Comments on: The Nautilus – Giant Snail-Shaped Home Fit for a Family

By: jpr

jpr — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:42:36 +0000

You can set fire to a Michael Reynolds home and it will burn toxic gases, since he uses old tires wood studs all adds to the fuel of the fire. His homes are not very efficient, especilally in hot areas, if you like to fry in the summer. Tires are not green nor is a lot of what he uses. This home mentioned above will withstand about 2700 degees it won’t burn the major part of the material is green

By: gnobot

gnobot — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:29:20 +0000

Proper credits should go out to Roger Dean who has been building these type of habitats since the 70s. Check out his architecture at: http://www.rogerdean.com/architecture/index.htm

By: fire1985

fire1985 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:50:44 +0000

GORGEOUS! How much is it?

By: bearsong

bearsong — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:34:19 +0000

Undoubtedly, a beautiful design. The feel of the interior spaces is magnificent. I am hesitant about his adoption of term bio-architecture, however. I am contrasting Javier Senosiain against Michael Reynolds, perhaps the true biotect. I do not know how deep ecological design runs in Senosiain’s design, whereas Reynold’s earthships are true living buildings that utilize various green technologies, not only to super insulate and maximize passive solar gain, but also intelligently use water systems to minimize water consumption and maximize utility, such as in the use of indoor vegetable gardens. Reynolds’ use of “recycled” materials such as discarded bottles to achieve the same effect accomplished in the above entrance way may also give Reynold’s an edge in creative thinking. It’s one thing to build a dream house like the above snail using materials that are convenient to you, its another to create dream houses out of “garbage.” I again do not know enough about the above home to say definitively that Reynolds’ buildings are superior, but I do know that it is not buildings that look like natural objects, but rather ones that work as natural systems that are what we need for a sustainable future.

By: august sygavast

august sygavast — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:01:30 +0000

Fabulous and very harmonic design. Things like that colors up our world.

By: mskogly

mskogly — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:41:07 +0000

I absolutely love it! Imagine living in such a house…