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2. Xanadu Houses - Wikipedia

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   Masters was convinced that these dome-shaped homes built of foam could work for others, so he decided to create a series of show homes in the United States. Masters's business partner Tom Gussel chose the name "Xanadu" for the homes, a reference to Xanadu , the summer capital of Yuan , which is prominently featured in Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's ...

3. A rare geodesic dome home for sale near Adel is ready to ...

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   The home is listed at $479,000 by Laurie Culp of RE/MAX Precision. Contact Culp at 515-291-1522 for more information and a private showing. Contact Culp at 515-291-1522 for more information and a ...

4. Monolithic dome - Wikipedia

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   The largest monolithic dome in the world is the home of Faith Chapel Christian Center in Birmingham, Alabama, which is 72 feet (22 m) tall, and 280 feet (85 m) in diameter. [2] Inside is a floor area of 74,500 square feet (6,920 m 2 ) in two levels.

5. Concrete shell - Wikipedia

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   Shells may be cast in place, or pre-cast off site and moved into place and assembled. The strongest form of shell is the monolithic shell, which is cast as a single unit. The most common monolithic form is the dome, but ellipsoids and cylinders (resembling concrete Quonset huts / Nissen huts) are also possible using similar construction methods.

6. Hurricane-proof building - Wikipedia

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   A monolithic dome 1005 Ariola Drive, Pensacola Beach, Florida, after Hurricane Dennis in 2005. The physical geometry of a building affects its aerodynamic properties and how well it can withstand a storm. Geodesic dome roofs or buildings have low drag coefficients and can withstand higher wind forces than a square building of the same area.

7. A Cold War-era bomb shelter in Florida has new owners. What's ...

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   Residents near a Cold War-era nuclear bomb shelter are wondering what the property's new owners are doing on the other side of the chain-link fence topped by barbed wire. ... a dome towering 40 ...

8. R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home - Wikipedia

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   The R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home, located at 407 S. Forest Ave. in Carbondale, Illinois, is a geodesic dome house which was the residence of Buckminster Fuller from 1960 to 1971. The house, inhabited by Fuller while he taught at Southern Illinois University , was the only geodesic dome Fuller lived in, as well as the only ...

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