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Meet the woman who built her own bubble home in the Australian rainforest

Step inside this awesome aircrete home
In the blood
Working with aircrete
Preparing the plot
Building the foundations
Forming the curves
Creating the bricks
Building up
Brick by brick
The project gets a boost
Making headway
Adding windows
Let there be light
Heading inside
Room for everything
Bathroom: before
Kitchen: before
Getting creative
Fabulous finish
Making an entrance
Open and airy
Timeless and tasteful
Reclaimed kitchen
Laundry zone
Blissful bedroom
Beautiful details
Functional bathroom
Special shower
A marathon
Words of advice
Dome sweet dome
What's next for Cath?
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Cath Wild ; Cath/Airbnb

Step inside this awesome aircrete home

Professional sculptor Cath Wild is used to using her hands to craft amazing objects, but when she decided to build a bubble home from scratch, she took on her biggest and most challenging sculpture yet.

Nestled in the heart of a rainforest in the Sunshine Coast region of Australia, the unique, hand-shaped home is the country’s first council-approved aircrete house; an impressive feat of engineering and determination. 

Read on as we take a tour of Cath's amazing bubble home. To enjoy these pictures on a desktop computer FULL SCREEN, click on the icon at the top right of the image...

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Jen Grimble

11 February 2025

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