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We saw an article from the Associated Press today where a Francie Rehwald is building an environmentally friendly and "feminine" house in Malibu. She's asked a Santa Monica architect, specializing in recycled materials, to build her dream home. And he found an old 747 airplane for the job.
The jumbo jet cost about 40,000 dollars from a cemetery of more than 1,500 scrap airliners in the California desert. The jet is to be moved in parts to a 55-acre (22-hectare) site in the Malibu Hills near the Pacific Ocean and Rehwald admits the final cost will be several million dollars.
"The whole idea stated very seriously, about a beautiful, sublime architectural piece. It's not just living in an airplane," said Hertz, who runs a design firm in Santa Monica, near Los Angeles.
"The client just asked me to create something that was curvy, linear and feminine," he added, noting the site had a beautiful view toward a mountain range.
Should be an interesting design if they can pull it off. But those coach seats are still a bitch to sit in. If we're ever invited to a cocktail (cockpit?) party, we're calling shotgun on first class.
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