CONIC SHELTER - strength through curvature
Weather Tight - Permanent - Cost Effective - No Internal Supports or Rafters - Quick Assembly - Unlimited Variations
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Introducing the Rufuge Conic Shelter Series.
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![]() In-Place construction technique. 4'x4' Panels overlap 3" to form a continuous super-large sheet of plywood. Curves form automatically (no pre-bending). Even though this structure is incomplete the Conic geometry has already become strong enough to support a crew member. When completed the ridge is the strongest part of the structure. ![]() 850 Square Foot freestanding workshop assembled in 8 days with 3 man crew.. Composed entirely of 4x4 ft. 1/2 in. plywood panels. |
Welcome to Conic Shelters Conic Shelters (called "Conics" for short) are a thin-shell
architectural form built from square plywood components. Conics are cost effective and highly versatile shelter (no rafters, fast assembly) that can be used for open-air shelter or closed-in residential, shop, or office construction.
Multiple insulation options are available. For more information please enjoy this website, contact sales@conicshelter.com, or
call Conic Shelter at 707 884 1769. |
| What are Conic Shelters? And how can they be used to provide permanent, low-cost shelter for homes, offices, outbuildings, meeting spaces, and other uses?? Click Here to find out more. |
| How Does Nature Use Conics? The oldest geometric forms on the surface of the earth are ancient mountain ranges. Examining the geometry of these ancient forms shaped by wind, rain, snow, sun, heat and cold reveals forms that in many cases duplicate the multi-conic geometry. |
| Is there a connection between the geometry and reported effects of the Great Cheops Pyramid of Egypt and multi-Conic geometry? The angular geometry is very similar. Click Here to find out more. |
A BRIEF HISTORY OF CONIC SHELTERS.... |
| September 10-17, 2008 Conic Workshop Scheduled in Anchor Bay |
| May 2006. Conics
Featured In Times Journal of Construction and Design. Click Here |
| November 2005. 400 sq. ft. Prairie Pod Conic Errected In Willits, California. |
| December 2005. Fishrock Studios Invited to Propose Meeting Facility at Kalani Resort, Hawaii. |
| June 2005. Experimental 7 phase multi-conic trial at Thin Shell Conferece in Lorane Oregon. |
| 2004. 1000 sq. ft. Conic first erected in 2002 is redeployed in Pt. Arena, California. |
| 2002. Burning Man Conic Goes Up On Black Rock Desert. First Unsupported Horn Raised. Multi-Conic Geometry Passes Another Test. Click Here For More. |
| 2002. Complex multi-conic proposed for Burning Man Celebration. |
| 1988. Second Patent Granted. |
| 1985. First true multi-conic built in Cloverdale, California. |
| Inventor C.E. Henderson meets with creative genius R. Buckminister Fuller in 1982. Fuller compared Conic Shelters to his geodesic dome saying their efficiencies were roughly comparable. |
| 1975: One of the first - a 500 sq. ft. conic with sapling generators. |
| 1974. First Conic Dwelling Built.... Still up in 2011, this is one of the original "umbraCones." |
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U.S. Patents 3,990,208 and 4,794,742