For ultra low-cost small roofs with no building codes.
The Slide Collection of Butser Ancient Farm
“There is still an intention to store all the many slides in the Reynolds’ collection on this website. The size of this presentation indicates the difficulty with upwards of 10,000 slides available. A DVD may be the answer, given time.
“The Curve Appeal: A Photo Book of Arched Ceilings
Looking for a good design or idea to incorporate into your home? Well, take a look below and see different types of ceilings from groin vaults, dome ceilings, barrel vaults, cove ceilings and archways. Get ideas and see what works best where.”
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These luxurious fountains can be added to your home at extremely low cost if you use natural materials such as stone, driftwood and plants, and do the work yourself (DIY). Get creative with recycled materials such as chipped pots from yard sales and you could slash the cost to almost free.
“A wigwam or wickiup is a domed room dwelling used by many different Native American cultures. The curved surfaces make it an ideal shelter for all kinds of conditions. These structures are formed with a frame of arched poles, most often wooden, which are covered with some sort of roofing material. Details of construction vary with the culture and local availability of materials. Some of the roofing materials used include grass, brush, bark, rushes, mats, reeds, hides or cloth.”
Another earthbag roundhouse, this one in Chile. Reader submission: “This was made in Llaillay, Chile about 3 years ago. This was our super adobe construction in región of aconcagua. (V region in Chile)” Laura Facebook