«Dune House» in Atlantic Beach First underground family house, built in the US

I came across a bizarre structure that caused me huge interest. Construction of an underground house turned out to be a family-duplex called «Dune House» ( «House of Dune").

It turned out that he was in 1975, built by architect named William Morgan, who was involved in the design of various buildings throughout the state. In fact, the house is located in a sand dune on the beach. The roof was covered with lawn grass, which had periodically to mow.

For a long time, Morgan could not sell their underground house because all buyers want to make changes to its design. Some of them even planned to demolish the strange building. Recently it became known that the architect has met with William Drew, chief financial officer, who now lives in the area of ​​Coconut Grove in Miami.

He was a fan of modernist architecture Morgan and expressed a desire to use the "House of Dune" as a rest house for tourists.
William Drew decided to maintain the architecture of the building, because when the house was built, it had the honor to see the real architect of Morgan, whose talent is recognized all across America. As a child, he was surfing on the beach and saw a building under construction.

Architectural features «Dune House»

Morgan called duplex his "little experiment" and built it next to his own house right in the dune.
Engineers used a computer program at Columbia University, to develop a grid system for complex house bends. It was made of a material that is used for swimming pools.

The result was 2 identical rooms of 750 square feet with a bedroom, curved staircases, sunken gazebo and built platforms for sofa cushions.
Now the apartment beach house, located on a 50-foot 199-foot cottage on the beach in Atlantic Beach, with its a grass roof, built in the dunes, is a unique place for homeowners who want to have their own home near the beach.

Christy Budnik, executive vice president of residential real estate Prudential Network Realty, said that anywhere else there is no other such buildings. Unique House Dunes William Morgan drew the attention of the whole world.

Built and designed by architect Morgan in 1975, Dune House was one of the first modern underground apartment buildings built in the US. The main objective of Morgan was to create a residential house in the attic, without closing the view of the ocean from the windows of the neighboring houses.

Residential complex has two adjacent beach house and the living area of ​​about 750 square feet each. Both residences have one bedroom, one bathroom, kitchen and built-in furniture.
Would you like to live in such a house?

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