The one-piece rounded, steel-reinforced block of concrete that forms the hull of their home is called a monolithic dome. When the Hermeses built one in 1980 on a hillside on their rural Salina ...

In the market for a new house? How about a dome home? You may have seen some of these gray, concrete dome houses around Brevard County. There are about 50 of them that were all manufactured by the now ...

It will take a lot of iron chains and money to keep your heavy concrete dome from collapsing. Besides, there's an easier -- and less risky -- way to build a dome this tall today. Try again!

He adds that the eco-domes are much faster to build than ... many people have a mentality of wanting homes made of concrete, which they believe are more modern and robust,” he says.

Carving holes is a great way to lighten a dome -- but the governor won't be happy with your design. Around 500 A.D., ancient engineers realized that a dome could be made of a circular ring of ...