747 Wing House, Residential building in Santa Monica Mountains, California.
The 747 Wing House consists of two separate buildings that use retired wings and horizontal stabilizers from a Boeing 747-100 commercial aircraft as roofing structures. The metal sections span living areas and form independent shelters with the original rivets and surfaces from the airplane construction.
Tony Duquette owned the land until 1993 when a fire destroyed the original buildings and left the property available for redevelopment. Afterward the builder planned this residence with repurposed aircraft parts as essential construction elements.
The house takes its name from the two wings and two horizontal stabilizers of a TWA Boeing 747-131 that form its roofs. The aircraft, registered N93106, was completed by Boeing in 1970 and retired in 1992. The site continues the practice of Tony Duquette, who built structures there from recycled objects and movie sets before the 1993 Green Meadow fire.
The property sits on a 22-hectare ridge-top site in the Ventura County part of the Santa Monica Mountains, northwest of Malibu near U.S. Route 66. The wings were flown by helicopter from Camarillo Airport, about 10 miles away, after arriving by truck from the Victorville boneyard. It is a private residence, not open to visitors.
Steel frames connect to the former engine attachment points on the wings and support the floating roofs without center supports. This design allows continuous glass walls on the exterior sides of the living spaces.
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