A three-bedroom home at 179 Maraetai Drive in Maraetai, known as The Lighthouse, that sits on a pedestal and turns through 360 degrees. Its steel and glass walls carry floor-to-ceiling windows, so the house can face the sun through the seasons. It is built to be fully relocatable, and it is on the market for the first time. The website also says it may be used as luxury holiday accommodation.
The design lets the house take advantage of passive solar heating in winter and turn away from the sun in summer. The pedestal is said to keep water out in low-lying, flood-prone areas, and the house can be turned to face into a storm. The interior has no structural inside walls, so the rooms can be laid out freely.