Feb 14 2008Seashell House Is Unbelievably Awesome
This seashell inspired abode was built by designed by Senosiain Arquitectos for a couple in Mexico City. It's amazing. It has to be seen to be believed, so there's a bunch more pictures after the jump. My wife said if our next house isn't like this she'll divorce me. And I could tell she wasn't lying.
Taking cues from a Nautilus shell, the house is put together using ferrocement construction, a technique involving a frame of steel-reinforced chicken wire with a special two-inch-thick composite of concrete spread over it, resulting in a structure that's earthquake-proof and maintenance-free.
Before I saw this I didn't even know I wanted to live in a giant shell, but now I totally do. Anybody want to get together on weekends and start construction of something similar? And obviously by 'start construction' I mean go kill the world's largest nautilus and live in its shell.
A bunch more MUST SEE pictures after the jump.
Shell-shaped Nautilus House is gorgeous inside and out [dvice]
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Reader Comments
1. isaac doubek - February 14, 2008 6:23 PM
this is probably the most bad-ass house in the history of ever
2. Electro^Plankton - February 14, 2008 6:27 PM
Hell to the nah!
3. SlowMonkey - February 14, 2008 6:39 PM
Another reason to love Mexicans. Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi!
4. David - February 14, 2008 6:41 PM
That´s awesome. Check out this belgian dude: http://www.yves-delhez.be/ and click on porjects. Lotsa "Frodo" houses.
5. David - February 14, 2008 6:49 PM
That is absolutely my dream house.
So awesome...
6. josh - February 14, 2008 6:50 PM
this is cool, but there is a huge lack on sunlight. its kind of jail like without many windows and openings
7. Naina - February 14, 2008 7:12 PM
whoaa! O_O
8. Illegal Immigrant - February 14, 2008 7:21 PM
Sure, but does it protect against crabs?
9. LiSa - February 14, 2008 7:48 PM
Did you know that for the longest time I pronounced geekologie as "geek - oh - loogie"?
10. pirhan - February 14, 2008 8:27 PM
I don't want to break anyone's bubbles, but have none of you have seen Extreme Homes on HGTV?
11. Bean - February 14, 2008 10:44 PM
It's like a Roger Dean Yes ablum cover come to life!
12. Alex - February 14, 2008 11:52 PM
this looks sweet, but it also seems to be a total rip off from the seashell house in Final Fantasy VII, in the City of the Ancients......nerd alert.
13. technabob - February 14, 2008 11:57 PM
Kind of reminds me of the Sea Ranch chapel:
http://www.roadsidescholar.com/2007/07/17/the-surprising-sea-ranch-chapel/
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15. guate6 - February 15, 2008 2:06 AM
This house rocks.
16. em - February 15, 2008 2:25 AM
i think it's the most f***ing disgusting piece of architecture i've ever seen, personally.
17. NekoNeko - February 15, 2008 3:18 AM
It's like Dr. Doolittle's snail, except there's no Rex Harrison.
18. laz - February 15, 2008 5:37 AM
you think it constantly sounds like the sea in there? it must be pretty loud too, cause the medium sized ones i found on the beach are quite loud when i put them to my ear - and this shell is huge.
19. Maddy - February 15, 2008 5:59 AM
awesome house, it`s like living in a LSD trip 24/7
20. She sells sea shells by the sea shore - February 15, 2008 7:38 AM
It's all well and good...for now. But I can see that in no time at all the couple will outgrow this house and have to find a larger one.
Yeah that similarity to FFVII crossed my mind too. I'm going to commit ritual suicide now for being a useless nerd.
21. She sells sea shells by the sea shore - February 15, 2008 7:43 AM
It also reminded me of "Crazy House" in Da Lat, Vietnam. It's um, crazy.
http://www.traveladventures.org/continents/asia/crazyhouse.shtml
22. rockminxdiva - February 15, 2008 7:49 AM
That's awesome! It's like Dr. Dolittle and Salvador Dali had a badass child!
