Located in the ventura county portion of the santa monica mountains northwest of the city of malibu california the house has been widely publicized internationally because of its unique design its sustainable use of recycled materials the dramatic transportation of the.
Boeing 747 house roof.
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The upper structure creates the main house and uses the right wing as the main roof and two horizontal stabilizers as the roofs of the master bedroom and bathroom.
The finished main house incorporates the wings of the 747 100.
The plane s parts were obtained from an aeroplane scrap yard in california.
The director at boeing gave a detai.
The home is also featured in bbc 2 s the world s most extraordinary homes.
The suspended wings rest over self supporting glass walls that front the hillside house which was designed by american.
Aluminum airplane wings make up the roof and ceiling and while they might be most striking more than 4 7 million other parts were repurposed for the house.
Architect transforms an old boeing 747 into a futuristic house by airlifting the parts into the california hills.
Francie rehwald wanted her house to look feminine have curves and be eco friendly.
Register it with the faa so pilots flying overhead don t mistake the house for a downed aircraft.
The lower house is partially open air and has 18 foot tall 5 5 m ceilings topped with the left 747 wing.
Hertz s brief was an economical feminine house with a floating roof.
Rehwald s wing house is made almost entirely out of the recycled parts of a 747 boeing plane.
Here s how it works.
An inside look at the boeing customer experience center which features the new b747 b787 and b737 mock up cabin designs.
The wings and tail stabilizers were all pre engineered as self supporting structures making them perfect lightweight long span roof.
The boeing was bound for the garbage pile before s e a.
After introducing the 707 in october 1958 pan am wanted a jet 2 times its size to reduce its seat cost by 30 to democratize air travel.
The 747 wing house is a unique residential structure designed from the wings of a decommissioned boeing 747 100 airplane.
In 1965 joe sutter left the 737 development program to design the 747 the first twin aisle airliner.
Buy a retired 747 for the paltry sum of 35 000.
The roof of this malibu house is made from the wings of an aeroplane.
A triumph of regenerative design the 747 wing house upcycles airplane components into poetic roof forms.