Architect Builds Dark Knight-Inspired House Complete With Batcave
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From the outside, this recently renovated heritage house looks like a regular, if incredibly opulent, home. But beneath the surface of its grounds lies a secret. For this is no ordinary house, it’s a house with an alter ego… and a Batcave.
Australian architecture firm Molecule has created a home fit for Bruce Wayne and Batman by adding a vast underground garage to the house inspired by the one used by Christian Bale in ‘The Dark Knight’.
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Above: The Batcave
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Above: Bruce Wayne’s hideout in ‘The Dark Knight’
The “Batcave”, which houses the resident’s sizeable supercar collection, has been concealed beneath the house’s garden and is accessed by a secret hydraulic ramp that rises up in the tennis court.
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Ceiling lights and mirrored walls are used to create the illusion of “an endless, sky-lit space” in the garage, which is also linked to the house via a glass-roofed tunnel.
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Molecule says the project, appropriately dubbed “Wayne Residence”, “hovers between past and future – entirely appropriate for the contemporary renovation of a house with an important place in history.”
It’s not clear how much the renovation costs, or even where this opulent residence is located, but one thing’s for sure: You’d need the bank balance of a playboy billionaire to make it happen.
For more images head over to Molecule’s website.
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Image credits: Molecule