The roof has the saw-tooth design Sala mentioned, as well as increased transparency and natural sunlight. It even has a dome shape that will appeal to traditionalists, maintaining a sense of ...

NoPrimaryTagMatch An earth-sheltered home showcases a unique design Richard Shire’s 3,400-square-foot home features (below, from left) skylights in the sod roof, a wood stove, and an open floor ...

Dome design strong enough to withstand a tornado Concrete domes can deflect flying debris%2C even airborne trees and cars Dome%27s balanced shape is self-supporting and strong enough to withstand ...

The crown-truss that will help support the new roof, part of the $118 million renovation project, is about halfway complete. This portion of the roof is supported by concrete walls and steel X ...

Because of its concrete dome structure, the home is windproof, fireproof and resistant to extreme temperatures. It also has triple-paned windows for added energy efficiency. The project has stretched ...

A concrete dome home is about the best design for withstanding the wrath of storms, but its exterior and interior do not look conventional.

Just a day shy of its 24th birthday that prediction came crashing to the ground. In a scant 16.8 seconds the world's largest thin-shell concrete dome dissolved into a cloud of dust and debris.

The dome-shaped concrete house at 2851 Marshall Boulevard on Sullivan's Island. The home was completed in 1991 to withstand hurricanes.

Concrete can be moulded in any shape and used to create curved roofs like domes. The dome blurred the lines between the roof and the wall, and could create huge rooms without any intermediate ...

Jack Christiansen, the structural engineer of the Kingdome and a pioneer of thin-shell concrete roofs, died last month at 89.

Washington resident John Belles knew his property was at risk for wildfires, so when he built his home in 1999, he chose concrete. This week, that home survived a wall of flames, proving Belles ...

Constructing a concrete dome is a costly process, but this may change soon. A team from the Vienna University of Technology has developed a method that allows concrete domes to form with the use of ...