Finding your home away from home
The website is excruciating to navigate to I wasn’t able to glean a lot of information from the site, but the Otro Mundo Eco Domes are built in Sierra del Segura and were built using a ferro-cement technique that I admittedly don’t understand. It apparently has something to do with cement, chicken wire, and a of hard work.
But the domes are cute and much roomier than they look. And they are available for rent!
Read more at Otro Mundo
It only takes 44 seconds to build a straw bale geodesic dome house? Awesome! Unfortunately, here in Seattle it would take about 44 seconds for a straw bale home to be reduced to a pile of mud and mulch from all this rain.
Read more at Treehugger
Arch Daily has a great video up about a dome built on Peka Peka Beach, in New Zealand. It totally makes me want to build a dome.
Read more at ArchDaily
Built to take advantage of environmental factors such as sun and wind, rotating dome houses are becoming more popular around the world. I like the way they look, too.
Read more at WebUrbanist
The WhitePod Alpine Ski Resort in Switzerland is unique for it eco-friendly way of housing guests – they stay in these cool little igloo huts. They kind of look like they’re made of ice, but they’re really constructed of wood and fabric, and hold up through the worst of Swiss storms. They warm quickly with the small fireplace, and they look pretty romantic, too!
I included that last picture mostly because that looks like the coldest breakfast ever!
Read more at Freshome
I love dome-shaped houses. Whether yurt homes, earth bag houses, or something more unique, there’s something natural and calming about circular homes. Thus, when I saw this blog post on TinyHouseBlog.com about International Dome Houses, I was ecstatic.
The International Dome House Company is based in Japan and has made dozens and dozens of dome houses throughout the country. Made primarily from expanded polystyrene, they are green and not difficult to make. And if you’re worried about how they look, just check out the pictures below. And wipe that drool from your chin!
