www.miqel.com/fuller_desi...on_dome.html

free manual how-to build PVC pipe dome tent.
www.shelter-systems.com/relief...ns.html

I am very glad I have this particular site! I am also into cheap shelter designs and want to share this with all of you. There is a little known but fabulous website where a french architect Alain Lobel has researched structures that are built with only equilateral triangles. I have been playing around with many models and small wood frameworks and I can tell you they are very sturdy. I think people are afraid of them since they are new and they can't figure out the math as how to come up with all the different angles at the vertices. Easy...self adjusting hubs. I do think some of the structures may be stretched too far out and would lose their structural integrity but I have been playing around with only the simpler frequency structures and have found them to be uniquely wonderful. I haven't emailed him for quite some time probably a few years but he is a very pleasant fellow. I write him a letter and then one in french via a free online translator which he prefers you send him both english and french translations. He does speak some english and likes also to communicate through pictures and computer graphics. His site is amazing and I urge you to explore all the families of the various breakdowns. My personal favorite is the 3P family. His gallery is also very interesting. His site is www.equilatere.net/ Enjoy! Rick

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Re: Shoppin' domes Today, 9:58 AM
I think I found it?
www.gardendome.com/

vinnie



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Re: Shoppin' domes Today, 9:56 AM
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Years ago I remember a kit with stamped metal brackets.
The instructions said it took 25 2x4s to make a dome.
They looked like stars.
of course that was in the seventies........

Chri...


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Shoppin' domes Today, 1:15 AM
What's UP?!!!

I'm In N California and am looking for 1-2 dome frames 25-35 foot orso. Cover or chute would be sweet. Cash or kind trade.

Peace, love, and all that $#@!...Christian

Ok, here's the $30,000 version.
scienceray.com/biology/ec...the-future/


Meaning, D.I.Y'ers can find a way to make a livable version for what, a tenth of that?
Ideas?

Here's the article:


"The Japanese are amazing engineers in both housing and technology, so it shouldn’t be too surprising that a prefab home manufacturer in Japan called “Japan Dome Housing Co., Ltd., developed an amazingly energy-efficient, extreme weather durable, Styrofoam expandable modular igloo-shaped kit house. Oh, yes, it’s true. The house of the future that can be purchased and assembled by you and two or three of your friends in just a matter of 3-days if you work around the clock or about a week if you take your time.

One of the advantages of using 100% expanded polystyrene foam instead of wood or metal, is that it is rot-proof, waterproof and termite-proof, which will automatically save the residents potentially thousands of dollars in future home maintenance costs. Using this material along with the expert engineering and modular construction provides a structure that is extremely resistant to earthquakes, hurricanes and/or typhoons, which providing a sense of relatively peace-of-mind that the house has a better chance to survive the extreme forces of nature.

The Dome House measures in at 145.86 square feet of floor space that can continue to be expanded on to increase the building size, just by adding additional modular building pieces to the existing structure. The outside measurement is a reasonable 25 feet wide and 13 feet tall, but the draw back is the color, which additional color options may be available from the manufacturer.

The Dome House is amazingly affordable for the basic kit coming in at an estimated $30,000 (USD) or 3,000,000 (yen) and additions can be added when more room is needed for a growing family at an extra cost. The manufacturer also claims that their product can be used to build hotel rooms, restaurants, freezer rooms, steam rooms, bars, or poultry farms, which probably means that this product could be used for practically any building purpose."

"Eco Domes: How to build your very own, sand bag, earth friendly shelter"

www.squidoo.com/Eco-Dome




For you cold climate folks--- how to build an igloo dome:

www.trails.com/how_726_igloo-dome.html



"Home Dome" designed by 12 year old, inspired by a Mongolian yurt, built from plastic, wire, and packing peanuts:

blogs.smarter.com/gadgets/2...rom-trash/



Inflatable airform, polyurethane foam, rebar, shotcrete dome---- good photos:

www.dome-homes.com/domes/ph...elter.php