Château de Lumière
Rick Crandall’s colorful rendering of the home helped people envision the structure and increase acceptance as they worked through the construction process. Crandall is a prolific graphic artist with decades of experience across industries including billboard painting, murals, architectural renderings, and more.
Rick Crandall working on an early sketch of the twin-dome home.
Château de Lumière is a two-bedroom, three-bath Monolithic Dome home in Mesa, Arizona, designed by architect Rick Crandall. When Crandall saw a beautiful picture of a French Chateau with twin towers, he found the idea of merging a traditional French Château aesthetic with the functionality and modernism of a Monolithic Dome design intriguing.
The twin towers themselves would make such a striking visual impact. Crandall’s design is not just about looks but also about efficient use of space.
Chateau de Lumiere consists of two 23-foot diameter (7 m) tower domes on 16-foot (5 m) vertical walls with a 7-foot (2 m) wide central core. Each tower has two floors connected via the central core for a total of 1,900 square feet (176 m²) of living space.
One tower has a living room with dining area on the bottom floor and the primary bedroom on the top floor. The other tower has a family room on the bottom floor and a guest bedroom with three double beds on the top floor. The kitchen and bathrooms are in the center sections, tying together the two sides while offering privacy and separation where needed.
Chateau de Lumiere consists of two Monolithic Dome towers connected by a conventional core.
Living and dining room in Chateau de Lumiere.