It will take a lot of iron chains and money to keep your heavy concrete dome from collapsing. Besides, there's an easier -- and less risky -- way to build a dome this tall today. Try again!

Salina? Norbert and Marlene Hermes have lived in a concrete dome for the last 23 years and have never regretted it. The dome not only has saved them money in energy costs, but it is so solidly ...

The dome, also known as “The Tomb,” was meant as a temporary solution, but it has now become a long-term concern. In 2019, ...

which to this day forms the largest unreinforced concrete dome in existence at 43.3 meters diameter, and is in excellent condition despite being being nearly 1,900 years old. Even as the Roman ...

The base is a flexible fiberglass-reinforced mat studded with polymer-modified concrete domes. The mat gets overcoated with sand for slip resistance, then overcoated again with colored sealer.

The ancient Romans were masters of building and engineering, perhaps most famously represented by the aqueducts.

Then, all of the construction will happen inside the dome, including insulation, reinforcing steel and concrete work. “This construction methodology provides for a clean work area, is ...

One of the largest domes in the world, the Pantheon, is made of concrete. You saved a lot of money building this dome with concrete. But remember: concrete is very heavy. About halfway down the ...