BBC Two show The World's Most Extraordinary Homes visits house built from a Boeing 747

Houses perched on mountains 1000's of ft above sea degree are sometimes the only real protect of untamed animals.

However the proprietor of a jaw-dropping Alpine chalet featured in a brand new collection exploring The World's Most Extraordinary Houses enjoys views to rival these of any eagle's nest. 

In addition to the clifftop chalet - which is accessible solely by cable automotive - the BBC Two present visits a California house constructed from the remnants of an outdated Boeing 747, a wide ranging retreat that blends completely into the Arizona desert, and a shocking, origami-inspired construct on New Zealand's South Island.  

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'Home on the Rigi' rests precariously on the aspect of Mount Rigi within the Swiss Alps, 1,665ft above sea degree and solely accessible by way of cable automotive 

The '747 Wing Home' is in Ventura County on the western fringe of the Santa Monica Mountains, northwest of Malibu 

'Tucson Mountain Retreat' was constructed to camouflage in with the Santa Monica mountain vary utilizing a centuries outdated approach

'Te Kaitaka' positioned on the sting of Lake Wanaka in New Zealand took three years to construct and blends into the environment utilizing cedar wooden cladding

Within the new present, the award-winning architect Piers Taylor and actress and property fanatic Caroline Quentin head out to discover the houses around the globe, assembly the homeowners and designers courageous sufficient to take the tasks on. 

The primary episode focuses on mountain properties, with viewers taken on a whirlwind tour that jumps from places within the US to Switzerland to New Zealand's breathtaking South Island. 

747 WING HOUSE, CALIFORNIA

Proprietor Francie Rehwald paid $50,000 for a disused Boeing 747 aircraft, with the architect David Hertz utilizing the wings and the tail fin as a part of the development of her home

Within the Santa Monica mountains in California, one house owner constructed her dream house from probably the most unthinkable re-used constructing materials - the wings and tail fins of a disused Boeing 747, which needed to be delivered onto website by helicopter.

Proprietor Francie Rehwald, a retired Mercedes Benz automotive vendor, spent lower than $50,000 on a decommissioned aircraft, after looking for out architect David Hertz to assist along with her two-bedroom construct.

However she admits to Caroline - who thinks the home is 'outrageous' - that she hadn't estimated the excessive prices she would later come up in opposition to.

Actress Caroline Quentin and award-winning architect Piers Taylor discover among the most extraordinary houses on the planet

'It was fairly a problem to study that a part of my funds was going to be spent on hiring a sky crane helicopter,' she stated.

The proprietor added of the monetary outlay concerned in seeing the challenge by way of: 'It was a hell of much more than anyone first anticipated. No person had ever constructed this earlier than.

'[It was] Tens of millions and hundreds of thousands [of dollars]... Let's simply go away it at that. I exploit the analogy of whenever you're three quarters of the best way to giving start you'll be able to't flip again.

'It's 100 per cent value it. It's an outstanding setting. I really feel so fortunate to stay right here.' 

Earlier than the method of constructing the '747 Wing Home' may even start, Francie needed to acquire permission from 17 totally different goverment companies - together with Homeland Safety - as a result of there was an actual danger that pilots may confuse it for a downed aircraft.

The most important problem was transporting the construction to the mountain aspect website 1,000ft above sea degree, with vehicles and ultimately a helicopter drafted in to finish the job.

HOUSE ON THE RIGI, SWISS ALPS 

The alpine chalet sits excessive above the clouds with gorgeous views of the Swiss Alps - although it is so far up that at occasions the view is obstructed utterly by mist

The hexagonal form of the construction is constructed to face up to the tough winter climate within the Alps

House owners and designers Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hächler created their mountain vacation house as a retreat excessive above the clouds

Caroline and Piers journey to the Swiss Alps to go to a novel alpine chalet that's so distant it is accessible solely by cable automotive.

Perched 1,665ft above sea degree, the Home on the Rigi seems to teeter proper on the sting of a cliff.  

Astonishingly, the pre-fabricated home was in-built simply at some point, utilizing a helicopter to winch the jigsaw kind items into place. 

Its hexagonal form offers it stability within the freezing winter winds, whereas the metal chimney core that anchors the home to the mountain additionally distributes warmth round the home.

The view from the property is usually clouded in mist, however when it clears these inside are handled to an unbelievable panoramic view of the Alps. 

House owners and designers Andreas Fuhrimann and Gabrielle Hächler created their mountain vacation house as a retreat excessive above the clouds. 

TUSCON MOUNTAIN RETREAT, ARIZONA 

The virgin plot was purchased by David Francis 12 years beforehand, who had grown up within the Arizona desert space 

The house has an progressive tackle conventional rammed earth homes, a centuries outdated approach that creates buildings that soak up warmth in the course of the day and launch it at evening

Within the Tuscon Mountain Vary of Arizona, Caroline and Piers uncover a shocking fashionable house closely influenced by historical constructing strategies.

It was constructed utilizing an progressive tackle conventional rammed earth homes - a centuries outdated approach that permits buildings to soak up warmth in the course of the day and launch it at evening, lowering the necessity for air-conditioning and heating.

Owned by medical doctors David and Karen Francis, the 'Tucson Mountain Retreat' was constructed by DUST Architects, who have been entrusted with preserving the pure fantastic thing about the encompassing desert panorama.

Solely three cacti wanted to be eliminated and replanted in the course of the constructing course of, but it surely took the homeowners one other yr after completion earlier than they moved in

Though the construct was accomplished in 2013 - with solely three cacti needing to be replanted to make room - Karen admits it took them a yr to truly transfer in.

She tells Caroline how she was offended at her husband for a way a lot they'd spent, and joked: 'I used to be considering of killing my husband, however as a result of we have been a lot in debt, I sort of wanted him to proceed to work after which it will additionally look dangerous if I received the life insurance coverage and the home… 

'Then we determined to come back again and revel in it.'

Unusually,the home has no corridors connecting the rooms - as a substitute the homeowners head outdoors to navigate their manner across the scattered dice construction.

TE KAITAKA, SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND 

The constructing was designed to slot in with strict planning rules in a location that very not often has plots obtainable on the market

The architects took inspiration from the triangle formed mountains and origami to create the house's distinctive construction

New Zealand's South Island is the ultimate cease on the presenters' whirlwind tour of probably the most extraordinary mountain houses.

'Te Kaitaka', constructed by Stevens Lawson Architects for homeowners Mark and Susannah, is positioned a half hour drive from the closest city of Wanaka in an space fiercely protected by New Zealand's planning legal guidelines - a lot in order that it is extraordinarily uncommon a plot turns into obtainable. 

Sitting simply on the sting of Lake Wanaka, the origami-style construction was designed to accommodate all the strict rules and took three years to construct. 

The home was impressed by the encompassing bushes and mountains, and has been cleverly camouflaged utilizing wood cedar cladding to make sure it doesn't jar with its spectacular pure environment. 

The four-part collection The World's Most Extraordinary Houses begins on Friday at 9pm on BBC Two. 

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