Patent ID: 6944996

Claim:
A residential structure comprising: an 8-sided polygonal footprint defining a central vertical axis and 8 sides of the structure; a number of outer individual residential units, each such outer individual residential unit occupying a sector of the footprint along an associated one of the 8-sides of the structure; inner walls separating a central common area of the outer individual residential units; a roof comprising an outer roof and an inner roof, the outer roof substantially covering the outer individual residential units wherein said inner and outer roofs each include a layer extending over a major portion of the inner and outer roofs and contributing to a substantial fraction of the strength of the inner and outer roofs; a floor separating upper and lower levels of the outer residential unit at least along a major portion of a footprint of the outer residential unit for each of the plurality of outer residential units; and a safe room in each of a plurality of the outer individual residential units, the safe room having on at least portions of four sides walls substantially stronger than other walls within the outer residential unit, the safe room further comprising a robust door stronger than the other walls within the outer residential unit; wherein each of the outer residential units includes a reinforced concrete wall having a concave arcuate outer profile along a major portion of the associated one of the 8-sides of the structure; whereby the residential structure is hurricane resistant.