Dome Plans
At Natural Spaces Domes, we have been designing dome homes since 1971. All in-house designs utilize the design expertise of Dennis Odin Johnson, founder/owner of Natural Space Domes. Prior to 1971, Dennis worked as an architectural designer/project manager for Gingold-Pink Architects, in Los Angeles and Minneapolis/St. Paul, for 10 years.
Natural Spaces Domes planning services start by offering you 2 plan books. The plans in our plan books were developed for individual clients. You will be reviewing their ideas and dreams. We hope you will peruse these books gleaning new ideas from each plan. We want to attempt to raise your dome consciousness by exposing you to a wide variety of unusual plans.
Plans are a very moldable product - all you have to do to change something is erase a line and draw a new one.
Don't be looking for that perfect plan - it usually doesn't exist, at least until it is created just for you.
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As part of our custom planning services, we offer 3-dimensional colored renderings complete with materials and landscaping. If you send us a photo of your actual dome site, we can place the 3-D drawing image of the dome on the exact building site. The way we look at it, the more detailed your plan, the fewer surprises you have during the building process. |
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We have several clients that have utilized a local architect to provide their dome design. The designs and renderings below were done by Nathan Riggle, an architect in Tucson, Arizona. We provided the basic 3-D domeshell imaging and Nate worked with the clients to create their perfect plan. Once we explained some of our domes structural characteristics and all of its possibilities, Nate used his architectural and creative abilities to produce a very imaginative design. |
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| As part of our standard computer drawn custom plans, we can provide 3-D exterior views from any vantage point around the dome. We do not have to do 3-D construction drawings of your dome. We can also add color and texture. Easy for us and cheaper for you. |
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Natural Spaces Domes Plan Books
Domes Come True #1
This 94 page plan book has 38 plans of exciting, imaginative, custom dome homes. This book has 4-8 plans for each dome size from 29' diam. thru 40' diam. (29' mid-profile, 36' low-profile, 36' high-profile, 40' low-profile, 40' high-profile) Along with 2 plans each for the 45' low-profile and 46' mid-profile. Also includes 3 plans of "Groupies" (double dome plans).
We just don't show you a basic first and second floor plan like everyone else - we include all three floor plans (since most of our domes have lower levels) and we show a cut-a-way section of all three floors. Then we include a rendered picture of what that dome looks like in a real setting.
Domes Come True #2

This 60 page plan book has 17 fabulous plans of our larger size domes - 45' diam. low-profile, 46' mid-profile, 47' low-profile and 49' mid-profile. (We also offer 49' diam. low-profile and 51' diam. mid-profile domes, however, these sizes are not in this plan book). Then we show you 5 "groupie" plans utilizing multiple domes - 45' low-profile wit ha 36' low-profile; 40' low-profile with two 29' mid-profile domes; 40' high-profile wit ha 33' low-profile and a 30' low-profile; 40' low-profile with a 29' mid-profile; 49' mid-profile wit ha 40' low-profile and a 36' low-profile.
To order these plan books, click here to go to our secure order form. They are $12 each but can be purchased in a package at a reduced rate.
We also offer interior planning kits (shown below) for those that want to layout their own custom plan.
We have over 1000 dome plans in our "master" dome plan files.
Natural Spaces Domes would like to have the opportunity to create your plan with you - our experience and your dreams will make your dome come true.
Natural Spaces Domes Interior Planning Kits
CD-ROM computer version DXF/DWG file format or Paper Copy
Kits include the following plans and details:
- Lower floor outline plan
- Main floor outline plan
- Upper floor outline plan
- Top view of dome showing triangle grid
- Side view of dome showing triangle grid
- Cross section through dome
- Extension options
Paper Interior Planning Kit: $15 Additional dome size (at time of order): $7
Blank dome floor plan drawings @ 1/4" = 1'.0" scale on 18" × 24"or 24" × 36" paper. You plan out your own custom ideas, which you send back to us for preliminary plan development or a MacDome Budget estimate. Scale furniture cutouts, scale ruler, three sheet of tracing paper, plans and details included.
Computer Disk Interior Planning Kit: $15 Additional dome size (at time of order): $7
Our interior planning kit on 3.5" disk or CD-ROM. For a CAD or "low end" design program that accepts DWG or DXF file formats. Be sure to let us know which type of disk you need.
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Exterior Planning Kits
Put together a 3 dimensional paper (card stock) kit of a 36’ diam/40’ diam low or high profile geodesic dome home and an Icosa dome. Kit includes CD with printable layouts of dome & instructions for printing from your computer. The CD is from Ray Bovee of Bovee Graphics. Besides the dome shell, the cutouts include the following:
- Riser walls
- Extensions
- View Cupola
- Triangle Skylights
- 30 sheets of card stock (110 lb)
- Cutting knife (for scoring edges to fold
Click here for pictures
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Standard Dome Plans
offered by Natural Spaces Domes
These plans are free with purchase of dome kit.
