Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Domes

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

>Has anyone looked at the dome
>homes ? They are building them for much less, in Texas, and the builders say
>that the regulations would make it much more expensive in California. 

There are a number of domes in Port Townsend Washington, including a very 
beautiful one at RoseWind here. If you love aesthetic use of sunny space, 
have a look, via our website www.rosewind.org then follow links on the 
dome for sale, through to the realtors "More Photos". The owner is a 
Danish artist and the results are visually striking.

Regarding affordability, the ones I've seen, and I watched closely as 
this one was built, were more expensive than conventional construction. 
True, the ribbed dome frame goes up quickly, but all the interior work 
had to be very custom, with thousands of miter cuts to make all sorts of 
rectilinear materials, like lumber, fit into triangles. Ditto for the 
roofing (which is almost the whole outside of the dome), as rectangular 
roofing shingles had to be cut to carefully cover all those triangles. 
Lots of extra labor cost and material waste. Can't just pick up cheap 
windows at the local bone yard: they are triangular too.

Interior design takes special forethought, as furnishings are also 
designed for squared spaces.

A round house in a square world can cost extra! 


Lynn Nadeau, RoseWind Cohousing
Port Townsend Washington (Victorian seaport, music, art, nature)
http://www.rosewind.org
http://www.ptguide.com

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