Fit your home to the weather forecast with a house equipped with an adjustable roof. London-based architecture firm dRMM ups the idea of mobile walls with their latest design venture dubbed the Sliding House.

It’s tough to imagine but basically 104 feet of railway tracks allow a sliding 20 ton roof/wall structure to traverse the length of the Suffolk dwelling. The 52 feet long mobile enclosure comes self-powered with car batteries hidden within the shell and wheels built into the walls that roll to cover the various sections of the house. Built to resemble a long, narrow wood barn, the red trimmed home is segmented into the glass enclosed main house, a garage, and an annex. As the insulated steel shell moves down the tracks, sections get covered and uncovered to create instances where a canopy appears or the bathroom gets exposed to the elements while the yard gets covered up.

Here is a series of photos to illustrate how the shell covers the main house: Read the rest of this entry »