Tag: Domes
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Geodesic dome protects cob house & family of 6 in Arctic Circle (Video)
This freethinking family of six wanted to build their own eco-friendly home, surrounded by nature, and sheltered from the region's harsh weather by a glass dome.
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Geodesic solar-powered Life Pod can be towed with regular car (Video)
This hand-built, geodesic dome-inspired home is a lightweight alternative tiny home that can be towed by a regular car.
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Mountain geodesic dome refuge is a 'platform for living'
This structure combines the best of both cabin and geodesic dome, which sits on the roof as a way for its inhabitants to sleep and stargaze.
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Heavenly Oasis dome offers a 360-degree view of night sky
Perfect for starry nights out on the beach, this unique dome tent was created by a kite-surfing enthusiast who wanted to sleep in something that didn't feel like a box.
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This energy efficient dome home in China is made from reclaimed wood (Video)
Intended as a creative retreat for a company's designers, this solid timber dome house has been built to German Passive House standards.
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Soaring domes built with bamboo, the new "green steel"
Strong, inexpensive and quick to grow, there is a lot of potential for bamboo to replace other building materials, and this complex of 80-foot wide bamboo domes is but one example.
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Fantastic Deconstructed Geodesic Dome Is Built With Local and Recycled Wood
Two Danish architects make a statement for the future of housing with a dome that pushes the limits on form.
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World's Largest Geodesic Dome House Runs On Renewable Power (Photos)
Thanks to being sturdy and ultra-efficient with space, energy and materials, geodesic domes have been used as greenhouses, treehouses and also as homes. Located in Long Island, New York and measuring 70-feet in diameter and 44-feet
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John Friend- Walking The Walk At Wanderlust
Last weekend, at the heart of this year's Wanderlust Festival was Village Anusara, and in the heart of the village was John Friend, gathered with his disciples.
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Architect Wants to Rebuild Haiti with Recycled Tires, Needs Your Help (Photos)
Argentine architect Carlos Levinton, who we've seen help Bolivian communities with PET, was asked by the UN White Helmets Comission to collaborate with ideas for the reconstruction of Haiti after the earthquake.
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Global Warming-Ready Waterpod Returns to Land
If you were near any of New York City's waterways last summer and early fall, you might have seen a strange, geodesic-dome-topped barge plying its way
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Kibbutz Lotan - An Oasis in a Desert Where it Never Rains
OK, it rains sometimes. For example, last year it rained just under two millimeters.
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Starscape Enterprise: DIY Planetarium of Reused Objects
Beyond an unmarked doorway, only distinguishable by a Land Shark Ale advertisement splashed across on its curved glass walls, lies Environmentaland. Set in a Hollywood mega-mall, home
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The Do Lectures: It's Like TED In A Welsh Field
Are you ready for the outward bound version of TED? For the second year running the team behind one of our fav eco-fashion labels, Howies, are presenting The Do Lectures and happily TreeHugger will be reporting directly from
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The Thirst Pavilion: Using Innovative Architecture and Solutions To Combat Global Water Issues
At Expo Zaragoza in Spain, the International Expo about "Water and Sustainable Development" that opened in June and attracted over 70.000 visitors last saturday, one of the best exhibits was the Pavilion THIRST. With strong images and simple graphics,
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Living Small, Cheap and Simple. Try A Dome House
If I was a teenager that needed some space to myself, I would really like a Dome House out in the backyard. Or as a writer, this could be the solution to all my troubles: who doesn't need privacy! These prefab domes come from International Dome House
