“People aren't angular. So why should they live in rectangles?” asked Charles Deaton, who calls himself a “sculptural architect.” The Denver architect built this “flying saucer” or “clamshell” house as his home and studio. It is a habitable sculpture on a reinforced concrete pedestal. Precast columns support a double shell of concrete sprayed on a welded steel frame. In this elliptical, three-story, cement and glass house, the doors, windows, walls, closets, and furniture
Deaton House
Tom Noel
Deaton House
1966, Charles Deaton. On Mr. Genesee overlooking I-70