USES of DOMES  Dome, a Roof Circular Or (Rarely) Elliptical in Plan and Usually Hemispherical in Form, Placed Over a Circular, Square, Oblong, Or Polygonal Space

USES of DOMES  Dome, a Roof Circular Or (Rarely) Elliptical in Plan and Usually Hemispherical in Form, Placed Over a Circular, Square, Oblong, Or Polygonal Space

USES OF DOMES Dome, a roof circular or (rarely) elliptical in plan and usually hemispherical in form, placed over a circular, square, oblong, or polygonal space. Domes have been built with a wide variety of outlines and of various materials. Dome were used for tombs, prayer rooms, cultural heritage, climate protection and to catch the natural light. DOMES FROM EXTREMADURA AND 'RURAL TOURISM' Restored domes are used nowadays as second home and rural holidays on weekends/summer . STONE WALLS AND VEGETABLE COVERS IN THE VILLAGE OF “ MEMBRÍO ” CLASSROOM NATURE PROJECT DOME USED AS STABLE (EXTREMADURA) APACHE WIGWAM A wigwam, wickiup or wetu is a domed room dwelling formerly used by certain Native American and Canadian First Nations tribes, and still used for ceremonial purposes. The wigwam is not to be confused with the Native Plains tipi which has a very different construction, structure, and use. IGLOO Shelter built in blocks of snow (snow igloo, the best known), they usually have the shape of a dome. The igloos are usually associated with the Inuit, the indigenous people of the Far North of Canada. They were used as temporary shelters by hunters during the winter and perhaps now have greater recreational use utilitarian. MUSGUM DWELLING IN CAMEROON Musgum dwelling units are traditional domestic structures built of mud in a variety of shapes, such as tall domed by the ethnic Musgum people in Cameroon. They are considered to be an important architectural style of Cameroon, although not in fashion in the present day. Musgums form part of a complex of housing units, granaries, and a central courtyard enclosed within a thatched compound wall. Domes can be used in sport halls, theatres, greenhouses, concert halls, oil tanks, silos, houses, shopping malls, mosques, churches and schools. SPORT HALLS THEATRES GREENHOUSES CONCERT HALLS OIL TANKS SILOS HOUSES SHOPPING MALLS MOSQUES MOSQUES MOSQUES CHURCHES CHURCHES CHURCHES CHURCHES SCHOOLS .

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