round house round-up

You can see round houses of varying sizes, styles, and degrees of aesthetic success, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. And for thumbnail images of a dozen or so more of them, take a look here.

a reciprocal roof

Hooray for the spiral energetic -

no sharp edges or corners

So that “the child comes full circle” -

not all round buildings are domes

As the owner/designer/builder of this round house on the prairie explains -

make your own round house

Here’s how.

make your own round birdhouse

Easy to build, and tough enough to survive an attack by a black bear.

pre-fab round houses

Some round pre-fabs from Mandala Custom Homes, in Canada.

You can find more pre-fab round houses at Deltec Homes, Mindful Living, and Helikon Design Corp.

round houses and hurricanes

Apparently round houses are good in windy places:

“It just made sense for us to build one,” Mary said of the round design. “There are no square spaces, but I don’t have a problem with it being round. There are some funny-looking nooks, but I’m okay with that.”