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Maison Bulle, Minzier, France,

Ephraim-Henry Pavie

Maison Bulle (Bubble House), Vexin Area, France,

Jean-Benjamin Maneval (1923-1986), French architect and urban planner, made the first sketches of his six-shell bubble house in 1963 : a little revolution in the field of prefabricated housing and foundation- less architecture.

Produced between 1968 and 1970, this house, which has a surface area of 36m2, is formed by assembling six independent reinforced polyester shells.

Originally, the architect had imagined these bubble houses as secondary residences with an ergonomic design for a family of four, where the space in each alcove would be optimized to the maximum.

In 2014, a non-conformist collector acquired at an auction an authentic 1968 bubble house by Jean-Benjamin Maneval. It is installed on his family estate, a former stud farm, for which he has given the artistic direction to KIF, an interdisciplinary creative studio formed by Guillaume Furet and Mélissa Louis.

Bubble house in Amirabad, Iran, designed by Justus Dahinden and Associates.

It’s not a house, it’s currently a ceramics atelier (studio) in France designed by the famous duo of architects Pascal Häusermann and Claude Costy, the maestros of organic architecture. Built in 1991, it’s for sale for €740,000 ($784K).  It lends itself to a variety of uses, whether that’s a workshop, an events space or, most likely, a quirky place to live.

Bubble House in Hobe Sound

Exceptional Australian ‘Bubble House’ Built In The 1980s

Architect Graham Birchall built the home in the 1980s as a study of the adaptable nature of spheres in Ipswich, Queensland. The bubble house is based around a series of 11 intersecting bubble domes.