Built in the 1980s by Noel Fuller and partner Helen McCabe, the Paremoremo geodesic dome house is truly one of a kind as it maximize space in a unique space - a dome with triangular motif. It's an affordable piece of structural design yet it looks like a multi-million dollar built.
What makes it special?
It all comes down to the triangles and how 240 of them were incorporated into the structure. Not only that, 56 of them were made into windows. It also provide structural rigidity thereby avoiding the need for columns so that the interior lends itself to open-plan living. And when there are rooms, they are shaped like a slice of pie – narrow at the entry, and wide at the exterior wall.
This New Zealand house, co-designed by architect John Ridge, was modeled on geodesic domes by legendary architect Buckminster Fuller and hand built in the 1980s. It was since sold in 2015.
There is an amazing waterfront view in the property with the home is set over two levels. The dwelling features three bedrooms and one bathroom with a unique curved ceiling and star-shaped windows. Just like a jigsaw puzzle, the unique house design was possible because of its unusual geometrical shape. It took years to complete this project because almost everything had to be handmade and purpose-built, to fit the wall and shape of the floor.
Though, the construction took years, but the job of assembling various parts of this dome house was completed within few weeks.
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