As Florida has been hit by several devastating hurricanes, homes designed to withstand these extreme storms have gone through ...
In the market for a new house? How about a dome home? You may have seen some of these gray, concrete dome houses around Brevard County. There are about 50 of them that were all manufactured by the now ...
Even if you can’t build your own concrete dome home, check out what a little bit of home prep, like enclosing eaves and removing mulch, can do.
The one-piece rounded, steel-reinforced block of concrete that forms the hull of their home is called a monolithic dome. When the Hermeses built one in 1980 on a hillside on their rural Salina ...
Construction companies are coming up with new ways to make hurricane-proof housing, and one house even survived a category 5 ...
Whoever said a home has to be a house? Here are some unique homes in Palm Beach County where we found eccentricity rendered ...
While looking for an advanced technology for the future, some home builders are looking to improve upon a design that has been used in other parts of the world throughout history; namely concrete.
It will take a lot of iron chains and money to keep your heavy concrete dome from collapsing. Besides, there's an easier -- and less risky -- way to build a dome this tall today. Try again!
which is then sprayed with layers of concrete known as shotcrete. "We don't think the price of a dome is much different than that of a standard custom home," says Clark. But over the long term ...
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By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options.
After going dark during the pandemic, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s Omni IMAX Theater is almost ready to ...