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The Mushroom House or Pod House is a contemporary residence in the town of Perinton, New York which has been featured in television programs (notably HGTV's Offbeat America series) and books due to its whimsical appearance. Patterned after umbels of Queen's Anne's Lace, its brown color is more suggestive of mushrooms.
The house was constructed for attorney-artist couple Robert and Marguerite Antell between 1969 and 1972 and was designated a town landmark in 1989.
The structure is sited in a moderately-wooded ravine adjacent to Powder Mills Park. The house itself comprises four 80 ton pods which rest on reinforced concrete stems of 14 to 20 feet in height. These fan out from three feet in diameter where they connect to the pods to five feet at the base. The sides of each pod's "cap" are completely windowed. One pod serves as the living and dining area, one as the kitchen/family room, and two as sleeping areas. An additional "half pod" provides an open deck area.
The exterior is concrete with it side walls and unique meringue tops for four of the pods! Due to this, the house is a very quite home inside. Although the setting is very peaceful and tranquil. The new addition has concrete walls however, it is built into the side of a hill! So it is very energy efficient!
MUSHROOM HOUSE INTERIOR
The interior of the Mushroom House is just amazing! Each one of the rooms flows from one to another! When it was first designed by James Johnson, he was in the forefront of “OPEN LIVING”! Today this is what everybody desires in living space! Mr. Johnson is a visionary! Each room has art from the ceiling to the walls to the floors! The ceramic light fixtures by Marguerite Antell are just beautiful! Tile floors and artistic ceilings are breathtaking! Custom woodwork and furniture fits perfectly! Every inch of this home is creative!
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MUSHROOM HOUSE
Four 80 ton pods and one balcony resting on variable-length concrete and steel stems that rise from the ravine comprise the house. Builders Peter Strong and William Ashton made molds in the ground, on the site, which they used to form the stems and the pods. The stems vary in height from 14’ to 20’, taper from 5 feet at ground level to 3’ at the top, and are designed to support a pod 34’ in diameter. The pods were constructed in two parts, a bottom and a top. The pod bases were formed in 30’ “pie pan” molds of concrete and polyurethane. Lifted into place, they were reinforced with concrete and steel rods, and a rim of the same material was added for stability. Steel and concrete floors connected the segments. The tops were molded over a hill of sand, reinforced and insulated, and successfully moved into place. This was a major building accomplishment. To reconstruct the buildings today, it is roughly estimated at over $4,500,000!
Posted by MyRealty.am
The Mushroom House or Pod House is a contemporary residence in the town of Perinton, New York which has been featured in television programs (notably HGTV's Offbeat America series) and books due to its whimsical appearance. Patterned after umbels of Queen's Anne's Lace, its brown color is more suggestive of mushrooms.
The house was constructed for attorney-artist couple Robert and Marguerite Antell between 1969 and 1972 and was designated a town landmark in 1989.
The structure is sited in a moderately-wooded ravine adjacent to Powder Mills Park. The house itself comprises four 80 ton pods which rest on reinforced concrete stems of 14 to 20 feet in height. These fan out from three feet in diameter where they connect to the pods to five feet at the base. The sides of each pod's "cap" are completely windowed. One pod serves as the living and dining area, one as the kitchen/family room, and two as sleeping areas. An additional "half pod" provides an open deck area.
The exterior is concrete with it side walls and unique meringue tops for four of the pods! Due to this, the house is a very quite home inside. Although the setting is very peaceful and tranquil. The new addition has concrete walls however, it is built into the side of a hill! So it is very energy efficient!
MUSHROOM HOUSE INTERIOR
The interior of the Mushroom House is just amazing! Each one of the rooms flows from one to another! When it was first designed by James Johnson, he was in the forefront of “OPEN LIVING”! Today this is what everybody desires in living space! Mr. Johnson is a visionary! Each room has art from the ceiling to the walls to the floors! The ceramic light fixtures by Marguerite Antell are just beautiful! Tile floors and artistic ceilings are breathtaking! Custom woodwork and furniture fits perfectly! Every inch of this home is creative!
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MUSHROOM HOUSE
Four 80 ton pods and one balcony resting on variable-length concrete and steel stems that rise from the ravine comprise the house. Builders Peter Strong and William Ashton made molds in the ground, on the site, which they used to form the stems and the pods. The stems vary in height from 14’ to 20’, taper from 5 feet at ground level to 3’ at the top, and are designed to support a pod 34’ in diameter. The pods were constructed in two parts, a bottom and a top. The pod bases were formed in 30’ “pie pan” molds of concrete and polyurethane. Lifted into place, they were reinforced with concrete and steel rods, and a rim of the same material was added for stability. Steel and concrete floors connected the segments. The tops were molded over a hill of sand, reinforced and insulated, and successfully moved into place. This was a major building accomplishment. To reconstruct the buildings today, it is roughly estimated at over $4,500,000!
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