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The Monolithic Dome Institute advances the construction of the Monolithic Dome—a super insulated, steel reinforced, thin-shell concrete structure. Built worldwide for residential, commercial, and industrial uses the Monolithic Dome is beautiful, energy efficient, green, and strong.

Cutaway diagram of finished Monolithic Dome.
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David, Barry and Randy South switched on the inflator fans to construct the first Monolithic Dome in April 1976. It was for a potato storage in Shelley, Idaho—105-feet diameter by 35-feet tall, which was pretty ambitious for their first dome. It changed their lives. They patented the process and started changing the world, one dome at a time.

Today, there are Monolithic Domes throughout the United States and the world—from the Arctic to the tropics—used for schools, storages, churches, homes, gymnasiums, safe rooms and much more. There are domes as small as 8-feet to over 340-feet diameter with engineering for even larger structures. … read more

Two horses and Peters' dog enjoy the gorgeous landscape surrounding Cloudome.
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This article is a list of links to all the articles on the legacy Monolithic.org website relating to the benefits of Monolithic Dome homes. We are in the process of migrating these articles to this site. As we update and migrate each piece, you will see it disappear from this list. Meanwhile, the articles listed here provide good information that can now be more easily found. … read more

Interior dome with cushions.

Looking for a durable, fast-build storm shelter for your RV park or property? In just nine days, we built a reinforced Monolithic Dome storm shelter for RV park owner Leslie Mezzabifera. Complete with a Tornado Tamer door and custom-installed ship porthole windows, this safe room offers long-term protection, emergency readiness, and year-round functionality. … read more

Resort-Style Luxury, Dome-Style Security.
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Building a single-family, Monolithic Dome dream home is out of reach for most people due to time, cost, zoning and other factors. In this story, Brian A. McLoughlin of Green Dome Living offers a solution—Silo-Style Monolithic Dome Apartment Buildings. … read more

Interior of Monolithic Dome Tornado Shelter.
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Four tornado shelters in Central Ohio show how communities are investing in Monolithic Domes for long-term safety. FEMA helped fund most of them—though one town is still waiting. Whether or not FEMA continues to defray the costs of constructing tornado shelters, resilient towns have been choosing Monolithic Domes for decades. They cost the same as conventional structures but offer unmatched protection and performance. … read more

Monolithic Dome Home Surrounded by Trees.

One of the biggest hurdles in dome home construction is financing. Banks are much more willing to approve loans when a project follows a traditional package deal, meaning a general contractor, like Tri-Lakes Construction of Colorado, presents a proposal covering the entire build. This approach reassures lenders that the project will be completed as planned, unlike owner-managed projects, which carry more risk in the bank’s eyes. … read more

Exterior of the Stitt Residence.
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We’re in the process of migrating content from our previous website, Monolithic.org, to this website. While the transition is underway, the content on Monolithic.org remains a valuable resource. To make it easier for you to find what you need, this post is a curated list of links to Monolithic Dome Home feature articles that haven’t yet been migrated and updated. … read more

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