Pictured here is a home that turns with the sun, which was on display at the Exposition de l'Habitation in Paris in 1903. The idea behind the revolving home, created by Dr. Pellegrin and Parisian architect M. Pettit, was that if home could rotate with the sun, it would be provided with the sunlight needed to create a more healthful and sanitary home.
(I admit that some evenings after a sip or two of wine my house rotates too)
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George Bernard Shaw had a rotating writing hut for the same heliotropic reasons
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Living in the town that hosts the GBS Festival I know quite a bit about him but I did not know that. Thanks.
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