{"id":34647,"date":"2022-10-21T16:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34647"},"modified":"2022-10-21T16:04:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T15:04:41","slug":"ian-sinks-florida-dome-home-built-to-survive-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34647","title":{"rendered":"Ian Sinks Florida \u2018Dome Home\u2019 Built to Survive Hurricanes"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A house built from geodesic domes off the coast of Florida was designed to withstand gale-force winds and powerful storm surges but not sea-level rise.<\/h3>\n
image: (2016) By Andy Morffew, CC BY 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=61980535<\/em><\/h6>\n

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Scientific American<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n

It was an architectural icon, a forebear to hurricane readiness and a cautionary tale about building too close to the shore.<\/p>\n

The Cape Romano dome home, completed in 1982 on a sand spit of Marco Island, Fla., has succumbed to the sea.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Ian knocked down what remained of the 40-year-old string of six concrete-reinforced geodesic domes that were adjoining rooms in the 2,400-square-foot modular house. Its spherical walls were built to deflect 150-mph winds that would level most conventionally designed homes.<\/p>\n

The dome home was ahead of its time and a harbinger of storm-resilient living until it was abandoned in 2007 after the beach it was built upon eroded away, leaving the domes on pilings about 100 yards offshore.<\/p>\n

Two of the original domes collapsed after Hurricane Irma. The final four remained a spooky relic until last week. Then they went underwater.<\/p>\n

Alex Demooy, owner of the Naples-based charter tour company Breakwater Adventures, was among the first to photograph the spot where the domes once stood\u2026.<\/p>\n

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