Photos: Harrenstien House
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Harrenstien house with a concrete roof that is a series of six hyperbolic paraboloids, north of Tucson, Ariz. It was built in 1963 by engineer Howard Harrenstien and his father, a general contractor.
Harrenstien House
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Home owner Bernie Ofenloch shows off the rubber plant that arches over the entrance to his home, the Harrenstien House in Tucson on Sept 25, 2016. The home is to be featured as part of Tucson Modernism Week. It is a circular house with a concrete curved roof.
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Harrenstien House
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Home owner Bernie Ofenloch shows off the rubber plant that arches over the entrance to his home, the Harrenstien House in Tucson on Sept 25, 2016. The home is to be featured as part of Tucson Modernism Week. It is a circular house with a concrete curved roof.
Harrenstien House
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
At the center of the Harrenstien House, the exposed concrete surface of the ceiling is easy to see in Tucson on Sept 25, 2016. The home built around the early 1960s, is to be featured as part of Tucson Modernism Week.
Harrenstien House
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
The dining room of the Harrenstien House has a spectacular view of the Santa Catalina Mountains in Tucson on Sept 25, 2016. The home is to be featured as part of Tucson Modernism Week. It is a circular house with a concrete curved roof.
Harrenstien House
- Courtesy of Bernie Ofenloch
Harrenstien house was built in 1963 by engineer Howard Harrenstien and his father. The roof as assembled in six pie-shaped sections. The concrete was poured mostly with buckets before moving on to the next section.
Harrenstien House
- A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Bernie Ofenloch stands in his kitchen at the Harrenstien House in Tucson on Sept 25, 2016. The home, built in the early 1960s, is to be featured as part of Tucson Modernism Week. It is a circular house with a concrete curved roof.
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