I mean, seriously, why?

It's hideous.

This monstrosity has more square feet than the abandoned Albertson's supermarket a few blocks away from my house. I don't get the desire for ridiculous amounts of space.

I mean, seriously, why?

nouuveau riche?
Short man syndrome?
Short penis syndrome?

[NOT HEIGHTIST]

nouveau

whoah, that there is some buttugly; I feel sorry for the people inflicted with this view.

What an asshole.

hmm ... I think it's kind of an interesting attempt to create a structure that mirrors the landscape. I don't hate it as much as I hate other things.

"a residence that blends into the mountain, that is very subtle."

Subtle? It looks like an interstate highway interchange under a pile of old tire recapatoids.

Ridgetop development is possibly one of the worst ideas of the last 20 years. We're battling it here - and losing - and it's just so depressing to look around and see these billion dollar monstrosities on every mountaintop when just a few years ago they were unspoiled woods. To get to the developments they build new roads up the mountain that trash the slopes; they clearcut and grade steep slopes to put in infrastructure and, in an unforeseen problem that we're dealing with in Asheville, it turns out that pumping water up the mountain destroys the water pressure for the neighborhoods below. There's terrible increased runoff from the denuded slopes which leads to mudslides and big stormwater problems: one of the reasons all of Asheville flooded so badly three years ago. Then the bears, who for years have run the ridgetops now have their patterns interrupted - which leads to more and more problematic bear/human interactions. So it's not just the destruction of the views; it's wholesale destruction of one of the few remaining unspoiled ecosystems in the mountains.

If there was an earthquake, and the house was damaged, how could you tell? There's so many "pieces" of it, or at least it looks that way. I'm not a fan, as I prefer a more seamless housing approach. I do like the three tier pools, that look like canoes. And with all that roofing tile, he could have gone solar with paneling.

mygothlaundry, the same thing is happening here in PA, except that instead of bears, it's coyotes & mountain lions.