# Geodesic Dome Home

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 18, 2007, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geodesic-dome-home/423157 "2007-10-18T11:49:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geodesic-dome-home/423157/21 "2007-10-23T14:05:53Z")

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[QUOTE=t-bonham@scc.net]

She’s never mentioned a sound-echo problem, but she lives alone (except for pest). And she has some artwork, including some fabric quilt pieces hanging in the overhead open space – that may dampen the sound echos.  
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It wasn’t so much a “problem” as a “feature.” An odd quirk, if you will. For 15 fraternity guys in a camp (which is what it really was, but could have easily been improved to a home), having fun on a weekend, it was amusing. To a family, you’d learn it’s quirks, and avoid them.

I’m certain that the quilts are plenty to break up the sound travel, especially if hung downward like “flags.” [Here’s conversation giving](http://ask.metafilter.com/62214/Acoustic-Properties-of-Geodesic-Domes) a bit more on that.

If you’re the right kind of people, it could be fun.

I think it’s like any type of specialty housing product. If it was built well, with quality materials, it’s a fine house, with a unique set of properties. If it wasn’t… well… It’s not for someone that needs a 3800ft^2 McMansion.

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