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29' diam. Mid-Profile Domes
- 29' diam. mid-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Diane and Jim's 4-bedroom, 3-story, 1800 sq. ft. dome)
- 29' diam. mid-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Carol and Dennis' 3-bedroom, 3-story, 1700 sq. ft. dome)
36' diam. Low-Profile Domes
- 36' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (4-bedroom, 2-story dome)
- 36' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Naida's 5-bedroom, 3-story, 2100 sq. ft. dome)
- 36' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Clair and Richard's 5-bedroom, 3-story, 1350 sq. ft. dome)
- 36' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Patty and Steve's 5-bedroom, 3-story, 1500 sq. ft. dome)
36' diam. High-Profile Domes
- 36' diam. high-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Helen and Grant's 5-bedroom, 3-story, 2700 sq. ft. dome)
- 36' diam. high-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Susan and Terry's 4-bedroom, 3-story, 2500 sq. ft. dome)
- 36' diam. high-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Patty and Barry's 4-bedroom, 3-story, 3350 sq. ft. dome)
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40' diam. Low-Profile Domes
- 40' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Gorrell's 2-bedroom, 3-story dome)
- 40' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Connie and Ed's 5-bedroom, 3-story, 3250 sq. ft. dome)
- 40' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Carol and Jim's 5-bedroom, 3-story, 3075 sq. ft. dome)
- 40' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Mary and Jack's 4-bedroom, 3-story, 2700 sq. ft. dome)
40' diam. High-Profile Domes
- 40' diam. high-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Leslie and James 2-bedroom, 3-story dome)
- 40' diam. high-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Nancy and Dan's 5-bedroom, 3-story, 3300 sq. ft. dome)
- 40' diam. high-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Joan and John's 5-bedroom, 3-story, 3200 sq. ft. dome)
- 40' diam. high-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (Barb and Nick's 5-bedroom, 2-story, 3450 sq. ft. dome)
Larger diam. Domes and Groupies
- 46' diam. mid-profile - Part A - Part B of our standard plan (Betty and Jim's 6-bedroom, 3-story, 4400 sq. ft. dome)
- 56' diam. mid-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (4-bedroom, 3-story dome)
- 72' diam. low-profile - Click here to view our standard plan (8-bedroom, 3-story dome)
- 40' diam. low-profile and 29' diam mid-profile - Click here to view (Donna and John's 4-bedroom, 3-story, 2850 sq. ft. double dome)
- 40' diam. low-profile and 29' diam mid-profile Pool Dome - Click here to view (Carolyn and Larry's 3-bedroom, 2-story, 5370 sq. ft. dome)
- 49' diam. mid-profile and 36' diam low-profile Studio/Pool Dome - Click here to view (Diane and Jack's 4-bedroom, 3-story, 6500 sq. ft. dome)
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Dome Plan Sizes
offered by Natural Spaces Domes
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2 Frequency
Model 475 |
Mid-profile |
26' diam. Flat Top Riser |
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Model 475 |
Mid-profile |
26' diam. Sawtooth Riser |
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Model 625 |
Mid-profile |
29' diam. Flat Top Riser |
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Model 625 |
Mid-profile |
29' diam. Sawtooth Riser |
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3 Frequency
Model 650 |
Low-profile |
30' diam. |
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Model 650 |
High-profile |
30' diam. |
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Model 800 |
Low-profile |
33' diam. |
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Model 800 |
High-profile |
33' diam. |
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Model 950 |
Low-profile |
36' diam. |
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Model 950 |
High-profile |
36' diam. |
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Model 1100 |
High-profile |
38' diam. |
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Model 1250 |
Low-profile |
40' diam. |
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Model 1250 |
High-profile |
40' diam. |
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4 Frequency
Model 1500 |
Low-profile |
45' diam. |
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Model 1600 |
Mid-profile |
46' diam. |
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Model 1700 |
Low-profile |
47' diam. |
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Model 1800 |
Mid-profile |
49' diam. |
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Model 1900 |
Low-profile |
49' diam. |
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Model 2000 |
Mid-profile |
51' diam. |
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5 Frequency
Model 2300 |
Low-profile |
54' diam. |
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Model 2500 |
Mid-profile |
56' diam. |
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Model 2800 |
Mid-profile |
60' diam. |
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6 Frequency
Model 4000 |
Low-profile |
72' diam. |
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Model 4300 |
Mid-profile |
74' diam. |
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