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Dome Housing: The Shire Is Real
GEARFUSE —
... a fire. Hobbits from all around Middle Earth will come flocking to your door step to relax in your dome bathhouse as they puff on their pipe-weed and run up your phone bill with that Hobbit phone of yours. Dome House kits start at around $30,000 which excludes the cost of delivery, assembly and interior construction. I wonder if Peter Jackson will give up his Hollywood home in favor of his very own Bilbo Baggins bachelor pad. [image] [image] [image] Link ( via )
Styrofoam dome homes remind me of Tatooine
Newlaunches.com —
... The 25-feet by 13-feet wide dome is suitable for kitsch recreations like karaoke, massage rooms and disco lounges. For 3 million yen (about $30,000), it's quite a fancy out-house one can procure. Take a look at the pictures after the break. The Aso Farm Land resort village in Kyushu uses about 480 styrofoam domes as lodging, recreational facilities and retail shops. dome_homes_2.jpg dome_homes_3.jpg dome_homes_4.jpg dome_homes_5.jpg dome_homes_6.jpg dome_homes_7.jpg dome_homes_8.jpg Source
Styrofoam dome houses — much cooler concept than it sounds like
DVICE Atom Feed —
... prefabricated pieces is fast work. Two or three people could put the whole thing together in an afternoon… without any cranes or heavy equipment. The domes can also be connected with joint piece for larger dwellings. Once your dome is put together, the possibilities are endless — create anything from a steam room to a swanky bar. In any case, it'll be a lot better than a FEMA trailer.
International Dome House, via Pink Tentacle
i-Dome Homes put the "dome" in "domestic bliss"
Core77 —
This is pretty radical: An eco-friendly dome house concept that doesn't even mention Buckminster Fuller's name. Available in Japan for prices starting at $41,000, the polystyrene houses can be built from five basic components and are designed to resist earthquakes and typhoons. Check out the vid:
And look how quickly they go up!
via pink tentacle
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