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File:ALaRonde.jpg|  'A La Ronde' Exmouth, Devon built by Mary and Jane Parminter in 1798. It's  central octagon shape was modelled on the basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy
File:ALaRonde.jpg|  'A La Ronde' Exmouth, Devon built by Mary and Jane Parminter in 1798. It's  central octagon shape was modelled on the basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy
File:RoundHouse-Southport.jpg|Round House, by Luke Highton, 1924–5 in Southport was described as ‘one of the most unusual houses in North Lancashire.' By Nicholas Pevsner
File:RoundHouse-Southport.jpg|Round House, by Luke Highton, 1924–5 in Southport was described as ‘one of the most unusual houses in North Lancashire.' By Nicholas Pevsner
File:HouseOfFuture-Jacobsen.jpg|The ‘House of The Future’ 1929 by Danish architects Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen.
File:RoundHouseOliverHill.jpg | [[The Round House]] by Oliver Hill on the Frinton Park Estate 1934
File:RoundHouseOliverHill.jpg | [[The Round House]] by Oliver Hill on the Frinton Park Estate 1934
File:StAnnes.jpg|[[St Anne's Court]] is a reinforced-concrete, private house in Chersey, Surreyby achitect Raymond McGrath
File:StAnnes.jpg|[[St Anne's Court]] is a reinforced-concrete, private house in Chersey, Surreyby achitect Raymond McGrath

Revision as of 01:06, 3 January 2018

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

  • Celtic Roundhouses made of wattle and daub recreated at Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort in Pembrokeshire

    Celtic Roundhouses made of wattle and daub recreated at Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort in Pembrokeshire

  • Geometrically patterned, painted round house of the Ndebele people, a Bantu people in Southern Africa.

    Geometrically patterned, painted round house of the Ndebele people, a Bantu people in Southern Africa.

  • Thatched Round Houses in Truro, Cornwall

    Thatched Round Houses in Truro, Cornwall

  • 'A La Ronde' Exmouth, Devon built by Mary and Jane Parminter in 1798. It's central octagon shape was modelled on the basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy

    'A La Ronde' Exmouth, Devon built by Mary and Jane Parminter in 1798. It's central octagon shape was modelled on the basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy

  • Round House, by Luke Highton, 1924–5 in Southport was described as ‘one of the most unusual houses in North Lancashire.' By Nicholas Pevsner

    Round House, by Luke Highton, 1924–5 in Southport was described as ‘one of the most unusual houses in North Lancashire.' By Nicholas Pevsner

  • The ‘House of The Future’ 1929 by Danish architects Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen.

    The ‘House of The Future’ 1929 by Danish architects Arne Jacobsen and Flemming Lassen.

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

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

  • St Anne's Court is a reinforced-concrete, private house in Chersey, Surreyby achitect Raymond McGrath

    St Anne's Court is a reinforced-concrete, private house in Chersey, Surreyby achitect Raymond McGrath

  • The Leo Henriksen House by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, 1956.

    The Leo Henriksen House by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, 1956.

  • Serge Binotto-designed circular property 1960, Mirepoix, Ariege, south west France. A one-off 1960s home designed by the assistant to iconic designer Jean Prouve.

    Serge Binotto-designed circular property 1960, Mirepoix, Ariege, south west France. A one-off 1960s home designed by the assistant to iconic designer Jean Prouve.

  • The Foster House, Wilton, Connecticut USA designed by Richard T Foster with help from Philip Johnson 1967

    The Foster House, Wilton, Connecticut USA designed by Richard T Foster with help from Philip Johnson 1967

  • The brutalist 'Round House' at Herentals, Antwerp, Belgium by Jackie Cuylens 1970

    The brutalist 'Round House' at Herentals, Antwerp, Belgium by Jackie Cuylens 1970

  • ateh Lehbib Braica

    ateh Lehbib Braica

  • Woolbrook Resevoir at Sidmouth in Devon is a converted water storage tank.

    Woolbrook Resevoir at Sidmouth in Devon is a converted water storage tank.

  • The timber built Round House, Devon that featured on the UK’s Channel4 ‘Grand Designs’

    The timber built Round House, Devon that featured on the UK’s Channel4 ‘Grand Designs’

Dome Shaped Houses

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

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

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

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

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

  • The 'Xanadu' Concept Houses made of polyurethane foam at Kissimmee, Kentucky

    The 'Xanadu' Concept Houses made of polyurethane foam at Kissimmee, Kentucky

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

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

  • Pierre Cardin's Palais Bulles in Théoule-sur-Mer, France designed by Hungarian architect Antti Lovag

    Pierre Cardin's Palais Bulles in Théoule-sur-Mer, France designed by Hungarian architect Antti Lovag

  • Luke Skywalker's boyhood home on Tatooine

    Luke Skywalker's boyhood home on Tatooine

  • The Dome House of Marco Island, Cape Romano, Florida built in 1980 had the Island underneath it washed away by Hurricane Andrew and Irma leaving it unsafe and abandoned.

    The Dome House of Marco Island, Cape Romano, Florida built in 1980 had the Island underneath it washed away by Hurricane Andrew and Irma leaving it unsafe and abandoned.

Spherical Houses

There is little rhyme or reason to this selection

  • The aluminium 'Dymaxion House' designed in the 1920s by Buckminster Fuller. It was intended as a sustainable, affordable mass production home.

    The aluminium 'Dymaxion House' designed in the 1920s by Buckminster Fuller. It was intended as a sustainable, affordable mass production home.

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

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

  • The Futuro House designed in 1968 by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen.

    The Futuro House designed in 1968 by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen.

  • ‘Projekt Rondo’, 1966-67, a fiberglass pre-fabicated house by swiss architects Casoni & Casoni Architekten for the 1969 Exposition à la foire Suisse de Bâle

    ‘Projekt Rondo’, 1966-67, a fiberglass pre-fabicated house by swiss architects Casoni & Casoni Architekten for the 1969 Exposition à la foire Suisse de Bâle

Other Round Homes

There is little rhyme or reason to this selection

  • The converted Alliance Gasometer Apartments in Dublin.

    The converted Alliance Gasometer Apartments in Dublin.

  • The now abandoned San-Zhr Pod or 'UFO' Houses in Sanzhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

    The now abandoned San-Zhr Pod or 'UFO' Houses in Sanzhi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

  • A'Future Home' illustrated by the Belgian chocolate company Albion in the 1950 for collectors cards given away in chocolate boxes

    A'Future Home' illustrated by the Belgian chocolate company Albion in the 1950 for collectors cards given away in chocolate boxes

See Also In Chimni

ChimniWiki Homes Of The Future

ChimniWiki Underground Homes

ChimniWiki 'Moderne' Houses

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)

Books We Liked

Refurbishment Projects

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

References

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