http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/woman-builds-home-from-airplane-20349533

http://www.sustainabilityninja.com/sustainable-alternative-materials/woman-recycles-airplane-to-build-home-16776/

Quote :

" Malibu resident Francie Rehwald wanted to build a house that was both eco-friendly and had curves. Her architect, David Hertz, suggested salvaging an old 747. Hertz says he came up with the idea of using an airplane because it fit all the criteria Rehwald wanted. “It soon became apparent, that in fact, an airplane wing itself could work,” he wrote on his website. “In researching airplane wings and superimposing different airplane wing types on the site to scale, the wing of a 747, at over 2,500 sq ft, became an ideal configuration to maximize the views and provide a self-supporting roof with minimal additional structural support needed.” "

6/18/2010 12:28:16 AM

Architects are so full of shit. That poor woman.

6/18/2010 12:41:51 AM

That's a very Malibu thing to do.

6/18/2010 12:45:09 AM

Ah, delivery via chinook helicopter.

That had to be cheap. About as cheap as that set of gigantic fucking aluminum aircraft wings.

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 12:45 AM. Reason : I would rather have a tree house.]

6/18/2010 12:45:29 AM

i think that's pretty cool.



but yeah that couldn't be cheap

6/18/2010 8:27:36 AM

it doesn't matter how expensive it is to build, transport, and maintain as long as the materials are "repurposed"

6/18/2010 8:29:23 AM

Presumably, the wings were free -- she "recycled" them, right?


nope
$2,000,000
$40,000


[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 8:33 AM. Reason : ]

6/18/2010 8:30:21 AM

^^i thought that too aha

btw the first video is from fox news.


[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 8:35 AM. Reason : ^gggeeeeez. 40k]

6/18/2010 8:30:39 AM