Building a house from a real 747 or designing roofs that look like billowing sails isn't easy. Hertz just makes it look that way.
in Malibu, so-named for its roof, which Hertz constructed from the wings of a decommissioned Boeing 747. Another client, Francie Rehwald, first encountered Hertz’s work when she visited thehouse on an architectural tour, but she didn’t immediately think of him when it came time to plan her dream home in the mountains above Malibu.
The next day, Hertz was flying to Scotland for a family vacation when he looked out the plane window and came up with the idea to use a 747 to form the structure. Rehwald loved the imaginative concept as soon as she saw it, but it would take a full six years before she moved into the final dwelling. Rehwald is hard-pressed to name a favorite part of the house, which gained worldwide renown when it was featured on the BBC programDuring a FaceTime tour, she points out everything from the side of the plane that separates the kitchen from her office, complete with a porthole that allows her to look between rooms, to the tail stabilizers that form part of the roof. Her primary suite, which she has dubbed “first class,” is up a spiral staircase that pays homage to the original 747s.
The property’s most distinctive element, the roof structure for the five residential buildings, was one of the last details to be decided. It’s made from a high-tensile material that looks like sail-cloth, giving the collection of dwellings a visual link to the boats in the harbor below, and its name:Even more ingenious, the eye-catching, billowing roofs are not just for show.
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