http://inhabitat.com/beautiful-solar-storage-barn-built-from-raw-materials/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:21:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://inhabitat.com/beautiful-solar-storage-barn-built-from-raw-materials/comment-page-1/#comment-232515 Retired 747 Airplane Transformed Into Striking Malibu Home | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:06:22 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=36529#comment-232515 [...] Here’s how it works: buy a retired 747 for the paltry sum of $35,000. Register it with the FAA so pilots flying overhead don’t mistake the house for a downed aircraft. Disassemble the 230-foot long, 195-foot wide machine. Elevate the wings and tail stabilizers to use as a roof for the master bedroom. Create a roof for a detached art studio from a 50-foot long section of the upper fuselage. Add a guesthouse, constructing its roof from the remaining front part of the fuselage and the upper first-class cabin. The front of the airplane works well — for someone with absolutely no fear of flying — as a meditation gazebo, where the cockpit windows form a skylight. And since we’re in ranch country, use the cargo hold as an animal barn. [...] [...] Here’s how it works: buy a retired 747 for the paltry sum of $35,000. Register it with the FAA so pilots flying overhead don’t mistake the house for a downed aircraft. Disassemble the 230-foot long, 195-foot wide machine. Elevate the wings and tail stabilizers to use as a roof for the master bedroom. Create a roof for a detached art studio from a 50-foot long section of the upper fuselage. Add a guesthouse, constructing its roof from the remaining front part of the fuselage and the upper first-class cabin. The front of the airplane works well — for someone with absolutely no fear of flying — as a meditation gazebo, where the cockpit windows form a skylight. And since we’re in ranch country, use the cargo hold as an animal barn. [...]

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