Dome Living : A Creative Guide For Planning Your Monolithic Dream Home [Paperback]

Freda Grones (Author), David B. South (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0967917107 | ISBN-13: 978-0967917108 | Publication Date: February 1, 2000

"Dome Living: A Creative Guide For Planning Your Monolithic Dream Home" contains more than one hundred easy-to-read, detailed designs for Monolithic Dome homes, both large and small, simple and elaborate. It defines the Monolithic Dome in non-technical terms and illustrates its unique construction process with diagrams and photos. Moreover, "Dome Living" explains the reasons behind the Monolithic Dome's advantages: its superior strength and longevity; its ability to survive severe weather, earthquakes and fire; its economical and conservative energy use; its cost efficiency for long term maintenance and upkeep; its graceful, spherical beauty so appropriate to a dream home! This book also provides practical, proven advice on home planning in general, as well as information specific to Monolithic Domes.

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About the Author

Authored by David B. South, the inventor and foremost authority on Monolithic Domes and president of the Monolithic Dome Institute, "Dome Living" is a must read for every dream home planner seeking the unique and superior.

Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Monolithic Dome Inst (February 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967917107
• ISBN-13: 978-0967917108
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #984,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Domes for the non-technical reader, September 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Dome Living : A Creative Guide For Planning Your Monolithic Dream Home (Paperback)

This book is a layman's description of a proprietary thin-shelled air-inflated shotcrete dome fabrication process, along with an extensive listing of possible floor plans. Disadvantages- It naturally favors the manufacturer's process; It does not provide technical information or performance data or specifications; It does not address planning/design for MEP utilities.

Advantages- Demonstrates the utility of the dome concept; Provides abundant floor plans to examine and modify; Good to fair overall description of the concept.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not exactly as advertized, January 15, 2003

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TammyJo Eckhart "TammyJo Eckhart" (Bloomington, Indiana United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dome Living : A Creative Guide For Planning Your Monolithic Dream Home (Paperback)

The book claims to be a "guide for planning" a home but really it is an advertizement for the Monolithic Dome Institute which sells them and runs workshops on them. However, there dozens of plans of dome structures that have been built or designed using this product so its a cool book to look at if you love house designs like I do. What would have been better is for each plan to have a picture of the house as it looked built.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Dome Lifestyle, March 10, 2001

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"campnovack" (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dome Living : A Creative Guide For Planning Your Monolithic Dream Home (Paperback)

Dome Living is a book intended for the audience who is already convinced of the superior structure of the monolithic dome. Complementary to the technical side, it appeals to the right-brained with the "art" of the dome. The photos in the first half illustrate just how beautiful the dome curves can be designed, as opposed to the "box" house orientation. The 91 pages of floorplans provide plenty of ideas for your own dome.