Bubble Houses
99% Invisible
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The Story of Wallace Neff's Bubble House
Wallace Neff lived in a 1,000 square foot concrete bubble. He believed that this simple dome was one of his greatest architectural achievements. Jeffrey Head's book about Neff is titled No Nails No Lumber because the bubble houses needed no nails and no lumber. head says that Neff never saw the bubble houses as a way to make money. Instead he saw them as a social responsibility - providing low-cost housing for people.
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