16% DISCOUNT* OFF AMERICAN INGENUITY'S

American Ingenuity's basic kit pricing includes all the triangular and riser component panels for the dome shell and panels for one entryway....no windows or exterior doors or interior items are included with the kit except the interior shell 1/2" Georgia Pacific DensArmor wallboard is installed on each triangle and riser panel. To view the current discount on the dome kit with one entryway, click on Sale.  After the panels are installed, the galvanized steel mesh from one panel over laps the steel mesh from another panel, is locked and depressed into the seam with on site special fiber/admixture concrete applied into the seams in two applications. The concreted seam area is about five inches wide and three inches deep.  Engineers tell us the seam areas act like steel beams.

Below is a pricing chart which refers to stock plans that can be viewed by clicking on Stock Plans.  Once you are on the page, scroll down to find the hyperlinks to click on.   American Ingenuity's Building Plans are new and improved.  American Ingenuity has other stock floor plans that are not on this web site which can be emailed to you at no cost. Just let us know what size home you are interested in....one bedroom/one bath, two bedroom/two bath, etc. If you want the stock plans mailed, call Ai at 321-639-8777 for printing costs and mailing costs.

It is Ai's philosophy that each customer pay for only what they need. Ai does not burden the price of the building kit with plan's pricing, engineer seal cost or energy report cost. Building plans are purchased 1-1 1/2 years prior to kit shipment.  About 50% of the building departments require engineer sealed plans and an energy report to issue a permit. As a result each customer pays for their plans separately from the building kit and pays for a seal and energy report only if their building department requires them.

American Ingenuity's stock floor plans show the locations for your locally purchased doors and windows.   For structural integrity where ever your exterior doors and windows will be installed, an "awning" or "eyebrow" is installed on your dome. Ai calls these "awnings" or "eyebrows" entryways and dormers and gives them a category name called Building Options. Under these entryways or dormers you or your framing subcontractor frames in a vertical wall and installs your windows and doors.

 Prior to 2007, American Ingenuity manufactured a 34' in diameter dome.  A dome that can have from 1,200 to 1,466 sq.ft.  Because that dome was just a little "too small", Ai added a 36' size.  The 34' stock floor plans and 34' Building Kit are still available even though we no longer include the 34' in the listing below.  If you would like to receive the 34' stock plans when you order the Planning Kit online, in the notes area write "Please send 34' stock plans" or call our office at 321-639-8777 and request the 34' stock plans to be emailed to you. 

Q: What is the standard foundation included with the stock plans?

A: Concrete slab. For Ai to design a basement or concrete columns or stem wall or pilings, etc. an engineer fee is added to the Plans Quote to cover the cost for a structural engineer to calculate the load of the dome and the load of the two floors within the dome and give joist/edge beam size/spacing and foundation design to our CAD department to incorporate within the plans. Please call our office at 321-639-8777 for engineer fee.

 Dome Diameters and typical bedroom/bath numbers:

22' (2 freq) and 30' dome (3 freq) - one bedroom/one bath

27' - two bedroom/one bath (two freq dome)

34' - two bedroom/two bath

36' - two to three bedroom/two bath

40'- three to four bedroom/two bath

45'- four bedroom/two bath

48'- three to four to five bedroom/two or three bath

To order Ai's new DVD for $7 includes mailing costs, please call our office at 321-639-8777 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  To view the new DVD on our web site, click on Web Site Video.

Due to a limited space the following abbreviations apply to each Building Option:

• To learn more about the options click on Building Options.

• American Ingenuity does not sell Basement Kits. Although we do provide stock or custom basement building plans. Basements are built locally using standard items; i.e. concrete blocks, insulated concrete blocks (ICF), premade concrete walls or poured concrete walls. Click on Basements to learn more.

• Ai uses Greek words (Omega, Alpha, Delta) and numbers (21, 22, etc) along with the dome diameter to name some of its stock plans. For example 27 Alpha 11: the first two digits are the dome diameter in feet, a Greek word and then a number.  The new stock plans are numbered with numbers.
  

The Dome Kit with option's pricing listed below includes 7" R28 EPS insulation & 1/2" Georgia Pacific DensArmor moisture resistant, mold resistant wallboard but does not reflect any discount on the kit with one entryway pricing or the Plans Sale Pricing. To view American Ingenuity's current kit discount, click on Sale.  The building plan's pricing listed below does not reflect any plan's discount and does not include an engineer seal or energy report or fee for engineer to design basement/stem wall/ columns, pilings, etc.  To view Ai's current Residential Plan's discount, click on Plans Sale. Once on the page scroll down to find the plan's sale pricing. If an engineer seal or energy report is required by your building department to issue a building permit, the seal and report can be purchased through American Ingenuity.  

 For Ai to design a basement or concrete columns or stem wall or pilings, etc. an engineer fee is added to the Plans Quote to cover the cost for a structural engineer to calculate the load of the dome and the load of the two floors within the dome and give joist/edge beam size/spacing and foundation design to our CAD department to incorporate within the plans. Ai no longer manufactures skylight panels. Please call American Ingenuity at 321-639-8777 for current engineer fee.

For additional light install solar tubes or max out the number of second floor window dormers and second floor door dormers (install a tall window instead of a door for extra light).