747 wing house
A triumph of regenerative design, the 747 Wing House upcycles airplane components into poetic roof forms. The Boeing was bound for the garbage pile before S.E.A. intercepted and reimagined it as architecture. The wings and tail stabilizers were all pre-engineered as self-supporting structures, making them perfect lightweight long-span roof profiles. The project represents S.E.A.’s commitment to maximizing the longevity of building and product life-cycles in novel ways.
A tradition of radical reuse defines the site’s storied genius loci. The fifty-five acre property is part of the historic Tony Duquette estate, defined by diverse follies that the Hollywood set designer built with repurposed industrial scrap. Continuing that legacy, other parts of the Boeing 747 are planned to become new pavilions and sculptures around the site. The Wing House is thus an artistic response to Duquette’s legacy for the 21st century.
Many of the previous pads and retaining walls were kept in order to minimize project’s impacts on the landscape. The main building uses one wing as well as the tail stabilizers for the roof, while the guest house is covered by the remaining wing. The roofs appear to float by utilizing steel brace frames which strategically connect to points on the wings where engines were previously mounted. This liberates the exterior walls to be frameless, floor-to-ceiling self-supporting glass, providing sublime panoramic views of Boney Mountain and Serrano Valley
Project Details
Year: 2013Location: Malibu, CA
Typology: single family residence
Program: 2 bed, 3 bath
Size: 5,200 sqft
Sustainable Features:
- adaptive reuse
- photovoltaic panels
- radiant heating
- natural ventilation
- heat mirror glazing
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Radio Interviews
Press
2016
Leaf Review
2011
THE PLAN August (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF
Record Houses April 2012 (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF
California Cool Book (Featuring Panel House) Download PDF
HANDCRAFT (china) (Featuring 747 House)
Dwell June 2012 (Westside home tour) Download PDF
GA Houses 124 (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF
GARDEN DESIGN "Amazing Spaces" March 2012 Download PDF
Green is Beautiful 'The Eco-friendly house" 2012 (featuring Nordine) Download PDF
Harpers Bazaar "Rihanna interview" (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF
INGREEN Residential Homes (Featuring Panel House) Download PDF
Los Angeles Magazine Dec 2012 (Featuring 747 House) Download PDF
Lufthanseat 'Luftansa Airline Newspaper' (Featuring 747 House)
Marie Claire Malaysia Download PDF
NEW AMERICAN LUXURY Summer 2012 (Featuring 747 House & Mullin Automotive Museum) Download PDF
View magazine "Home Grown" Download PDF
Le Monde July 2012 (Featuring 747 House)
ArcCA 10.3 (Featuring 747 House)
SCI-ARC issue 002, 2011 Download PDF
MARK Another Architecture n0 29 (Featuring 747 House), Dec 2010 Jan 2011 Download PDF
2010
Angeleno magazine “winging it" (Featuring 747 House), 2010 Download PDF
944 Magazine (Featuring 747 House), 2010 Download PDF
Ripleys Believe it or Not (Featuring 747 House), 2010
JetGala 02 (Featuring 747 House), Sept/ Oct 2010 Download PDF
Sunset Magazine (Featuring 747 House), 2010 Download PDF
Jimon "30 Min. with David Hertz" Download PDF
Wired mag Nov 2010 (Featuring 747 House)
2009
Green Architecture Now! Featuring Wing House Download PDF
Green Architecture Now, Featuring 747 Wing House Download PDF
Upwardly Mobile, Featuring 747 Wing House, Fall 2009 Download PDF
Ventura Life, Featuring 747 Wing House, 02/09
2008
Plenty Magazine (Wing House)
AOL (Wing House)
German GQ 747 WingHouse Download PDF
Professional House Builder (UK) Wing House
Innovative HOME magazine, featuring the 747 Wing House
LA DESIGN magazine (747 Wing House) Download PDF
2007
Sustain Magazine, vol8 issue 2, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF
Airliners, January/February, featuring the 747 Wing House
Financial Times, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF
CNET, featuring the 747 Wing House
LA Weekly, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF
2006
Passages Arquitectura y Critica, September, featuring the 747 Wing House
Il Giornale Dell’Architettura, Nov., featuring the 747 Wing house
Aluminum Now, Vol 8 Jul/Aug, featuring the 747 Wing House
Popular Science Online, featuring the 747 Wing House
Angeleeno Magazine, featuring the 747 Wing House
AIT, January/February, featuring 747 Wing House
2005
LA Times Magazine, September, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF
The Venice Paper, May/June, featuring the 747 Wing House
The Ventura County Star, November, featuring the 747 Wing House
The Wall Street Journal, November, featuring the 747 Wing House Download PDF