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Concrete tents

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Thought this was interesting Have worked with inflatable tents, but nothing like this.

http://www.wimp.com/concretetents/
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Reminded me of this:

http://www.monolithic.com/

My uncle lives in one of these things. He lives in SE Colorado highs up to 110 lows to -30. Costs $5 a month to heat or cool it. Costs about $35k per 1k foot of floor space. Internal space is whatever you need it to be, none of the internal structure is load bearing. The only fixed anything is plumbing.

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Geodesic dome always fascinated me. Like many, Bucky Fuller's dream was my introduction. Thanks, Tough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller
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Jim wrote:Geodesic dome always fascinated me. Like many, Bucky Fuller's dream was my introduction. Thanks, Tough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller

My uncle drives his Unimog over the top of the damn thing for giggles. I try to convince my wife to build one but she says she wont live in a "Hobbit House".

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