DOME

• A dome is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere.

• The word "cupola" is another word for "dome", and is usually used for a small dome upon a roof or
turret.

TYPES OF DOME

•Braced •Onion
•Compound dome •Oval
•Crossed-arch •Paraboloid
•Ellipsoidal •Sail
•Geodesic •Saucer
•Umbrella
 COMPOUND DOME /GEODESIC DOME
• A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure
(lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron.

SALVA DOR DALI MUSEUM,SPAIN

GEODESIC DOME IN HOT CLIMATE

 ELLIPSOIDAL DOME
• An ellipsoidal dome is a dome (also see geodesic dome), which has a
bottom cross-section which is a circle, but has a cupola whose curve
is an ellipse.

ELLIPSOIDAL DOME OF DHYANALINGA

Graphical illustration of
an ellipsoidal dome.
Note the blue and red
"ellipses" are circles, at
an angle. The blue and
red ellipse is rotated,
about its vertical axis. At
top in blue is a prolate
ellipsoidal dome.