This modern, glass-walled, weekend lake house in Austin is built around two massive oak trees. One is growing directly out of an ipe deck and through a dedicated hole in a Western red cedar overhanging roof, which doubly allows light to flood into the home. Photo 2 of 23 in 23 Unconventional Homes Built Around Trees

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The Constant Springs Residence in Austin, Texas, is built around a pair of massive oak trees—one of which shoots through an ipe deck and into a void in the overhanging cedar roof. "The hole also allows light to penetrate deeper into the house," notes designer Kevin Alter, principal of Alterstudio Architecture.