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	<title>Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent &#187; Architecture</title>
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		<title>Three-Wing Octagonal House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Bradford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always wanted to design, build (read: have somebody build), and live in an octagonal house. In 2002, I sat down with a basic vector drawing program and designed one. However, that original design didn&#8217;t age well. When I started reevaluating it I realized that I hadn&#8217;t defined any sizes, certain things just wouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have always wanted to design, build (read: have somebody build), and live in an octagonal house. In 2002, I sat down with a basic vector drawing program and designed one.<span id="more-40"></span></p>
<p>However, that original design didn&#8217;t age well. When I started reevaluating it I realized that I hadn&#8217;t defined any sizes, certain things just wouldn&#8217;t work, and so on. So, in the early days of 2005, I redid my plan mostly from scratch (though the new one has many of the same features as the first) and in a more flexible format. The result is a large, pleasantly organized single-family home well suited to Melissa&#8217;s and my needs with plenty of flexibility for any additional future family members, guests, and so on.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scottbradford.us/files/2008/03/01-octohouse.pdf" title="Three-Wing Octagonal House">Three-Wing Octagonal House</a> (PDF).</p>
<p>In addition to what you see in the above PDF, I have some interesting technical plans. Being a nerd, the house will be very, very high-tech—high speed business-class networking (wired &amp; wireless), power redundancy through line power augmented with solar and/or wind power, steel frame for protection from earthquakes and hurricanes and other disasters, and more.</p>
<p>Should be expensive ;-).</p>
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