A far cry from Tony Stark's modernized mansion in Malibu, the character Robert Downey Jr played in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, his actual thin-shell home is an aerodynamic, environmentally conscious hobbit-style house, and it ticks the boxes of a surprising interior design trend – wellness in design.
In a conversation with The New York Times Style Magazine, the actor described his elaborate vision for the home as a 'a crucible of faith'. The property, also known as a Binishell, is a form that originated in 1964 by Dante Bini. The celebrated Italian designer discovered that by topping a nylon-coated neoprene air bladder with wet steel-reinforced concrete, he could make a durable thin-shell bungalow.
