Bourdais has commissioned architects to design 15 holiday homes that will be built in Matarraña close to the Catalonian border.

The pool is also an upside down pyramid shape adding symmetry to the property's overall design. Two of the homes planned for the architecture park have been built so far, including a ring-shaped house that has already been nominated for an award. Loved this? Check out these mind-bending homes that defy all logic.