--- title: "Architect Sells Rendered 3D House as $500,000 NFT" description: "Contemporary artist Krista Kim sold her \"Mars House,\" a virtual piece of real estate, for 288 ether, worth over half a million dollars, as an NFT." date: "2021-03-18" modified: "2021-03-18" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/architect-sells-rendered-3d-house-500000-nft" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Future Society" - "NFTs" tags: - "art" - "blockchain" - "nfts" - "the digest" --- # Architect Sells Rendered 3D House as $500,000 NFT ![Contemporary artist Krista Kim sold her "Mars House," a virtual piece of real estate, for 288 ether, worth over half a million dollars, as an NFT.]() *\Image: Krista Kim\* ## Virtual Real Estate Contemporary artist Krista Kim has sold a house for $500,000. But it's not any house — the "Mars House" is a purely virtual piece of real estate and was sold for 288 ether, worth over half a million dollars, as a non-fungible token or NFT, [*CNBC* reports](). Kim is hoping to take what NFTs can be to the next level with her Mars House, which is an immersive 3D experience rather than a simple JPG. "Right now, a lot of the \[NFT\] art that’s currently available on platforms, it’s a very limited parameter of how you can present the art," Kim told CNBC on Wednesday. "It’s presented, basically, as a digital file, a beautiful drawing or video on your screen, but my intention was to look beyond that." https://vimeo.com/416558553 Kim created the Mars House during the first wave of COVID-19 lockdowns. "Mars House is the first iconic 'NFT digital home' for sale in history," Kim writes in [a description]() of her work. "Mars House is a light sculpture, with LED substrate extending to the pool, throughout the entire perimeter of the house, for a uniform, fully integrated effect of my gradients in motion." ## AR Lifestyle "For me, I actually foresee that we will be living in an augmented reality lifestyle within a very short period," she told *CNBC*, saying that such a future is only "a couple years" away. To Kim, people will be expressing themselves just like getting a tattoo through digital art. "Well, people are also going to express themselves with digital... assets and decorative pieces and collectibles, fashion, accessories." **READ MORE:** [Creator who sold NFT house for $500,000: We’ll be ‘living in an augmented reality lifestyle’ soon]() \[*CNBC*\] **More on NFTs:** *[NFTs Have a Huge Persistence Problem]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()