DOME MAGAZINE: Spring 1992, Vol. 4 | No. 3 Sometimes, it seems as though I am dreaming, when I read some of the comments that have appeared in previous articles in DOMES magazine. At a time when accurate information relating to domes and dome mechanics is hard to come by, it is disturbing to me … Read more
DOME MAGAZINE: Winter 1991-91, Vol. 4| No. 2 Would you like to build your own dream dome, and are you relatively new at the building process? Perhaps the following will answer some of the questions of “what do I do next?” This list assumes that you have secured a building site, selected a dome plan, … Read more
DOME MAGAZINE: Fall 1991, Vol. 3 | No. 5 I will not begin this article with the accusation that a real conspiracy exists in the housing industry to inflict genocide on the residential dome concept, but if one does not, in fact, exist, most certainly an implied and practiced conspiracy does exist. If all of … Read more
DOME MAGAZINE: Summer 1991, Vol. 3 | No. 4 The system has provoked my sensibilities to the max. I am angry. The dust has barely settled on the victims of the Los Angeles earthquake and the taxpayers of the United States are being asked to dig into our pockets, again, to rebuild their cracker-box houses. … Read more
DOME MAGAZINE: Spring 1991, Vol. 3 | No. 4 Why would you ever opt to consider such a radical design for a home? This question has been asked on many occasions since I first entered the area of spherical housing in 1975. I must admit that I was originally a longtime fan of Buckminster Fuller, … Read more
Dome Magazine: Fall 1990, Vol. 3 | No 1 It would seem that the logical place to start with this subject would be at the bottom, so this is where we will begin. One of the more perplexing problems of dome construction today is trying to dislodge ancient, inadequate and antiquated foundation systems that have … Read more
DOME MAGAZINE: Spring 1990, Vol. 2| No. 3 Bias. Webster’s says, “It’s a preference or inclination that inhibits impartial judgment; prejudice.” So it seems that the whole world is in the bias mode, whenever the subject of domes comes up. Perhaps the most important part of the phrase is “that impartial judgment is, for the … Read more