Would you live in a dome house? See pics.

Sure, why not?

Do you think they're better than squarish houses?

I dunno, man.

I was just being agreeable.

Thats lovely , I live in a ground floor apartment open plan with a hexagonal living area so I like funky homes.....

I would for sure.
Besides they're earthquake/hurricane proof.

How would you feel if dome structured houses were the only types of houses allowed to be built?

Love it but it would cost a bomb to build wouldnt it?

Nope.

Most of it is made out of biodegradable renewable materials.

Sounds great. I wish I had seen them when I built my house. Are there any in Oz already built?

House builders can build you whatever type of house you want :).

But, you can't cram them in together the same way you can squash square rabbit hutches, whoops I mean houses next to each other..

I guess it must be luxurious to have the space to build something like that, but over here you have to be inordinately wealthy to have something like that.

no

There is one where I live. I don't know how it cost, but the guy who buy it is pretty rich.

Dome kitsets (Aust made)
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the freight was around $12,000 to nz last time I checked.

and this
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Is this Bini dome, the concrete dome?

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Difficult to collect rainwater, but not impossible.

*I meant shipping (freight) lol

Can I build one out of cob?

wow... found this site, a portal for all things dome homes!!!

[link to www.domeontheweb.com]

Dome homes are stronger then square homes and are less maintenance. I think that if your home was blown down in any of the coastal states or the tornado belts and that you get american dollars to rebuild you should be required to rebuild a concrete dome home. No more than 1 home rebuild on tax payer dollars.

Yes, I would love to have a dome home.

YES I would LOVE to have a dome house!

there is a huge ass big ass one down the road

2 buildings and I think one is a hay stroage or grain

That one is kinda small, but it's pretty neat...

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Been wanting one ever since I saw the Logan's Run TV series.

Not in the winter. You always have to heat the complete house since there are no seperate rooms, consumes a lot of energy.

I read somewhere that round homes are better for the soul, have better "energy", square rooms and homes are counter to our growth.

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When arranging your furniture, a circular formation will encourage a healthy flow of chi.

If it looks anything like this I would . [link to www.sardegnaabbandonata.it]

Kind of neat but the real dome houses were conceived by an architect and inventor genius named Buckminster Fuller.

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