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747 Wing House

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The 747 Wing House is a private residential structure built using salvaged sections from a decommissioned TWA Boeing 747-131 aircraft. It stands in the Ventura County portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, northwest of Malibu, California. The wings and other airliner components were repurposed into the roof and other structural elements of the house, and their transport to the remote hillside site required both truck and helicopter. The project was completed in 2011 by American architect David Randall Hertz, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, working with his firm the Studio of Environmental Architecture and associate Lucas Goettsche, after years spent securing government approval for the unusual design. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Residential 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Malibu, United States 2
Completed Year
2011 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Residential 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Dwelling, Concepts

In Style

Modernist Architecture, Styles and Movements
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Uses Element

Glass, Architectural Materials
Source 747 Wing House (Wikipedia)
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United States

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1. 747 Wing House (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/747_Wing_House, lead definition
    The 747 Wing House is a residential structure designed from the wings of a decommissioned TWA Boeing 747-131 (N93106).
  • Lead section
    The project was completed by American architect David Randall Hertz, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and his firm, the Studio of Environmental Architecture, in 2011.
  • Lead section
    Located in the Ventura County portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, northwest of the city of Malibu, California, the house has been widely publicized internationally because of its unique design, its sustainable use of recycled materials, the dramatic transportation of the wings to the building site that was completed by a truck and helicopter, and its creative repurposing of abandoned infrastructure to achieve an architectural work of significance.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Residential)
    The 747 Wing House is a residential structure designed from the wings of a decommissioned TWA Boeing 747-131 (N93106). Located in the Ventura County portion of the Santa Monica Mountains, northwest of the city of Malibu, California, the house has been widely publicized internationally because of its unique design, its sustainable use of recycled materials, the dramatic transportation of the wings
  • In Style: Modernist Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Modernist architecture in California
  • Uses Element: Glass, Article text
    By designing the weight distribution on the mounts, it allowed for the outside walls of the building to be made of high efficiency self-supporting glass instead of conventional load-bearing wooden walls.
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2. 747 Wing House (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Malibu, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Malibu, United States
Wikidata item Q4643333, property P131/P17 (location): Malibu, United States
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Wikidata: 747 Wing House
Wikidata Q4643333, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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