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Claim 1

A BUILDING HAVING AN OUTER SURFACE CONFORMING TO THE CONTOUR OF A SPHERE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF PANEL MEMBERS OF DIAMOND SHAPE, BODY PORTIONS OF WHICH SERVE AS A COVERING FOR THE BUILDING AND FLANGE PORTIONS OF WHICH HAVE DOWNTURNED EDGES UNITED TO FORM A FRAMEWORK FOR THE BUILDING, EACH OF SAID PANEL MEMBERS BEING BOWED SUCH THAT TWO OPPOSING CORNERS THEREOF ARE DISPLACED UPWARDLY FROM THE NORMAL PLANE OF REST OF A PANEL MEMBER, SAID DISPLACED CORNERS BEING UNITED BY A SRUT TO BRACE SAID PANEL MEMBERS AND THE JOINED FLANGED PORTIONS OF THE PANEL MEMBERS BEING DISPOSED ALONG THE ARCS OF GREAT CIRCLES, MEANS DISPOSED AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE BASE OF SAID BUILDING ACHORING THE SAME TO A SERIES OF GROUND PIERS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING FLANGED COLUMNS, THE FLANGES OF EACH OF SAID FLANGED COLUMNS OVERLYING AND BEING AFFIXED TO A PAIR OF CONTIGUOUS PANEL MEMBERS ADJACENT THE CONTIGUOUS SIDES OF THE PANEL MEMBERS OF SAID PAIR OF PANEL MEMBERS, THE UPPER EXTREMITY OF EACH OF THE FLANGED COLUMNS TERMINATING ADJACENT A POINT WHERE CERTAIN TIPS OF A GROUP OF PANEL MEMBERS CONVERGE TO FORM A REACTION POINT AND THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF EACH OF THE FLANGE COLUMNS BEING ANCHORED TO A PIER TO FORM A CONTINUATION OF THE ARC OF THE GREAT CIRCLE FORMED BY PORTIONS OF CERTAIN OF THE PANEL MEMBERS.