Sentences with phrase «houses on stilts»

Play sets are shockingly expensive — thousands of dollars for wooden mini houses on stilts, swing sets, and such.

They build their houses on stilts, shift their agricultural calendar and methods, or put in place faster flood alert systems.

63 Fig. 20 - 17, p. 485 Move hazardous material storage tanks away from coast Connect wildlife reserves with corridors Develop crops that need less water Waste less water Move people away from low - lying coastal areas Stockpile 1 - to 5 - year supply of key foods Expand existing wildlife reserves toward poles Prohibit new construction on low - lying coastal areas or build houses on stilts

I never really worried about the mythical Bangladeshi who might drown if the sea level rose too high — I always assumed they were smart enough to move, or build dikes or put their houses on stilts.

One way of treading a little bit more lightly on the ground when you build houses is to put them on stilts; last year we did a round up of houses on stilts that included construction shots and a model of Andrés Jaque Architectos «House in Never Never

The houses on stilts are private and secluded, connected to the rest of the island via wooden walkways.

Next Chew Jetty or «She Chew Kew» the biggest waterfront settlement or «houses on stilts» created by Chinese immigrant in the mid 19th century.

Consisting of a row of wooden houses on stilts along a planked walkway built over the water, The Clan Jetties are Read More»

On the banks, rickety old wooden houses on stilts can be seen in stark contrast to the spanking new houses and condominiums.

Wander the streets of Fort George, a residential neighborhood of clapboard houses on stilts and yards lush with banana trees and bougainvillea.

Cod fishing is an island staple and the shores are lined with scenic fishing houses on stilts.

First opened in 1992 on a former homestead and cattle ranch, the resort is comprised of 40 accommodations, including ocean - view suites, tree - houses on stilts and the freestanding Cliff House, which features a deck that appears to suspend over the 1,200 - foot - high ocean bluff.

There are no cars here, and this fishing village is reached by taking a longtail boat through the mangrove forests where wooden houses on stilts perch over the water.

Stone bridges with wood houses on stilts overlook the lakes, a place for contemplation, meditation and humility.

Miguel is drawn with the plump cheeks and beady eyes that render so many animated humans overly doll - like, but the many skeletons in Coco are fabulously kooky and the land of the dead is something to behold, a twinkling metropolis of hillside barrios and houses on stilts reached by dangling gondolas.

So sun - dappled, so serene & tranquil — so many houses on stilts — so lovely!

A house on stilts is more stable innit

Ive heard that if it is destroyed by the wind, the town's new building code requires me to rebuild the house on stilts.

ARTnews: Some of your previous works have been very physical, like Unnamed Structure, the large raw wood creaky house on stilts you built into the lobby of the Walker in 2011.

Built around the tree trunk, this cute pastel, wonky roofed house on stilts, with picket fence, flower pots and bunting has a real country home feel and the slide down to the grassy floor adds a whole lot of fun!

Not exact matches

Most houses still standing were on stilts.

«Elevating a home is not simply lifting a house off the ground and putting it on stilts.

Picking a house up and setting it on stilts or a higher foundation to protect it from a future storm surge.

Families who live in thatched - roof houses built on stilts above the rising and falling river scoop the fish from the water with handheld nets, then transfer them with hollowed - out gourds to baskets.

Following Hurricane Irma, a Coconut Grove homeowner started looking for a way to protect her home from future storms and flooding and found inspiration in affordable houses built on stilts in Louisiana, but many counties in Florida — with the possible exception of Monroe — don't plan to use post-hurricane Federal Emergency Management Agency money on single - family home elevations.

Towering skyscrapers look down upon wooden houses built on stilts while five - star hotels sit just metres away from ancient reefs.

We uprooted our family with three sons, and moved from a five - bedroom house in Orange County, to a hut on stilts in Belize.

Chalets have well - positioned balconies and the magnificently situated house cafe and seating area is raised on stilts to provide spectacular views across the bay so simply kicking back and admiring the scenery or catching up on some quality reading time, (there is no WiFi access by the way), are popular options.

On the other side are stilt houses.

Where houses are built on stilts and people still live of salt fish and shrimp paste, time seems to slow down.

The grounds are immaculate, the food is top - notch, and if you don't mind a splurge, the deluxe «tree houses» on stilts boast knockout views.

Kids and chickens frolic at modest inland houses, each perched on wooden stilts with a few signature birdhouses dangling out front.

Wonderful little Gumm Lonely Club was named not after Juicy Fruit but rather the owner himself, a laid - back guy offering four budget rooms in a wooden house standing on stilts beside the mangrove - lined canal.

These wooden houses sitting on top of stilts are a common sight all over Belize's islands and much of the eastern coast on the mainland.

Hop on board one of the boats that await to whisk travellers away to stilt - houses on the river, before venturing upstream for piranha fishing, anaconda hunting and swimming with pink river dolphins.

Our luxury Sumba accommodation options include houses built in the traditional Indonesian style, with thatched roofs and separate sleeping pavilions, and even homes built on stilts.

The house was built on stilts around an enormous Jacaranda, with traditional Japanese Tea House principles in house was built on stilts around an enormous Jacaranda, with traditional Japanese Tea House principles in House principles in mind.

First opened in 1992 on a former homestead and cattle ranch, the resort is comprised of 40 accommodations, including ocean - view suites, treehouses on stilts, and the freestanding Cliff House, which features a deck that appears to suspend over the bluff, 365 - metres over the Pacific.

The original Thai stilt house has been nicely renovated and is the meeting point for the divers going on the boat in the morning.

First opened in 1992 on a former homestead and cattle ranch, the resort is comprised of 40 accommodations, including ocean - view suites, treehouses on stilts, and the freestanding Cliff House, which features a deck that appears to suspend over the 1,200 - foot - high ocean bluff.

Since houses - on - stilts are actually a typical traditional house construction for ordinary homes all over SE Asia, they don't even seem unusual or unique to me.

Check In: The Hyatt House Anaheim Resort is basically built on stilts.

The simple houses of more than 400 residents of this water village stand on wooden stilts or piles of rock and mostly with fish cages.

Baan Moon Fisherman's Villa was originally a fisherman's house built on wood stilts located right on the lagoon at the mouth of the Klong Prao beach.

«Baan Rim Nam: A charming, idiosyncratic, converted fishing family's house, built on stilts over the klong at the end of a walkway through the mangroves.

Tree Houses The Beach House Resort Tree Houses are traditional Indonesian huts on stilts situated in their own private garden.

355 guestrooms and suites are housed in clusters of single - and double - storey wooden chalets built on stilts, and each with spacious verandahs overlooking stunning views of the ocean or the surrounding landscaped gardens.

Villa Utara, also built on stilts on the western edge of the North Lagoon, overlooks the House Reef and the spectacular dive sites of Fiabacet beyond.

His sculptures are carved out of wood and assembled into objects and landscapes pulled directly from the unconscious — a house on tall stilts rises out of a whale or a mountain rises out of a boat.

Rosenquist moves his office and work space to a stilt - house on the property (located across a road from the area destroyed by fire).