Answers.Body: <p>Like oezi said you can build a dome out of cascading bricks, which is perfect for most scales of building. For smaller scale building where you'd want a less jagged approach you may want to use a combination of <a href="http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=88293" rel="noreferrer">1/4 dome pieces</a>. A complete dome will take up an area of 6x6 studs wide. </p>
  
  <p>This technique is common in the <a href="http://www.brickset.com/browse/themes/?theme=Prince%20of%20Persia" rel="noreferrer">Prince of Persia</a> sets.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MPIL6.jpg" alt="The Fight for the Dagger"></p>
  
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  <p>For a true miniland scale building you may want to have a closer look at the model in Legoland Florida. </p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Ybs2G.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>As a dome is typically a hemisphere, <a href="https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/549/is-there-a-technique-or-algorithm-for-building-spheres">this topic about building spheres</a> might be very useful for you. There's also an <a href="http://lego.bldesign.org/sphere/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">automatic tool to construct spheres</a> that you could use to get an <a href="http://www.ldraw.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ldraw</a>-plan.</p>
  
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Body: <p>How can I build a dome on top of a building, similar to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol" rel="noreferrer">state capital</a> or something similar?</p>
  
  <p>The building has a base of 16x24 studs.</p>
  
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ThreadText: # Is there a good way to build a dome on the top of a building?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-11-22)
  
  How can I build a dome on top of a building, similar to a [state capital](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol) or something similar?
  
  The building has a base of 16x24 studs.
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2011-11-22. Score: 9 | Accepted answer
  
  As a dome is typically a hemisphere, [this topic about building spheres](https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/549/is-there-a-technique-or-algorithm-for-building-spheres) might be very useful for you. There's also an [automatic tool to construct spheres](http://lego.bldesign.org/sphere/) that you could use to get an [ldraw](http://www.ldraw.org/)-plan.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2011-11-22. Score: 9
  
  Like oezi said you can build a dome out of cascading bricks, which is perfect for most scales of building. For smaller scale building where you'd want a less jagged approach you may want to use a combination of [1/4 dome pieces](http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=88293). A complete dome will take up an area of 6x6 studs wide.
  
  This technique is common in the [Prince of Persia](http://www.brickset.com/browse/themes/?theme=Prince%20of%20Persia) sets.
  
  ![The Fight for the Dagger](https://i.sstatic.net/MPIL6.jpg)
  
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  For a true miniland scale building you may want to have a closer look at the model in Legoland Florida.
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Ybs2G.jpg)
  
  
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