Other Round Houses
Sometimes you find that someone else has been thinking about and doing the same thing at the same time as you. These are links to others around the world who have built similar homes.
USA: Ray Cayer has build a great house. His web site is worth seeing if you’re at all interested in building an energy independent home. Raycotechnologies.org
Jay Cayer's round house
Chile: A great set of pictures showing the progress of the project. Another approach to getting that all important thermal mass in the walls. http://ludens.cl/paradise/house/house.html
Round House in Chile
New Zealand: OK, this isn’t a house, it’s supposedly a restaurant. I’m not necessarily suggesting we all build onion shaped tree houses, but you have to admit that this is creative. There are lots of pictures and drawings of this at http://www.archdaily.com/16445/yellow-treehouse-restaurant-pacific-environments/
Treehouse restaurant in New Zealand