When Vessela Kouneva and Kalin Kounev took an afternoon to check out a property in the Brainerd lakes area eight years ago, they didn’t realize what a fateful appointment it would be — both for home ...

Quirky and unusual, any home with a geodesic dome is certain to inspire curiosity. But they aren’t just local landmarks. Geodesic domes are both energy-efficient and resistant to natural disasters.

Fish farms might seem like floating maximum-security jails, or feedlots that resemble trampolines wallowing in water. Near-shore cages can collect waste on the sea floor and act as a breeding grounds ...

From hippie houses and kids’ play frames to military radar stations and mountaineering tents, the geodesic dome has fascinated people as a way of building. Why? Simply because it is so extraordinarily ...

But the harsh Cleveland weather has taken its toll on the city-owned stadium, which opened in 1999 and requires yearly cash infusions for its upkeep. The Browns have a 30-year stadium lease that calls ...

Geodesic domes have a long and storied history, but in general, the emphasis tends to be on the history part. Though the structures saw popularity in the countercultural movements of the ’60s and ’70s ...

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The Hjertefølger family began their experiment in sustainable living in 2013, when they moved to Sandhornøya Island in the Arctic Circle to build their home. There, they constructed a three story cob ...

Kevin Shea is a retired New York City firefighter with an unorthodox home. He lives in a 93,000 cubic-foot-geodesic dome, equipped with solar panels, a wind turbine, and a geothermal system. The home ...

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Popularized by futurist-philosopher Buckminster Fuller, the geodesic dome home is easily identified by its circular construction, which has about one-third less surface area than a traditional ...

Inventor, polymath, eccentric (definitely), genius (maybe): Buckminster (“Bucky”) Fuller (1895-1983) was, at the very least, a man with a hurricane of a mind, always dreaming up new ideas and new ...