Illustrated Dome Building: Step-by-step Complete Plans [Paperback]

Gene Hopster (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Hexadome America (May 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976911604
• ISBN-13: 978-0976911609
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,621 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic! Should be titled "How to Build a Practical Dome", August 19, 2006

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This is the classic book on how to build a hexadome. Geodesic domes are great, the math behind the design is impressive, but they are complicated to build and the complication leads to leaks. Gene Hopster presents a simplified dome design he calls a hexadome. A Hexadome is not quite so efficient as a geodesic but its geometry makes it easier for real people to build! So you get the advantages (and beauty) of a dome and an approach that a carpenter without a PhD in math can actually understand and implement.

The book is short but it explains the basics. It has some great house plans to give you ideas. Unfortunately we lost Gene Hopster a few years ago so he will not be updating this.