Would You Live In This Loft In the Clouds?

Of course you would. Who wouldn't want to reside in the realm of the falcons, supported by the smokestacks of a decaying industrial behemoth? The view from the rooftop deck would be amazing, as long as you're not getting your fillings blown out by the jet stream. Get those chimneys working again and you could smoke your own meat.

Alas, the cloudloft is but a mind-spurt of Polish firm be3design, and is not likely to get built given its bizarre countenance and physical challenges. (Prove me wrong, Poland!) Still, architects are giving it much-deserved love. The concept won first place in 2012's "New Vision of the Loft," an international design competition put on by A10 magazine and roof-window-maker (you read that right) FAKRO. The cloudloft beat out a Dublin factory with lofts stapled to its side and an idea to colonize a city's unused roofs with more lofts.