Feb 27 2009Coooool!: All Glass House Has Sliding Exterior
The Sliding House is an all glass house built by Ross Russell and his wife in Suffolk, England. Its exterior walls and roof are all one piece that can be rolled off of the glass shell via a system of wheels and motors, exposing the entire house to sunlight. I want one. And not just because I'm an exhibitionist, but because HEY, LOOKIE HERE! Haha, yeah, because I'm an exhibitionist.
Thanks to Dan and Joemo, whose houses don't just slide, they electric slide.
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Reader Comments
1. joey87 - February 27, 2009 12:24 PM
FIRST!!!!!! THIS IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS THE HOMELESS DOME...
2. Chuey "The Rock 'n' Roll" Midget - February 27, 2009 12:34 PM
First the worse...Second the best....third the turd!! It sucks...almost as good as the homeless doom..you are right!! Just almost!!
3. Angel Mass - February 27, 2009 12:38 PM
Remarkable
4. McFeely Smackup - February 27, 2009 12:38 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how interesting things are never interesting enough...headlines and descriptions will ALWAYS exaggerate to the point of deliberate falsehoods.
This is not an "all glass house", the house has a glass atrium that can be exposed in a unique manner. The majority of the house is not glass.
5. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - February 27, 2009 12:39 PM
I wonder if they like to throw stones.
6. blp - February 27, 2009 12:43 PM
That is genius. Ideal for our low sunlight hours. One drawback is I wouldn't want to wait for the motors to pull the glass house back in when I need to masturbate.
7. hark - February 27, 2009 12:43 PM
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8. Daisy - February 27, 2009 12:45 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was at a football game where there was a sniper waiing to shoot at the President. Quincy put a big bet on the game and if he loses the dead guys won't get complete autopsies.
9. NUDIST - February 27, 2009 12:49 PM
AS A PROFESSIONAL NUDIST, and PRESIDENT OF THE NUDIST CLUB!!! I WOULD BY THAT HOUSE AND THROW A PARTY WITH ALL MY MEMBERS EVERYDAY. NO CLOTHES ALLOWED.
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10. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - February 27, 2009 12:50 PM
@7
I hope you have defective genes.
11. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - February 27, 2009 12:50 PM
@9
What's the area code?
12. bazzy - February 27, 2009 12:55 PM
My favourite part is when I click to watch the AWESOME SLIDING HOUSE clip and then some guys bore the will to live right out of me for what seemed like a couple of hours.
13. Cade - February 27, 2009 1:04 PM
While this is interesting, just think how crappy it would be for washing all that glass. They live in a country side. I'm sure they're bird target practice. All that time, money and effort just to see a long streak running serpentine with the speed of aeons. Hahaha. I'll keep my solid roof and the sweet ignorance it brings.
14. gizmoduck - February 27, 2009 1:05 PM
kill it with acid
15. Pat - February 27, 2009 1:11 PM
It's like the GW said: "Don't throw orgies in glass houses."
16. bendizle - February 27, 2009 1:11 PM
i want to fill it with water......MWAHAHHAHHAHHHAHHAH
17. mtk - February 27, 2009 1:42 PM
Agreed with #12. The house is great, but the two gentlemen in the clip may be the most boring people on earth.
18. me - February 27, 2009 1:59 PM
Someone's gonna need a lot of windex...
19. man - February 27, 2009 2:19 PM
Just go outside, retard
20. Amanda Heironimus - February 27, 2009 2:46 PM
Man... bitter much, people? Give these guys some props for not just building another g.d. McMansion. I'm impressed by the engineering and imagination. Besides, no one asked any of you to live in it.
21. Amanda Heironimus - February 27, 2009 2:47 PM
Oh - but let us not forget that people in glass houses should not throw orgies. (Especially not THESE people... shite.) ;)
~a
22. Anna - February 27, 2009 3:09 PM
holy crapamungo! I neeeed something very similar too, but not exactly like that house!
23. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - February 27, 2009 3:53 PM
@22
crapamungo? Really? Are you twelve? If so, can you tell me where you live?
24. orb205 - February 27, 2009 3:57 PM
They sound like they're falling asleep by talking about the house. Someone give them a voice over or a soda, anything.
This is really cool though.
25. Barry Winchester - February 27, 2009 4:29 PM
As incredible as that is, I would hate to have Windex duty on the weekends.
26. Long "Feet" - February 27, 2009 5:33 PM
What if I get caught in the door?
27. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - February 27, 2009 6:12 PM
Euro-garbage.
Somebody give me a rock.
28. Berzerker - February 27, 2009 9:22 PM
Radical
29. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - February 27, 2009 9:37 PM
I feel the urge to send a few bus-loads of school children there and tell them to touch every glass surface they see... every day. These guys bored the crap out of me. I wouldn't mind the optional exhibitionist part though... nevermind...
30. cc - February 28, 2009 12:21 AM
Looks drafty, David Suzuki would be pissed...
31. Lowlands - February 28, 2009 5:21 PM
It must be great being in that house when it rains or snows.You like a snow free house? Just slide it off.
32. Darth - February 28, 2009 5:27 PM
I'm a bit disappointed that the shed next to the house doesn't slide.
33. djduckidangerjones - February 28, 2009 11:51 PM
i kind of pictured them inside like little ants and the house like a magnifying glass.. weird
34. Buckeye Voter - March 1, 2009 5:59 PM
@20 - A McMansion would be more functional than this.
35. Octopus Pie - March 2, 2009 7:16 AM
HA- could you imagine what it would be like to live next door to that, with all of the sunlight passing through all of that glass & hitting your house?
Not to mention that you could tell whenever your neighbors were getting it on by when the house condom (the sliding exterior) gets put on.
"Wait honey! You gotta use the house condom! What if something happens?"
"I'm too far gone to worry about that! Besides, it just *feels* better with it off!"
36. apples - April 14, 2009 7:29 PM
"Honey, don't forget to tuck the house in before you come to bed!"
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