The work here is done by the homeowners, Ray & Beth Merrell, and the shell contractor, Mert Hull, out of Colorado Springs. The house is near Pueblo.
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Edited 10/12/2004 9:14 am ET by Cloud Hidden
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Wow...curvy. I assume they are slow to heat up in the summer and provide a cool interior?
Yeah, lots of thermal mass.
Like the detail (eyebrow?) around some of the openings! Is the central dome a garage? What's to either side? Any photos of the rear?
The central one is a covered patio. The neatest part of that is that we're suspending a bulb-shaped fireplace from the shell and shotcreting it in place so that no part of it touches the ground. Don't have pix of that yet.
Very different! How large is each one?
The 7 shells are 40', 40', 28', 36', 32', 32', 32' in diameter. With overlaps, got about 2200 sf for residence, and maybe 1800 for other stuff.
Wild... didn't realize they were that big.
jt8
i have seen a few domes in central fla lately a big church is just up the road a piece.whenever i see it i wonder if you had antyhing to do with it
Not that church (I think there's just one thin shell church in FL) but I know the architect.
Wow, beautiful. I always did love domes,& these are nice Earthy examples, with great details. Your design? If so, Hat's Off!
Yes, actually my first paid design.
interesting that them thangs look like the shape of the earth.
So much for the earth being flat...although......
Be feminine
andy
The secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Just for you, Andy...be well rounded...
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hey cloud....what is that exactly?The secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Anna Nicole Smith's latest....never mind.
That's two of the segments from the house in this thread on the night they were first inflated. As you look at the first picture in the first post, it's the first segment on the right and the third on the right. One of the "money" shots for an air-formed structure is the air form illuminated at night. Here's another from the backside for context:
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I hope Anna Nicol's.....memoirs are.....ahhhh forgetthat
Um....one thing to pass on to you.
go see Motorcycle Memoirs.
The story of Che's early years with his best friend.
I never knew this part of him.......what an incredable human being he was and how sad is it that the CIA shot him in his head with his arms tied behind his back in in a chair......makes ya kinda sick..doesnt it?
Sorry I turned this political/
Be well my brother and I'd sure like to meet you and yours one day
andyThe secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
i found this along the way probably get deleted but
There's no way in hell you're gonna make me add (pol) to one of my dome threads!
Off to the Tavern with ya!
(Not mad or anything...just don't wanna sully my work with the mudslinging that passes for politics today)
and yer name is bud?..........too bad yer not a woman cause I love you....lol
Be well bro
andyThe secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
>> ... makes ya kinda sick..doesnt it?
Not even a little bit.
and oh yeh......you go light and airy.and I go stoned cold and airy if you know what I mean...same shid....
There isnt any definition tween the two really cause we both smile creating what we do and trying to have folks understand the structures we "love" in.
Be well bro
andyThe secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!
http://CLIFFORDRENOVATIONS.COM
Anyone else remember the
Barbapoppas?
cartoon?
70's
come on!
Barba-bo what are you doing in the loom?