Duncan,I meant domes, the buildings I am talking about are true half circle domes. There is no other structure besides bales and plaster in these 2 domes. One is a bathroom!
Rene On Nov 10, 2005, at 12:00, strawbale-request@amper....muni.cz wrote:
It is feaseable because I know of 2 such vaults built in Siebenlinden Germany. In one way though they are most probably a little different to what you want because they ar placed ander a separate roof. Therefore the domes do not function as a roof.We should remember that the forces acting in a dome are not strictly thesame as those of a vault. A dome is intrinsicly more stable. Someone thoughtfully pointed out at ISBBC in Denmark that a dome is a vault rotated through 360 degrees.