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PROFESSIONAL DOME PLANS Third Edition 3.01 Copyright © 1987, 1988, 2002 by Jeffrey O. Hill. Building a geodesic dome as a do-it-yourself project can be a real challenge. It’s difficult to know where to begin even for those with considerable building experience. If you dig deep enough, you can find plenty of information describing the geometry of domes, although most of it is rather technical and theoretical and often lacks the kind of practical hands on advice needed to turn theory into a finished product. This plan book is designed to fill that void by focusing almost entirely on simple, detailed shop drawings that show how geodesic domes are built with virtually no need for higher math. In fact, the only math you’ll see in these plans are the 4 basic functions used in a list of formulas for calculating the length of various parts.

Lydick Domes "Welcome to the most complete collection of geodesic dome information on the internet today. From this site you can access information on residential, both single family and multi family, commercial, and institutional domes of varying sizes from 23' to 134' in diameter" Sales site, but good info, too.

Strength of the Monolithic Dome The Monolithic™ Dome is the most disaster resistant building that can be built at a reasonable price without going underground or into a mountain. This information was compiled by Doctor Arnold Wilson, a leading engineer in thin shell concrete construction. Excellent, detailed article.

Building A Dome Home Trials & tribulations of building a home

Kingdome Calculator ONE computes all the numbers and values for your dome and gives you pictures of existing domes. Also good for timber quantity calculations. Kingdome Calculator ONE is a shareware and runs on Windows 3.1 or above.

Buckminster Fuller Short, interesting history with a few follow-uo links

Geodesic Dome Design Software DOME is an open source utility for generating the coordinates of a geodesic dome or sphere. Versions are available for 32-bit Windows platforms, Linux/Unix and MacOS. Full source code is available per the GNU General Public License.

Geodesic Dome Kit Home From American Ingenuity

Design drawing for a segmented dome Buckminster Fuller my have done a mighty fine job of designing the geodesic dome but it’s not the only way to build a dome. See also: Plans for a simple geodesic greenhouse or shed.

Problems with geodesic domes Many dome building companies would have you believe that there dome home kits are perfect for everyone, and life living in a dome home is idyllic. If you’re thinking of buying a dome home kit or building a dome from scratch read on, it’s not all sunshine and roses!

Detail Plans for a Geodesic Dome Observatory

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