23. Ebon - February 15, 2008 10:36 AM
Reminds me of Final Fantasy/Chrono Cross. Squaresoft?
24. j shlong - February 15, 2008 11:01 AM
sweet house, but you park the car in the lawn?
25. guate6 - February 15, 2008 11:36 AM
Oh and this...I am not sure how the acoustics are inside, but I imagine yelling might not be an option.
26. Giggleloop - February 15, 2008 11:48 AM
How can you say there's a lack of sunlight - what about those huge skylights in the roof?
I LOVE this - if I had money to throw at building a kick-ass house, I would take one. If someone wants to give me a seashell house for free, I will gladly accept. I have land to put it on -- although a seashell house in the middle of the woods would look a bit odd. On second thought, maybe I should just try to get a Hobbit house - I already have a hill to put it into.
27. Meg - February 15, 2008 3:05 PM
Sweet! Reminds me of the mushroom houses I live near...
http://rocwiki.org/Mushroom_House
"It's all well and good...for now. But I can see that in no time at all the couple will outgrow this house and have to find a larger one."
That is a brilliant comment. Props to you.
28. clay - February 15, 2008 3:07 PM
omg i just creamed my huggies
29. Nat - February 15, 2008 3:15 PM
I wish there was a person standing in front of the house, to see the scale.
30. Vahn M - February 15, 2008 9:10 PM
Milama Villiage, Grandia II, lulz.
That's pretty freaking awesome.
31. monica - February 15, 2008 10:56 PM
I've read about this type of construction before and it's odd that more people don't use it when they live in warmer environments. I think it's absolutely beautiful and wish I could live in a house like it.
32. J - February 18, 2008 3:39 PM
This is totally a Roger Dean ripoff. I think I've even seen this interior in one of his books.
33. Maricarmen - February 19, 2008 12:21 PM
One of the main objectivers this architect focuses on is natural light.. believe me there is noo lack of light in his works
34. groonk - February 19, 2008 7:05 PM
it looks like a colorful hobbit house
35. galacticwalker - March 3, 2008 2:38 PM
prefer the hobbit, but it is amazing, not very eco though! where's the kitchen?
36. jesse - March 7, 2008 2:28 PM
i'm taking it this guy knows how to use the 3 seashells
37. Mary Piero Carey - April 2, 2008 8:05 AM
Very Pretty. Hmmmm... so where do you put your stuff? Like the stereo, and the books, and etc?
38. Carol - January 7, 2009 7:35 PM
Hi!. I'm from Brazil. Woww! This House is Perfect! (i'm sorry for the vocabulary...).
Kisses. (l)
39. micelle - February 7, 2009 4:27 PM
wau this house Ilove it......michelle from danmark
40. emma - February 8, 2009 6:45 AM
wow! that is the most amazing house i have ever seen! oh my god i love it!
41. Nathalie - February 8, 2009 10:42 AM
It's just amazing!! I love it !!
I want a house like that! :D
hugs from Denmark
42. Maiken - February 9, 2009 2:43 AM
Omg, love that house! Gotta get one. XD
43. Nikkuh - February 11, 2009 9:17 AM
aww, I want to live there :D
44. Luella - February 16, 2009 3:21 PM
woooooow omg i would loooove to live like that !!!!
pleas someone build me a house like that pleas pleas pleas.
45. makenzie - March 13, 2009 2:57 PM
ohhh my gawd, dis is baddass. i would LOVE to live there!!
46. blaque pearl - April 29, 2009 11:51 PM
I can speak for all Final Fantasy 7 fans should know what cut scene in the game that displayed that house as the save point! Awesome work of art come to life!
47. Corrina Gordon-Barnes - June 16, 2009 3:03 PM
This is the coolest house ever!!! Huge congrats to the designers for breaking every mould - I may have to feature you on my blog....
Corrina
http://www.youinspireme.co.uk
48. ptre truth - September 16, 2009 10:58 PM
You would go crazy if you lived in there
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