September 26, 2022

"For a home lacking interior walls, at least structural ones, the dome feels surprisingly cozy; where the plaster-finished gypsum room dividers don’t extend all the way..."

"... to the curved ceiling, panes of soundproof glass have been added for privacy. From the kitchen, the heart of the structure, a hallway leads past a space-themed arcade game into a bright living room with cork flooring. Another hall, lined with a fully stocked candy bar, leads to a self-contained screening room accessible through a folding garage-type door. There are two guest bedrooms — both with a view of 'Toxic Mickey' (2017), a bronze fountain sculpture by the American artist Bill Barminski that depicts a man chest-deep in a punctured oil drum, wearing a gas mask in the shape of Walt Disney’s beloved mouse."

If you should be so lucky as to receive an overnight invitation from Mr. Downey and his lovely wife, you'll have a beautiful room with a view of this:

11 comments:

n.n said...

The green CO2? Other carbon-based creatures? Anti-Green blight?

Iman said...

It’s “what informs his views” now…

tim maguire said...

I don't know about Downey's taste in art, but the house looks amazing. Put grass on the roof and it's a hobbit hole.

Ignorance is Bliss said...

...a fully stocked candy bar...

So is that like a Hershey's with almonds as opposed to a plain Hershey's bar?
An almond joy as opposed to a mounds?
Snickers instead of Milky Way?

PM said...

Downey's made a good living being very good at what he does. But that crib isn't a harbinger of anything other than what one can do with deep pockets. Good for him, interesting place, and good for the writer who got a free invite in exchange for coloring Bob Downey green - the color of u-know-what.

walter said...

I thought he quit drugs.

Lurker21 said...

Someday that giant worm he's living inside is going to wake up and devour what's left of Los Angeles.

n.n said...

isn't a harbinger of anything other than what one can do with deep pockets

Very likely it is the environmental experience where you withdraw to climate controlled quarters with armed guards to abort a pride parade while on safari.

madAsHell said...

Who peed in the fountain?

Josephbleau said...

The Flintstones move to California. Or “Marblebu.”

Mikey NTH said...

Dymaxion homes. If I got th spelling right.