Re: spectacular and serene

[Ted Ledbetter <tedled at earthlink dot net>]

-----Dwayne <ddraig at pobox dot com> said-----
>> Oh well, I'm not so big on the dome idea, I actually am into
>> earth-sheltered housing. I joined this list because of the idea of
>> living sustainably, as opposed to any preference for housing 
>> structure,
>> really.

----- Charles J Knight <c dot knight at juno dot com> responded-----
>Fantastic!  My personal favorite structure is a tension structure,
>actually a simple one -- the radial tent.  But, you've got to fit the
>structure to the site, too.  That's why some houses (rectilinear,
>dome, tension tent, etc) look like they landed from outer space.
>
>I've got a few ideas of where to put one, if I can figure out how
>to generate patterns.
>

...i agree with both of you about earth-sheltered housing, living 
sustainably and tension-structures...i have been living year round 
for the past five years in a series of dome-tents...and i plan to build 
an earth-sheltered reinforced-concrete dome because i believe that
a dome shape is the strongest form to be able to support an earthen 
"roof" and to support any animal or vehicular traffic across an 
earthen-roof...am i wrong about this?