Rook Observatory - Sharp Top, GA

Guest House (Rook) rendering from Architectural Plans

(As Of: 4/16/2009)

The “Rook”

Guest House / Observatory at Sharp Top, Georgia

Text Box: This web site contains pictures taken of the construction of the Guest House at Sharp Top during the period from September, 2006 through Spring, 2009. The Guest House is designed to be a multi-purpose construction project. First, to provide an attractive family gathering spot featuring a large entertainment area , an on-site private observatory dome, and a basement work area with farm equipment storage. Secondly, it is designed to showcase a number of well-established, but still relatively unknown technologies which result in an energy-independent and efficient living space. The Rook features Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) walls finished in stone to emulate a Norman castle motif A bedroom on the second floor suspended by a “spider web” of steel beams Geothermal heating and air conditioning External solar panels grid-connected to the main house to share electrical power and provide off-grid energy independence A 15-foot diameter observatory dome on the roof with a full remote web-based controlled telescope This website will be updated with progress pictures as work proceeds. To reference the construction technology, see www.logixicf.com. For the geothermal heating system, see www.waterfurnace.com. For the observatory dome, see www.homedome.com. Solar power and telescope specifics will come later.

Frank Cullen & Libby Peck

995 Buckingham Circle NW

Atlanta, GA 30327

To contact us:

Phone: 404-261-7155

Fax: 555-555-5555

E-mail: frank@cullenpeck.net

Cullen-Peck Famly Rook Construction Sep 07 - Apr 09

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Guest House (Rook) from a recent photo (taken 5/16/08)