Hey anybody out there have,or know anybody that owns a dome home?

I have a friend who has been thinking of purchasing one. Would really like pros and cons on quality,etc of theirs!! (Im Curious)

Gracious :)

Firstly, what is a dome home? An igloo?

I assume so,I havent ever seen one ;D

Firstly, what is a dome home? An igloo?


I'm not sure what one is either?

Back in the 60's there was small fad built around Buckminster Fuller (as I recall) who was popularizing geodesic domes as a cheap living space.  My ex and I were considering the idea - just one of her crazy ideas, but nothing came of it.  Hera's a link to just one of many sites

https://pacificdomes.com/dome-homes/

Back in the 60's there was small fad built around Buckminster Fuller (as I recall) who was popularizing geodesic domes as a cheap living space.  My ex and I were considering the idea - just one of her crazy ideas, but nothing came of it.  Hera's a link to just one of many sites

https://pacificdomes.com/dome-homes/
From the given website, they look like nuclear comes?

Back in the 60's there was small fad built around Buckminster Fuller (as I recall) who was popularizing geodesic domes as a cheap living space.  My ex and I were considering the idea - just one of her crazy ideas, but nothing came of it.  Hera's a link to just one of many sites

https://pacificdomes.com/dome-homes/


Buckminster Fuller and his geodesic domes is the first thing i thought of too. I didn't know they still made them.

Buckminster Fuller and his geodesic domes is the first thing i thought of too. I didn't know they still made them.
Generally this shape?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/G%C3%A9ode_V_3_1.gif

Back in the 60's there was small fad built around Buckminster Fuller (as I recall) who was popularizing geodesic domes as a cheap living space.  My ex and I were considering the idea - just one of her crazy ideas, but nothing came of it.  Hera's a link to just one of many sites

https://pacificdomes.com/dome-homes/


Going from a dome home to a tire hut in the woods.


Cat

This may a be a good example of domes put to good use.

The Eden Project in Cornwall, England. The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome.

https://www.edenproject.com/visit

Or have your own dome in your garden?

https://www.caveinnovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/clear-bubble-dome-tent-300x224.jpg

Country Joe McDonald
"Living In The Future In A Plastic Dome"
1972

This song is from 1972, but some of what he describes in there sounds very much like the internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ65g331a94

Country Joe McDonald
"Living In The Future In A Plastic Dome"
1972

This song is from 1972, but some of what he describes in there sounds very much like the internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ65g331a94
I have not yet heard the above song (no speakers on my computer), but from the sound of it, this song from the title alone reminds me of "Little Boxes", a song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963, when he released his cover version. The song is a social satire about the development of suburbia, and associated conformist middle-class attitudes.

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I have not yet heard the above song (no speakers on my computer), but from the sound of it, this song from the title alone reminds me of "Little Boxes", a song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963, when he released his cover version. The song is a social satire about the development of suburbia, and associated conformist middle-class attitudes.

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There is a pic in that video that looked like my old neighborhood (time 23 sec).

My sister created a video to this song and she used our family and our old neighborhood. The line, "There are doctors" she used a pic of my grandfather who was a doctor, "There are lawyers" she used my great-aunt who was a lawyer, "Business executives" she used my great-grandfather who owned several grocery stores. 

I think of my dad when I think of that video because she made it for him shortly before he passed away-and he LOVED it.


Cat

Or have your own dome in your garden?

https://www.caveinnovations.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/clear-bubble-dome-tent-300x224.jpg

I think there was a commercial a while ago that had a family living in a dome home.

I have not yet heard the above song (no speakers on my computer), but from the sound of it, this song from the title alone reminds me of "Little Boxes", a song written and composed by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963, when he released his cover version. The song is a social satire about the development of suburbia, and associated conformist middle-class attitudes.

XUwUp-D_VV0


I really hate that song.  Those "little boxes", post war developments of affordable homes made middle class life possible for the vast majority of working class people who before the war never  had a shot at middle class life.  And the GI bill, along with low tuition made it possible for Vets and their kids to get some post high school education (my dad took a few courses in metallurgy and I went to Rutgers for free).  That, along with a strong union movement made middle class life possible.  So yes, those development houses were made of ticky tacky and all looked just the same, until their owners individualized them.  My dad added a sun room, on his own-well, I helped

I really hate that song.  Those "little boxes", post war developments of affordable homes made middle class life possible for the vast majority of working class people who before the war never  had a shot at middle class life.  And the GI bill, along with low tuition made it possible for Vets and their kids to get some post high school education (my dad took a few courses in metallurgy and I went to Rutgers for free).  That, along with a strong union movement made middle class life possible.  So yes, those development houses were made of ticky tacky and all looked just the same, until their owners individualized them.  My dad added a sun room, on his own-well, I helped
I found it annoying that hated it, for when I was younger it used to be played on a children's radio show during the 1960s.

I really hate that song.  Those "little boxes", post war developments of affordable homes made middle class life possible for the vast majority of working class people who before the war never  had a shot at middle class life.  And the GI bill, along with low tuition made it possible for Vets and their kids to get some post high school education (my dad took a few courses in metallurgy and I went to Rutgers for free).  That, along with a strong union movement made middle class life possible.  So yes, those development houses were made of ticky tacky and all looked just the same, until their owners individualized them.  My dad added a sun room, on his own-well, I helped


People in our neighborhood either put a "dormer" on the front or the back. My mother put it on both. The house was originally 2 bedrooms & a bathroom downstairs and two bedrooms upstairs. She (yes, it was my mother's idea) put 2 extra bedrooms upstairs along with a bathroom. With 8 people living in the house (6 kids and my parents) we NEEDED 2 bathrooms. She also put in a mudroom but we never called it that. We called it the "entryway."


Cat