Throughout the course of the film, we see Enrico embark on an array of innovative projects: constructing the tallest printed sculpture in existence, working with Foster + Partners and the European Space Agency on a programme to colonise the moon, solidifying a sand dune in the desert, and printing the closest thing to an actual house: a small Italian dwelling known as a trullo. ❋ Cory Doctorow (2012)
A trullo is a sort of stone-built, pointy-roofed, Italian hobbit home, and there's one for sale for just under £80,000 at Ceglie Messapica, 25 miles northwest of Brindisi, on the southern heel of Italy. ❋ Unknown (2011)
A trullo is a traditional conical-roofed building found in Puglia, Italy. ❋ Unknown (2010)
And we have all manner of weird and wonderful projects in mind, some of which we might do this year, some of which might have to wait until we have more time or money: digging a pond, planting an orchard, getting a well-equipped workshop up and running, building a straw-bale chapel, creating a trullo (one of those conical, stone buildings from the spur of the Italian boot), building a woodland sauna. ❋ Tobias Jones (2010)
Ms. Bruno, who is from Turin and now lives in a restored trullo powered by solar panels, heads a small firm called Trullishire (after Tuscany's Chiantishire) that tries to help foreigners find qualified local craftsmen and offers assistance in navigating the thicket of red tape that comes with restoring a trullo. ❋ Unknown (2008)
To them, the trullo was romantic; it was steeped in history; and it was a property they could fix up. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"Our kids thought we were crazy," says Stephen Snooks, who moved from Derby, England, to a 300-year-old trullo (from the Greek troulos or tholos, meaning dome) about four years ago. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Ms. Bruno is handling the construction management on a $460,000 renovation and expansion of one $137,000 trullo for a London resident. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Three months later, they moved to the small town of Martina Franca and lived out of their camper while they gave the trullo a thorough cleaning and installed a bathroom. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The actor-director and his wife bought a trullo in the small town of Ceglie Messapica four years ago. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In 2004, he and his wife left the pub they had been running in East Bourne on the south coast of England and purchased a one-cone trullo for their retirement. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Mr. Snooks first saw a picture of a trullo on the Internet, then headed to Puglia with his wife to see what they were all about. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Ms. Bruno is handling the construction management of a five-bedroom, three-bathroom trullo, with an underfloor heating system powered by solar energy for a London resident. ❋ Unknown (2008)
They laid down a deposit on a five-cone trullo -- each room has its own cone-shaped roof -- on about two acres that cost a total of €57,000. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"They came here to invest, and we appreciate it," says Vito Cisternino, owner of construction company Sinergie, who is working on a handful of trullo-restoration projects for foreign clients. ❋ Unknown (2008)
While a trullo might be cheaper than a Tuscan farmhouse, prices have risen in recent years. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"For us it's wonderful," says Mr. Snegoff, who bought a one-cone trullo as well as another small structure on six acres for €25,000. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"I thought, 'I need my bloody kitchen,'" says Mr. Snooks's wife, Jo Waters, but after sinking another €30,000 into renovations after moving in, she says she got used to life in a trullo. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The owner paid €90,000 for the trullo, but is spending €300,000 on the restoration and expansion, says Ms. Bruno. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"Our kids thought we were crazy," says Stephen Snooks, who moved from Derby, England, to a 300-year-old trullo about four years ago. ❋ Unknown (2008)
