Monolithic Domes

[MarkP]

I haven't built one or stayed in one, only read a lot on the net. There seem to be two camps; those that are in love with the concept and quote the fact that domes enclose the most volume per unit of surface area, and those that have built domes and recognize that half of that enclosed volume is useless, half of the surface area is lying outside in a pile of triangular scraps, and it is a bitch to construct, roof, insulate, or drywall. In fact I know a guy who built a dome house and he can confirm all of that.

He loved living in it.