Yesterday, we wrote about Le Corbusier’s apparent influence in the world of skateboarding. Skaters, it seems, think highly of the modernist architect for his championing of plastic concrete forms and wide open urban plazas—perfect skateable architectures. Corbu’s international influence helped spread these “machines for skating” in metropolises all over the globe, giving skaters a whole new way to experience the city.

These next seven projects are—either intentionally or not—ideal for living, recreation, and skateboarding. Some are actual interventions in domestic life, inserting concrete ramps and mounds inside houses, while others borrow whole forms from the skatepark itself. Click through to see them all!

Photo: Sam Mc Guire/Etnies

PAS House
Malibu, California
Designed by Francois Perrin / Air Architecture, Gil Lebon Delapointe
Learn more about this project in the Architizer database here.

Photo: Kojima Junji for LEVEL Architects

Skatepark House
Tokyo, Japan
Designed by LEVEL Architects
Learn more about this project here.

Ramp House
Athens, Greece
Designed by Archivirus
Learn more about this project here.

Skate Villa
Salzburg, Austria
Designed by Philipp Schuster
Learn more about this project here.

Photo: Fernando Manosalvas

House in Casa de Campo
La Romana, Dominican Republic
Designed by A-cero Studio
Learn more about this project in the Architizer database here.

Bastard Store
Milan, Italy
Designed by Studio Metrico
Learn more about this project in the Architizer database here.

Photo: Iwan Baan

Cité de l’Ocean et du Surf (complete with skate bowl)
Biarritz, France
Designed by Steven Holl Architects
Learn more about this project in the Architizer database here.

by Architizer Editors

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