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Re:Japanese Dome House by jacquesm on Sunday November 21, 2021 @11:22PM (#29302703)
(Geodesic) domes are not usually half spheres at all. They can be but they really don't have to be. You can do more than half a sphere, half a sphere, less than half a sphere and all of them would be called domes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_dome

Some good sample images there.

And a geodesic dome does not require any internal supports, so it doesn't matter whether a pressure differential is involved.

Essentially any slice of a sphere can be made into a geodesic dome.

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Re:Japanese Dome House by stan_rogers on Monday November 22, 2021 @02:40AM (#29303839)
Geodesics usually have flat panels as well - flat panels of limited size meeting at odd angles, yes, but flat panels nonetheless - that allow you to use conventional furnishings against or nearby to walls without unusual visual gaps in at least a few places. "Real" domes, on the other hand, not so much.
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Re:Japanese Dome House by jacquesm on Monday November 22, 2021 @04:47AM (#29304617)
As the frequency goes up it starts to approximate that dome better and better.
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