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- 1 2 3 Burton 2007, p. 40.
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- ↑ Vanesian, Kathleen (May 13, 2004). "Urban Cowpie: SMoCA's "PHX/LA" show really stinks". Phoenix New Times. Phoenix, Arizona. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ↑ Airform House for a Desert Colony, Architectural Record, July 1944, pp. 81–83.
- ↑ Roberts, Lindsey M. (February 17, 2012). "Book Review: 'The Bubble Houses of Wallace Neff'". Architect Magazine. Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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