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Cerebus:

--- Quote from: John B on August 20, 2020, 09:51:02 pm ---Giving it a bit more thought, it's super impressive. Given the age of the house, I wonder if it was designed on a computer or by hand drawings. Trying to model the structural elements to ensure it meets all engineering requirements would have taken a very creative and talented engineer.

Once you start moving away from flat planes and prisms, protecting against water ingress becomes a big challenge too. Also, regular houses have different structures that are able to move and expand, ie the brick veneer has a measure of independence from the timer frame, the roof is able to flex too. I can see some cracks in the rendering around windows, but I'm surprised the whole structure isn't filled with cracks. It would be interesting to know how it was made, and what the dome structures are made of. Maybe cement and fibre meshing?

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I'd imagine it was drawn by hand. - CAD was still a relatively new (and very pricy) thing in architecture at the start of the 80s and not the sort of thing that made its way into the hands of final year degree students. The architect, and occupant, designed it as his final year project when he was studying to become an architect. He started building it himself in 1983, working at weekends, and finished in 1993. The structure is made out of ferrocement.
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: ChristofferB on September 15, 2020, 01:03:37 pm ---Does the windows have iris blinds? If so I'm sold.

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It does.

helius:
The other thing the OP building reminds me of in terms of interconnected units is the Japanese Metabolism movement, most famously the Nakagin Capsule Tower.
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