Has anybody here had experience with Geodesic Dome houses?

I’ve never owned or lived in one, so I can’t comment on costs for heating and cooling. However, my aunt and uncle lived in one in Colorado and it was very cool. I remember it being very spacious.

The main level was pretty open. You walked in and saw the living area, dining area, and kitchen, then past the kitchen was a closed wall with a door (divided space) and there was a bathroom and possibly a bedroom. The ceiling was high in the bottom living space, then a bit less than half the dome had been made into an upper level for bedrooms.

You went up a set of stairs and it was like a long, open hallway with a railing, the bedrooms accessible from the hall. The rooms were closed by walls and doors (divided space).

My aunt and uncle were able to use a good deal of the space and the house felt light and airy. I don’t know enough about thermodynamics to speculate on how well the house kept cool/warm or whether the dome design helped in this regard.

The Wife and I almost built one several years back, they are The safest to be in during an earthquake or hurricane, Cheapest to get homeowners insurance for and inexpensive to heat, cool and Build- and lots of options for customization.

Recommend Highly!

I don’t have any direct experience with the geodesic dome as a home. But a friend had one made specifically for a summer sauna hut back in the ‘80s, There are a few such homes near where I live in southern Illinois. But then, R. Buckminster Fuller taught at SIU University,Carbondale, just a few miles from where I live. Perhaps he had some direct involvement on the building of these homes.