PCAD - Airform House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA

AKA: Neff House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA; Experimental Dome House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA

1097 South Los Robles
Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA 91106-4349

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Neff originally designed this experimental concrete dome house for his brother; the architect was looking for a way to mass-produce houses without utilizing wood framing; a sandwich of concrete, insulation and concrete was applied over a inflated Goodyear rubber bladder. The structure had 2 bedrooms and about 1,000 square feet. At its apex, it stood 12 feet tall. Wallace Neff lived in this residence at his death in 1982.

PCAD id: 14436

Publications

Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Experimental Dome House, 1946", Architecture in Los Angeles A Compleat Guide, 360, 1985. "Neff House", Housing A National Security Resource, np, 1951. Daunt, Tina, "It's 'dome sweet dome' for pair in mod house: Architect Wallace Neff designed unit as a model for affordable housing", Los Angeles Times, K1, 05/14/2004.

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Housing A National Security Resource

Airform House, Oak Knoll, Pasadena, CA (1946)

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