Collection by Andrea Smith
Repurposed Cylindrical Structures
Sometimes home can be found in the unlikeliest of places. These five cylindrical structures find new purpose as comfortable abodes.
Kaiser added ten inches of spray foam insulation between the exterior shell and the interior of the house. He also fabricated all of the doors and windows in the structure.
Das Park Hotel in Ottensheim, Austria has made hotel rooms out of retired concrete drainage pipes. After receiving a coat of varnish, a skylight, and a colorful paint job on the back wall, these pipes are ready for occupants.
According to Tim's grandfather, Mr. Golanka, "In the past, this tower was primarily used as water supply for steamed locomotives that traveled below the escarpment that it sits upon. There were three cast iron pipes running all the way to do the top: inlet (using city water from wells), outlet, and overflow. We think it's at least 103 years old, and it was probably used up until World War II." Photograph courtesy Tim Villabona.
A circular tower echoes the former gas storage cylinder that once occupied its place. It houses a private study.