TheStar.com - Travel - Cozy domes make for soothing sustainability

Circular cottages combine natural beauty, comforting curves, and energy efficiency

This isn’t a specifically “Islamic-concept…” but this could be an example of how Islamic values (even aesthetic ones) could adapt to one’s environment and the needs of the times (such as the important–critical–environmental concerns of our age), while promoting Islamic ideals and values.

A friend, who emailed me this link, notes:

This company and concept were created by an Egyptian -Canadian Salah Eldeib, it is awesome. He has been named innovator of the year.

Smart, Beautiful & best of all Enviromentally friendly and Energy efficient. Very slick. Very Canadian - think igloos. Very Islamic?

I heard sometimes the conventional dome can be 1/3 or more the cost of a masjid. not sure if there are savings to be had here - but if you know anyone planning to build a mosque let them know.

I can certainly see this form being the blueprint for the “new Canadian Mosque”. In fact wouldn’t it be neat to build a small community of such homes.

Since domes enclose the most amount of space with the least surface area, they are cool in summer and warm in winter.

Anyways thought I would share.

Toronto Star:Cozy domes make for soothing sustainability

See also:

http://www.canadianwoodendomes.ca/gallery.html