Comments on: Dome Houses or Moonbase? http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2008/09/dome-houses-or-moonbase/ Pure Geekery Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:57:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: william peterson http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2008/09/dome-houses-or-moonbase/comment-page-1/#comment-5248 william peterson Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:57:43 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=734#comment-5248 I love this design. I did engineering for 35 years. From an engineering viewpoint this idea is the best I've ever seen. Least wall surface for the volume contained (physics of spheres). Insulated by material and design. Take tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons and earthquakes better than any other shape. Light weight and easy to assembly. Bug resistant, rot resistant, rodent resistant. Long lasting without high maintenance effort. Tough part - tye it down well or else. Concrete slab poured integral into the construction assures it. Solar lighting by top central window. What people really don't like about it...."Well, it surely doesn't look like a traditional rotting, termite ridden, easily collapsable in earthquakes and winds home like I want to live in which uses up for display all the exotic woods of the planet to make the interior nice to look at". I love this design. I did engineering for 35 years. From an engineering viewpoint this idea is the best I’ve ever seen. Least wall surface for the volume contained (physics of spheres). Insulated by material and design. Take tornadoes, hurricanes, typhoons and earthquakes better than any other shape. Light weight and easy to assembly. Bug resistant, rot resistant, rodent resistant. Long lasting without high maintenance effort. Tough part – tye it down well or else. Concrete slab poured integral into the construction assures it. Solar lighting by top central window. What people really don’t like about it….”Well, it surely doesn’t look like a traditional rotting, termite ridden, easily collapsable in earthquakes and winds home like I want to live in which uses up for display all the exotic woods of the planet to make the interior nice to look at”.

]]> By: Jonathan Blundell http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2008/09/dome-houses-or-moonbase/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Jonathan Blundell Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:12:32 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=734#comment-1229 Italy, Texas (roughly 20 miles south of my house) is home to the Monolithic Dome Institute - you can find a number of these communities around the area. http://static.monolithic.com/ Italy, Texas (roughly 20 miles south of my house) is home to the Monolithic Dome Institute – you can find a number of these communities around the area.

http://static.monolithic.com/

]]> By: valerie sigler http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2008/09/dome-houses-or-moonbase/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 valerie sigler Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:02:14 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=734#comment-1228 Domes don't have to be so hideous looking. They can actually be designed so they are aesthetically pleasing. Take a look at a couple of them that we have designed that were featured on HGTV's Extreme Homes on our web sites www.domeofahome.com and www.dragonspeeddesigngroup.com Domes don’t have to be so hideous looking. They can actually be designed so they are aesthetically pleasing. Take a look at a couple of them that we have designed that were featured on HGTV’s Extreme Homes on our web sites
http://www.domeofahome.com and http://www.dragonspeeddesigngroup.com

]]> By: valerie sigler http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2008/09/dome-houses-or-moonbase/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 valerie sigler Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:59:40 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=734#comment-1227 Domes don't have to be so hideous looking. They can actually be designed so they are aesthetically pleasing instead of looking like Mr. Potato Heads with window attachments. Domes don’t have to be so hideous looking. They can actually be designed so they are aesthetically pleasing instead of looking like Mr. Potato Heads with window attachments.

]]> By: Chris http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2008/09/dome-houses-or-moonbase/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 Chris Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:40:15 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=734#comment-1211 At least they wouldn't flood, though: they'd just float on top :) I didn't notice the Tatooine style! I must be slipping. At least they wouldn’t flood, though: they’d just float on top :)

I didn’t notice the Tatooine style! I must be slipping.

]]> By: Aldakila http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2008/09/dome-houses-or-moonbase/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Aldakila Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:35:25 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=734#comment-1210 I want a Dome House! (as long as I remember to take shoes off) Geek-Speak does it again by highlighting "uber-geek" info & site I want a Dome House! (as long as I remember to take shoes off)

Geek-Speak does it again by highlighting “uber-geek” info & site

]]> By: Stephen Oliver http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/2008/09/dome-houses-or-moonbase/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 Stephen Oliver Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:31:28 +0000 http://www.geek-speak.co.uk/?p=734#comment-1209 Won't they float away on our numerous flood plains? Very Tatooine though. Put one up and take on the sand people! Won’t they float away on our numerous flood plains?

Very Tatooine though. Put one up and take on the sand people!

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