Called "Binishells," each building starts as a two-dimensional shape on the ground, ringed by a wooden form into which an air bladder, reinforcing steel rebar, and a load of concrete is placed. As the concrete sets, an air pump fills the bladder and a concrete dome begins to rise from the Earth.

An innovative building technique from the 1960s is being revived to make housing for displaced people more affordable and stylish.

The first Binishell popped up in 1964, is still standing and over 1,600 Binishells have been built in 23 countries across the globe.

The concrete hardens in about an hour and is ready for building inspectors and interior construction.

The main challenge will be working through inherent impracticalities of living inside a dome. Wires and other infrastructure can't be routed through solid exterior walls, the edges of the space envelope are essentially wasted, and good luck trying to hang a painting on a wall.

With costs starting at $3,500, Binishells are a great way for architects to cost-effectively explore convex construction.

The concept is bizarre, combining a building material from the time of Julius Caesar with a Jetsons aesthetic, but the approach has already worked before.

The construction technique is scalable, and has been used to fabricate gymnasium-sized shells 120 feet in diameter and it's creator hopes to apply the process to massive structures like airport terminals.

Despite the challenges, the Binis are in the permitting phase for a 900 square foot model home to showcase their solution.