Family home, wrapped in greenhouse. Genius!

In Sweden a family designs a greenhouse to wrap around their home and warm it naturally. Charles Sacilotto and Marie Granmar’s home, encased in glass, keeps them and their kids warm all year round. The couple gives us a tour of their house-in-a-greenhouse, located on the Stockholm archipelago, that uses natural solar power to provide heat and save energy.

Rather than build from the ground up, Charles and Marie decided to purchase this small home and construct a greenhouse around it. The structure, built out of security glass 4 millimeters thick, is designed to withstand the elements, but will shatter into small harmless pieces if it does break. Fair Companies states that its warming effect produces a climate, not unlike the Mediterranean, with Charles adding, “At the end of January it can be -2°C outside and it can be 15 to 20°C upstairs."