Doomed Domes

Not all houses are square or rectangular. Some people have, in the past, tried to push house-building into the future by constructing homes like this. They almost always fail, but we salute their ambition!

These particular domes, which are in Florida, USA, were solar-powered and environmentally friendly. For the 1980s, they were years ahead of their time. The one thing they weren't was hurricane-proof. Hurricane Wilma dealt them a fatal blow in 2005, and cut them off from the land at the same time by ripping up the coastline.

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