Take a tour of this futuristic spinning glass house that just hit the market in New Zealand for $665,000

An exterior view of 179 Maraetai Road, Auckland, New Zealand, illuminated in early evening.Sotheby's International Realty

• A unique, glass-walled spinning house is on the market in New Zealand for $665,000.
• Known as "the Lighthouse," it has been engineered to turn 360 degrees on its central axis.

A unique house that can spin 360 degrees on its axis has been put up for sale in New Zealand and is creating quite a buzz.

Known locally as "The Lighthouse," 179 Maraetai Road, near Auckland's Pohutukawa coast, is a futuristic, glass-walled near-circular building with unique engineering that means its owners can choose their own view by rotating the building at the click of a button.

The three-bedroom property is the creation of designer Don Dunick, who built it in 2000 after years of research — and is now on the market for NZ $1,075,000, or about $665,000 US.