Round Houses

Here at Chimni we are happy to admit that very little about this page makes sense. That is not to say it is not important. The characteristic of being round is not necessarily one that has had an important impact on the history of housing development. It is also a difficult category to break down into sub-groups although many of them do fall into the slightly broad category of Homes Of The Future and quite a few also appear in the Moving Or Floating Homes category. For our Wiki we have adopted that 'round' and 'circular' has the same meaning, while spherical should speak for itself.

Round Houses

There is little rhyme or reason to this selection

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  The Round House by Oliver Hill on the Frinton Park Estate 1934

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  The Foster House, Wilton, Connecticut USA 1967

Dome Shaped Houses

A specific subset of 'round' houses, the Dome is surprising common for a housing shapre

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  The Japan Dome House - a prefabricated concept home by i-Home.

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  'The House You'll Live In In 1989' Illustrated by Gurney Miller in Mechanix Illustrated 1957

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  The Hobbit House, Wales built by Simon Dale as an environmental project.

Spherical Houses

There is little rhyme or reason to this selection

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  Kugelhaus

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  Kugelhaus, A concept house by inventor Johan Lodowici from 1960.

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  The Futuro House

Other Round Homes

There is little rhyme or reason to this selection

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  The converted Alliance Gasometer Apartments in Dublin.

See Also In Chimni

ChimniWiki Is My House 'Art Deco'?

ChimniWiki Decorating a 1930s 'Moderne' House

ChimniWiki Homes Used In Poirot Episodes

Other Interesting Web Sites

http://www.arts.ac.uk/csm/about-csm/futuro-house/

http://www.futurohouse.co.uk/about.html

https://twitter.com/o_houses

https://twitter.com/o_houses/status/566717111624826880/photo/1

https://twitter.com/o_houses

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/portable-globe-house-for-well-rounded-living/

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/21/us/domes-at-uc-davis-counterculture-spirit-thrives.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

https://roundhouses.wordpress.com/

http://www.digitaltrends.com/home/inside-timothy-oultons-dome-home/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&utm_content=dc9Noh&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter#!dc9Noh

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/your-own-inflatable-dome-make-it-from-a-kit/#more

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/prefabricated-house-for-defense-needs/#more

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/jackie-gleasons-round-house/

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/orange-peel-house-for-campers-fits-on-small-trailer/ (also in moving homes)

Refurbishment Projects

https://www.behance.net/gallery/4146459/Refurbishment-of-a-1930s-House-Dublin

References

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