[Cob] Design Concept

[Amanda Peck]

Might want to read what Lloyd Kahn (Domeboodks I and II) says about Geodesic 
Domes after all these years.

http://www.shelterpub.com/_shelter/refried_domes.html

Might want to think about a) reciprocal roofs or b) earthbag domes, although 
you couldn't put the second type up so you can finish the rest of the 
building by yourself at your leisure--hoping you don't have a lot of wind to 
lift the roof up and sail it over Kansas to Oz instead. (I expect that I 
will be hoping I don't have a lot of wind, by the way).  Tony Wrench's (has 
it been torn down?) is insulated with straw bales, by the way--and his 
book's very nice.

http://www.thatroundhouse.info/
http://www.mts.net/%7Esabanski/pavilion/pavilion_design.htm

http://www.calearth.org/
http://www.ok-ok-ok.com

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Jamie wrote (snipped):

just cob will cut it for warmth in the winter months.
We need insulation too.  SO I have come up with a
hybrid idea with strawbale...and to make matters more
complicated..hehehe I MUST have a geodesic dome roof!
My basic idea is to erect the roof first on riser
posts with a very wide overhang brim around the base
of the dome shell.