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Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA)
Photograph by Geoship, from their own page. Used to show the product it depicts. Renderings are design intent, not to scale, not for construction.

The Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA), a geodesic dome kit from Geoship, is published at $144,000 to $910,000 for the kit and covers 1,643 square feet.

Geoship does not publish a wind rating or a snow load for this model, so 50 percent of the fields we score are blank.

None of that tells you whether it works on your land. Wind, snow, seismic and flood performance are site specific engineering, so the only useful answer comes from running this kit against your address.

Completeness

50%

50 percent of the fields we score are backed by something Geoship published. Why completeness is never part of the grade.

The thing nobody else will tell you

This kit cannot be scored on its own. Nothing on this page tells you whether it works on your land.

Wind, snow, seismic and flood performance come from your address, not from this kit. Put in an address and the gates run against the real requirement at that point.

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The Kit Home Finder Grade

F46 out of 100
across the pillars we can measure without your address
Buyability weight 25
42
not taking orders, publishes a price, delivers to a stated region
Cost honesty weight 25
50
publishes a price, publishes a range rather than one misleading number, itemises 1 of 14 build stages
Materials and carbon tier weight 15Not rated
We could not place this structural system in a carbon class.

Rubric v1.0, August 2026. Site fit is not in this grade, because it depends on your land rather than on the kit. Every weight, and what we refuse to grade.

What the maker publishes

Everything here came off Geoship's own pages, cited at the bottom. A blank is a blank: we never fill one in.

Build typeGeodesic dome
Structural systemBioceramic (fired ceramic composite) panelized geodesic dome shell
Finished size1,643 sq ft
Bedrooms2
Bathrooms2
Wall R valueNot published
Roof R valueNot published
Foundation typesNot published
Lead timeNot published
Delivers toNorthern California only (Founders Edition); company states future expansion to other US markets
CountryUnited States
Build difficultyA small crew, no crane
Panels or timbers are lifted into place. Most people hire help, but it is not specialist work. Read from the construction method.

What the maker says it resists

Design capability as published. Not a certification, not a rating of your house, and not proof against anything.

Engineered wind speedNot published
Roof snow capabilityNot published
SeismicNot published
FireMarketed as 'fire-resistant' due to ceramic composition, MARKETING CLAIM, no test standard (e.g., ASTM E119) or lab cited on this page

Price

$144,000 to $910,000

This is the number the maker publishes. What it covers is in the line below, and it is almost never the finished cost of a house.

What that number coversTotal, fully integrated home (kitchen/bath/utilities) at company-stated ~$300/sq ft rate across 480-3,033 sq ft model line

What else we found

PRE-ORDER STAGE ONLY as of this writing, reservation via refundable $500 deposit, deliveries said to start 2025; not a same-day purchasable kit. No wind-mph or snow-psf figures published; all resilience claims are qualitative MARKETING CLAIMS with no engineering or lab basis given on this page. Treat can_actually_buy as false/pre-order, not a live product.

Questions to send this maker

Generated from what they left blank. Every one of these is a thing they could answer today and have chosen not to publish. Copy them into an email. If they answer, tell us and we will update this page with the citation.

  • What design wind speed is this model engineered to, in miles per hour, and at what Risk Category and Exposure Category?
  • What ground snow load can the roof carry, in pounds per square foot, and is that the ground load or the roof load?
  • What Seismic Design Category will you engineer this model to, and is that included or a paid upgrade?
  • Which foundation types does this kit support, and can it sit on piers above a base flood elevation?
  • What is the wall R value, and is that nominal insulation or a tested whole assembly value including thermal bridging?
  • What is the roof R value, and is it nominal or whole assembly?
  • What is the lead time in weeks from deposit to delivery, right now?

Across the whole Index, the average kit publishes about a quarter of what a buyer needs. This maker is at 50 percent.

Questions people ask about the Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA)

Answered from what Geoship publishes, including the answers that are "they do not say".

How much does the Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA) cost?

Geoship publishes $144,000 to $910,000. Total, fully integrated home (kitchen/bath/utilities) at company-stated ~$300/sq ft rate across 480-3,033 sq ft model line

What wind speed is the Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA) engineered to?

Geoship does not publish a design wind speed for this model. Only about one kit maker in ten publishes one. Note that "hurricane rated" has no legal definition in the United States, so a page using that phrase without a number has told you nothing.

What snow load can the Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA) roof take?

Geoship does not publish a snow load for this model. Around one maker in twenty does.

Can you actually buy the Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA)?

No. Geoship is not taking orders for this model today, whatever the renderings suggest.

What foundation does the Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA) need?

Geoship does not publish foundation options for this model. That matters more than it sounds: in a FEMA A or V flood zone the finished floor has to sit above the base flood elevation, and a kit offered on a slab only cannot get there.

How well does the Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA) stand up to a hurricane or a wildfire?

The honest answer is what it resists, and under what conditions. No kit home is proof against either, and any page telling you otherwise is selling. "Hurricane rated" has no legal definition in the United States, no house can be tornado rated, and whole building certifications like LEED, Passive House and HERS all require a built, sited, inspected home and cannot be attached to a model from a spec sheet. What a maker can honestly tell you is what the design resists and under what conditions. For this model, they publish nothing at all.

Will the Geoship Amma Founders Edition (2BR/2BA) work on my land?

Nothing on any spec sheet can answer that, including this one. Wind, snow, seismic, flood and soil requirements come from your address, not from the kit. The Kit Home Finder runs every kit in the Index against the published hazard data for your point and shows you what survives and why the rest did not. It is free.

How it compares

It documents more than the average geodesic dome kit, 50 percent against 30, and more than 15 of the other 16 we hold. It publishes no wind rating, where 41 percent of geodesic dome makers do. Against the 7 geodesic dome kits with a comparable published price, it sits above 6 of them, and the middle of that group is $15,925.

Computed across all 514 kit homes in the Index, 17 of them geodesic dome. Recomputed on every build.

Sources

Where these values came fromhttps://geoship.is/domes
Maker's sitehttps://geoship.is/
Last checked13 August 2026

Values are what the maker published on the date above. Makers change pages without notice. If you find something out of date, write to hello@kithomefinder.com and we will recheck it and re-cite it. Members can dispute any figure on the page, and the dispute and its resolution are both published.

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