Last week I stumbled across this really cool idea of reusing a recycled 747 Boeing Jet and making into a house.  Throughout the project it has plans to use 4.5 million parts of the jet throughout the 55 acre property that is located out west in the hills of Malibu, California.

The main residence dawns the plane’s wings while the cockpit has become the owners meditation pavilion. The first class cabin deck is now the guest house but the oddest transformation is the animal barn. Made from the lower half of the fuselage, which forms the cargo hold, the animal barn is intended for housing endangered species.

One of the interesting things about this project that was first started in 2005 was that it was required to get approval from the FAA so the site would not be mistaken as a crash site from above.  There are hundreds of airplanes that have been mothballed in the deserts of California and are sold at the price of their principal raw material, aluminum.  This 747 home represents the single largest industrial achievement in modern history and its abandonment in the deserts.

Not only is the final result breathtaking, it’s an environmentally friendly home, too.  Who would of thought??  For more information on this project as well as some cool videos, check out the architects website!