Geodesic domes: a clever engineering solution to a complex social need. Not a successful, but a clever one.
Geodesic domes have many advantages, but a home or building is about more than structure, and any design will be vulnerable to the fallibility of materials and workmanship.
Some of the longest-lived manmade structures are pyramidical or conical or domed, which are all variations on a theme - Maes Howe, Silbury Hill, the Pyramids of Egypt, the Pyramids of South America - so there must be somethign to it…
