CASTLES IN AIR

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 995, 11 June 1930, Page 6

CASTLES IN AIR

Home that Dangles From a Mast ERECTED IN ONE DAY A house that is “airship,” home, garage and airplane shed in one has been invented by Mr. R. Buckmaster Fuller, a retired American naval officer who has turned architect. Mr. Fuller calls his new dwelling “The Dymaxion House.” It looks like an octagonal circus tent, but instead of resting on the ground it is suspended from an aerfal mast like an airship. The house weighs l.ess than three tons and can be installed in 24 hours. Beneath the house is a combined garage and hangar for a folding airplane. Library and Television The first deck of the living quarters is 14 feet above the ground. Here are a living-room, a library equipped witr wireless, typewriter and television: two large bedrooms, each with a bathroom attached, a kitchen and laundry.

On the top of the house is a deck where sunbaths can be enjoyed. The outside walls are hollow, triangular panes of casein, a transparent material made of vegetable waste. The windows are constructed on the thermos flask type so as to preserve an equable temperature. Mo Gas or Lighting Bills It is claimed that In this house there is no need for the local electric light or gas company, for all the heat, lighting and refrigerating power can be supplied by a Diesel engine at a cost of 25s a month. Mothers and housewives are expected to rejoice in the new aerial home, for the floors are made of rubber blown up, so that babies can play without being watched.

This, magic house is to be made in an American factory at a price of £750.