
Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence

Via Houlihan Lawrence
This 1985 home – sitting atop a waterfall on New York’s Landsman Kill River – melds a treehouse with a sleek Modernist box.
Designed by architect Steve Mensch as his own family home, it also echoes Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater house, built above a cascade.
The six-bedroom property’s concrete and timber frame gives way to a predominantly wooden interior. Each room is orientated towards the water and surrounding 26-acres of Hudson Valley woodland, while the open-plan living room has glass exterior walls that can be pulled back, opening the house up to the elements.
A separate patio, connected by a walkway, hovers at the edge of the waterfall’s drop for those comfortable with heights.

Spread over four-storeys, the house is part of an estate comprising four copper-roofed buildings that are connected to each other by a series of covered walkways.
Two guest houses and a studio with a soaring 9-ft ceiling complete the lot, which is on the market via Houlihan Lawrence for $8.995m.
And if you fancy trying before you buy, you can rent the property via Airbnb.