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With the Whitney Museum's Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe exhibition in New York City this summer, visions of domes have been dancing in New Yorkers' heads. The photo above is an image taken at the now-iconic Drop City commune in Colorado by Clark Richert, and the interior is of a dome at the commune, Libre. The dome quickly became the emblem for counter-cultural architecture, and it still holds that same mystic today...
In the '60s, just figuring out how to build a dome was half the battle. But now there are a number of options for round house living. If you want to build your own dome you can use the dome calculator, which was developed to help Burning Man dome builders figure out the measurements; buy dome more elaborate dome plans; or you can buy a dome in move-in condition.
Prices for already finished domes can range from $149,000 for a dome in Maine to $1.2 million for a San Francisco dome. Or if you prefer to stay square, you can check out Alastair Gordon's Spaced Out, a new book of psychedelic interiors, and just visit the '60s/'70s from the comfort of your own sofa.
Drop City Dome Image via Clark Richert
Dome Interior Image via Linda Fleming sculpture
Dome Plans Image via Natural Spaces Domes
- Amy Azzarito
(This is the second of Amy's four trial posts that we'll be rolling out over the next two weeks)
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My father, a contractor, built a cool dome in the mid 70's right on the water in the Virgin Islands. Since then, it's survived amazing conditions including having been covered by ocean waves during hurricanes. You can see it here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=St John, US Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands&ie=UTF8&ll=18.312434,-64.780205&spn=0.001732,0.002414&t=h&z=19
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That link was butchered so here's a tiny url:
http://tinyurl.com/5lgbqv
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Blake's 7 lives! :o)
I'm a total sci-fi geek, and if I could have more than one home, I'd totally have one of these - and a life-size Dalek, with a blender attachment, in the kitchen!
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I went to see this exhibit and looooove these images you found. I love that dining room table and the streaming sunlight.
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Great info and images - here's another example that's lasted 40 years or so:
Geodesic House on Long Island
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