Domes are Stronger than Traditional Wood Buildings, Part 2

Should Builders Rebuild Traditionally or Rebuild to Prevent Future Destruction?

Traditional square stick built style houses and mobile homes are structurally weak. They collapse under the stress of hurricanes and earthquakes. Roofs of houses and hospitals are torn off during storms. Considering the above, it is easy to understand that structures such as houses and larger buildings should be built with domes. (Reuters Airwise News)

Geodesic dome structures are built upon a design based on triangular elements that are stronger than other designs, such as the traditional rectangular structure. The triangle is the strongest structure used for building. Geodesic domes have been tested to withstand more than 200 mile per hour winds. When one attaches many triangles along their edges, the shape becomes a sphere.

Spheres are the strongest structure and are found naturally in geological formations, molecules, planets and even bubbles. Spheres enclose the most amount of space using the least amount of material. Air circulates easily in a round structure, causing much less energy consumption than with a rectangular structure. A sphere is the most wind resistant structure found in nature.

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For Reuters Airwise News see

http://news.airwise.com/stories/2004/09/1096194217.html/