In 2014, a Phoenix architect turned a discarded 1955 grain silo into a 340-square-foot home, using its curved shell and a skylight to add a second floor

Phoenix architect Christoph Kaiser came across and bought a dismantled 1955 grain silo that was being sold online, and turned it into a 340-square-foot home in the Garfield Historic District of downtown Phoenix. The completed Silo House was designed as a two-story residence built within the silo’s existing steel shell.The silo had originally been built for agricultural use and was far from its eventual home in downtown Phoenix. Kaiser found the dismantled structure online and arranged to b