{"id":64914,"date":"2013-12-20T09:28:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T17:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=64914"},"modified":"2025-08-22T21:57:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T04:57:05","slug":"a-rich-guy-buys-a-water-tower-and-turns-it-into-an-awesome-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/a-rich-guy-buys-a-water-tower-and-turns-it-into-an-awesome-house\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rich Guy Buys A Water Tower And Turns It Into An Awesome House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wealthy Belgian Businessman bought a water tower that was built nearly 80 years ago and turned it into a modern living space. The tower was built sometime around 1940s in Steenokkerzeel, a small village in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/bham.be\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bham Design Studio<\/a> helped him transform this 100-feet high water tower into his dream house. Most of the tower&#8217;s original concrete were kept during the reconstruction, trying to preserve the strong character of the building.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/a-rich-guy-buys-a-water-tower-and-turns-it-into-an-awesome-house\/old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64915\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-1.jpg\" alt=\"Old water tower converted to living space 1\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-1-550x366.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-20.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-20-550x825.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-20-450x676.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/a-rich-guy-buys-a-water-tower-and-turns-it-into-an-awesome-house\/old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-21\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Old-water-tower-converted-to-living-space-21.jpg\" alt=\"Old water tower converted to living space 21\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64935\" 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