2011-10-07

Gedesic home


Wouldn't this be great for a home retreat say up in Maine or VT?



A retired NYFD fire fighter builds and energy efficient home. The neighbors aren't crazy about it but it looks pretty cool to me. I've often considered building one of these...

http://www.sciencefriday.com/videos/watch/10407

"Kevin Shea lives in a wood-frame geodesic dome in Long Island, New York. Forty-four-feet-tall, 70-feet in diameter, it is equipped with a solar array, a wind turbine, a geothermal system and adorned with reclaimed material--from a garden made of 800 tires to an artificial lake made from crushed fiber optic cables...."

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