The clock is ticking down on the last design trends of the aughts. Squeaking in just before the calendar flips is this unlikely development: a fashion for stilted homes. Why stilted? Whatever their ...

The famous House on Stilts, which housed many A-list celebrities, is officially on the market. Some of Hollywood's biggest names lived in this home nestled in the Hollywood Hills, only 10 minutes away ...

A couple of years ago, NPR's Robert Siegel had a 5-year-old kid moment. He was in the new wing of a hospital watching a workman put up drywall and, as drywall installers are wont to do, the workman ...

A house on stilts is definitely an eyebrow raiser and might get you wondering the reason behind such a design. Here's what it ...

Dated between 5,900 to 5,800 BC, a village found in Lake Ohrid may be the oldest European lake village ever discovered. The village’s settlements were built on stilts, protecting homes from changing ...

Some architects raise their buildings up on stilts for environmental reasons, while others are simply seeking the best views. Here are 10 of the most striking examples. This timber-framed family home, ...

Dakota Albritton’s life changed after he received a Christmas gift a decade ago. Albritton’s parents always gave him a unique present each year designed to challenge his natural coordination and ...

A vacant beach house built on stilts has collapsed into the sea off the coast of North Carolina. The impact was so severe that it inflicted structural damage on a neighbouring house which crashed into ...

The recent commercialization in Canada of jumping stilts has raised concerns among doctors who are worried about head injuries suffered by people who practise "powerbocking." The shiny, metallic, ...

Perhaps the biggest feat is how they managed to get the idea past health and safety. Canny gardeners have come up with a time-saving method of cutting back one of the world’s biggest hedge mazes – ...

2 of 6 — An illustration, circa 1800, shows men in Landes, France, walking on stilts to protect their feet from the marshy ground. 3 of 6 — A stilt walker works in the hop fields of Wateringbury, ...