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Dome Living : A Creative Guide For Planning Your Monolithic Dream Home
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"Dome Living: A Creative Guide For Planning Your Monolithic Dream Home" contains more than one hundred easy-to-read, detailed designs for Monolithic Dome homes, both large and small, simple and elaborate. It defines the Monolithic Dome in non-technical terms and illustrates its unique construction process with diagrams and photos. Moreover, "Dome Living" explains the reasons behind the Monolithic Dome's advantages: its superior strength and longevity; its ability to survive severe weather, earthquakes and fire; its economical and conservative energy use; its cost efficiency for long term maintenance and upkeep; its graceful, spherical beauty so appropriate to a dream home! This book also provides practical, proven advice on home planning in general, as well as information specific to Monolithic Domes.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780967917108
ISBN: 0967917107
Label: Monolithic Dome Inst
Manufacturer: Monolithic Dome Inst
Number Of Pages: 164
Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Publisher: Monolithic Dome Inst
Studio: Monolithic Dome Inst
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Basic guide to monolithic dome -
Half this guide is dedicated to floor plans of every type. The rest is an overview of what is involved in building a monolithic dome. This is NOT a how to guide. It you are considering a monolithic dome then this book is an excellent starting point with plenty of pictures and illustrations.
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The book claims to be a "guide for planning" a home but really it is an advertizement for the Monolithic Dome Institute which sells them and runs workshops on them. However, there dozens of plans of dome structures that have been built or designed using this product so its a cool book to look at if you love house designs like I do. What would have been better is for each plan to have a picture of the house as it looked built.
A must for those considering dome construction! -
Dome Living is mostly for people planning a single family home, though it does touch on the issues of industrial, religious, educational, and recreational construction uses. This book is technical enough to understand exactly what the dome process is about, and if more info is needed, it has plenty of contact information to get your questions answered.
The photos are excellent, and show the potential beauty and versatility of style of Monolithic domes. Anyone familiar with geodesic domes could easily see the greater advantage and beauty of these concrete shell domes.
My only wish is that the section on houseplans included more mid-sized homes.
The Dome Lifestyle -
Dome Living is a book intended for the audience who is already convinced of the superior structure of the monolithic dome. Complementary to the technical side, it appeals to the right-brained with the "art" of the dome. The photos in the first half illustrate just how beautiful the dome curves can be designed, as opposed to the "box" house orientation. The 91 pages of floorplans provide plenty of ideas for your own dome.
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For all home decor needs by Star City Home DecorDomes for the non-technical reader -
This book is a layman's description of a proprietary thin-shelled air-inflated shotcrete dome fabrication process, along with an extensive listing of possible floor plans. Disadvantages- It naturally favors the manufacturer's process; It does not provide technical information or performance data or specifications; It does not address planning/design for MEP utilities.
Advantages- Demonstrates the utility of the dome concept; Provides abundant floor plans to examine and modify; Good to fair overall description of the concept.
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