Fine Homebuilding Magazine Features Monolithic Dome Home
July 21, 2003
For the next two months, hundreds of thousands of people--many for the first time--will be exposed to Monolithic Domes, thanks to Fine Homebuilding magazine, and the efforts of Jim Kaslik, of Cloud Hidden Designs.
The just-released issue of Fine Homebuilding (Aug/Sep 2003) features an entire back cover devoted to the Monolithic Dome process and the dome residence of the Kasliks, better known to many here as "Cloud Hidden."
Fine Homebuilding is the premier publication of The Taunton Press, a leading publisher of magazines and books about home-building, woodworking, gardening, and similar topics. In fact, the Chicago Tribune just ranked Fine Homebuilding as one of the top 15 magazines--out of 17,500 published in the country--ranking them above magazines such as Time, Smithsonian, Washington Monthly, Harper's, Business Week, Outside, Fortune and National Geographic. It has a circulation of over 300,000.
The magazine's reputation for promoting quality construction methods makes it a perfect vehicle for spreading the word on Monolithic Domes. "FHB provides instant credibility to anything they cover," said Jim, who's been a subscriber since the early 80's. "For them to give such an important placement in the magazine to a house I designed and built is a tremendous honor." Jim adds, "And their editors did a great job of explaining the process of building a dome and describing its advantages in completely normal terms, so that as an industry, we no longer need to be qualified with adjectives like 'extreme' and 'outrageous'."
In fact, the description of the Monolithic Dome process and Jim's design--under the title of "A Disasterproof Home"--says in just a few sentences what we've been working years to communicate:
"Jim ended up with a superinsulated home that can withstand hurricanes, fires, tornados, and termites. As you can see, the house's interior is quite conventional, although Jim did incorporate some curves."
Those who regularly visit this site already know of the great diversity of homes that are possible with a Monolithic Dome.
New readers can start with a handful of stories that show some of the infinite variety of quality homes that can be constructed with this method. Here are a few examples:
- Cloud Hidden -- for more photos of the Kaslik residence
- Garlock Residence
- Eye of the Storm
- Yumadome
- Le Chateau de Lumiere
Additional information on Monolithic's building methods is available through "The Dome" section of this site.
"I like to bring to my designs the qualities of, and passion for, fine homebuilding that I've picked up from two decades of following this magazine," summarizes Jim. "To know that a Monolithic Dome I designed will help to spread new fine homebuilding techniques to their readers is both a personal honor, and a sign that our collective efforts to develop this industry into a mainstream building method are paying off."
Jim continues to provide superb design services to an increasingly large group of prospective Monolithic Dome home owners. You can contact Jim about your project by going to http://www.cloudhidden.org.
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