Eco-architect Mickey Muennig built this unique glass-domed tiny house to serve as his temporary accommodation during the construction of a main house in 1975 though he chose to live there 18 years later.
The so-called Green House has a 16-foot diameter and features natural stone walls with a glass tepee-style roof, which was part of an experiment in exploiting passive solar heating for a sustainable dwelling.
There is something simultaneously primitive and futuristic about the glass-domed dwelling because it may look like a Mongolian yurt / Native American tepee with glass roof. The round shape of the singular room coupled with the stone walls and fire makes this feel like a prehistoric hut while the angular glass roof and emphasis on sustainable living makes this a 1970's hippie house.
Indeed, the glass roof did prove to be a highly effective way of heating this small dwelling while a vent has been installed at the top to prevent greenhouse gases from over heating the people inside. A fire provides a source of heat during the winter months and the bed is suspended from the ceiling in the center to take advantage of the warm air that has risen.
Muennig has made his name building these kind of unorthodox and unusual homes all along California's Big Sur coastline.
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