Round aluminum house anyone?

[dgbldr]

Had a close (but short) look at the Dymaxion house today. Apparently the only one in existence:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house

Wiki is not complete but fairly accurate. Very interesting Jetson-like features. Closet opens like a Lazy Susan. Small opening in the wall is the "dresser". Basically a hidden vertical conveyor. You push a button and it moves up one space exposing another compartment. And other similar features. Very amusing.

Apparently was to be built in pieces in a factory. Intended to be built by Beechcraft and it shows. Structure built very much like an aluminum airplane. On site you pour a very small foundation and plant a mast into it. Then you truck the components to the site and mount them to the mast. The finished floors appear structural. Basically radial aluminum U channels, tapered like pie slices with flush hardwood inserts. No evidence of any insulation or heating system. Space immediately around the mast was a chase for utilities and also served as a chimney for the passive ventilation system.

No sure if and where this concept could have worked, but certainly a lot of outside the box thinking here.

[Mark Parlee]

dg
Take a look at this one.
I have been in it for some meetings a very cool place.
Some rotting windows;I had to show him don't you know.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruse/49134695/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...ws.8JNflV95GNA