# What's the deal with concrete geodesic dome houses?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 24, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-concrete-geodesic-dome-houses/669581 "2013-09-24T14:28:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-concrete-geodesic-dome-houses/669581/21 "2013-09-25T20:44:28Z")

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Hijack-

So Bucky’s geodesic houses have problems. What about his [Tensegrity](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity) structures?

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**Author:** ![Habeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-concrete-geodesic-dome-houses/669581/22 "2013-09-26T12:43:22Z")

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> [@White SIFL](#):
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> Short answer: Because what works on paper doesn’t equal great living experience. I’m not being snarky, you could apply that same logic to every aspect of modern living.

Yes, but what I really mean is “why doesn’t this work, it does look good on paper”. A correct answer isn’t “stuff that looks good on paper is always wrong” (which is not true), but instead “this is where reality differs from the theory”.

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**Author:** ![Kilmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a6a055/32.png) [@Kilmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilmore)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-concrete-geodesic-dome-houses/669581/23 "2013-09-26T14:16:24Z")

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Now it might be cool for a D&D shop to have a half a isocahedron (d20) looking roof.

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**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-concrete-geodesic-dome-houses/669581/24 "2013-09-26T14:55:51Z")

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Probably the most famous Bay Area example of dome housing: the [Flintstone House](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flintstone_House).

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-concrete-geodesic-dome-houses/669581/25 "2013-09-26T15:04:34Z")

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Do you know what [else](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Takamatsu-Castle-Building-Interior-M3488.jpg) looks like it would nice to live in paper?

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