Shapes: Prolate Ellipsoid (Long Axis Vertical)
June 08, 2:27 p.m.
Monolithic Dome Shapes
Perspective
Linda Ware
Mostly useful for bulk storage. It is very tall vs its footprint. Extremely strong for an underground or buried building.
Featured Domes
Yumadome -- A Multigenerational Monolithic Dome Home
Comedian George Burns once quipped, “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city,” and his audience probably laughed and nodded in agreement. But there’s a unique family of eleven adults in Yuma, Arizona, who — while they might laugh — would not agree. This group — related to one another either biologically, through marriage, or simply through friendship and a shared sense of values — all live at Yumadome. (Continued…)
What's Hot
Cabin Special - Model 15
We are offering a financing option for our Model 15 Monolithic Cabin. (Continued…)
Calendar of Events
What’s happening in the dome community? (Continued…)
Monolithic Indoor Athletic Practice Facility
Athletes need to practice when it is neither too hot or too cold. But few players get to practice football, baseball, softball, track, rugby, etc. year around. A Monolithic Dome facility makes year-round practice possible. It largely eliminates the weather factor. (Continued…)
News
Las Vegas dome owners plan to persevere
David and Su-Z Allen can relate to the old phrase that even the best-laid plans often go awry. In the process of building their new Monolithic Dome home, “emergencies keep cropping up,” Su-Z told a reporter for The View newspaper in Las Vegas. But even though it is not yet finished, the Fenix Dome is an “impressive and eye-catching structure,” according to the article. “There is literally nothing like it in town.” (Continued…)
Iowa Family Explains Why There’s No Place Like Dome
Jay and Jeanne Hansen say they like to be different, and that’s one of the reasons why they opted to build a Monolithic Dome home. “We don’t like to copy what other people do; we like to do things that stand out,” Jay Hansen told Iowa television news station KWWL. (Continued…)
To Every American in favor of Green Housing
For thirty plus years America’s leaders have been wanting more energy efficient, more hazard resistant, more cost efficient green structures for houses, churches, schools, etc. To those leaders and citizens we now say: We have such structures! Please implement the rules to allow them to happen. (Continued…)
Cabin Special - Model 15
We are offering a financing option for our Model 15 Monolithic Cabin. (Continued…)
What It Costs, November 2009
Construction costs have stayed stable throughout October and November, 2009. (Continued…)