Dome News

Throwback: Breckon Sports Center at Park University’s underground school

By Dave South Posted 11 Jun 2021

Today’s throwback is the story of an innovative school with an equally innovative campus—the largest underground educational campus in the world. When the school needed a new gymnasium they sought a solution as innovative as building underground—the Monolithic Dome. … read more

The Dome Builder Workshops are Back!

Monolithic Dome Builders Workshop Alumni.

By Dave South Posted 3 Jun 2021

It’s back! After a year and a half hiatus, the Monolithic Dome Builders Workshop resumes again in September 2021. Coronavirus restrictions are lifting. Travel is returning. We can finally gather to teach, discuss, and build another Monolithic Dome. … read more

A Stunning Tour of the Red Rock Chavez Ranch Road Dome Home [SOLD]

By Dave South Posted 20 Apr 2021

Stunning is the only word for it. It is a massive, red-rock coated Monolithic Dome nestled among the red landscape of Sedona, Arizona. The house contains 10 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, a fitness room, a theater, a beautiful kitchen, and so much more. … read more

Obituary: David Barney South, 1939-2020

By Dave South Posted 3 Nov 2020

We are sad to announce the passing of David Barney South Sr.—husband, father, entrepreneur, and inventor. David was married to the late Judy Lynne South (née Bates), and they raised nine children together. He co-invented the Monolithic Dome with his brothers, and they built a new construction industry. … read more

Dome Construction Is Nearly Complete for Las Vegas Gypsum Storage

By Dave South Posted 11 Sep 2020

Shell construction is almost complete for a large gypsum storage east of Las Vegas, Nevada. PABCO Gypsum is a vertically integrated mining and manufacturing facility that produces 110 million square meters of drywall per year. The new dome replaces a 50-year-old steel dome. … read more

TBT: The Past and Future Johnson Creek School

By Dave South Posted 30 Jul 2020

Today’s Throwback Thursday is a bit different as we look to the past and the future in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. In 2016 the Johnson Creek School District opened a five-dome school to serve as the combined middle and high school. The small district of 750 students was dealing with old school buildings plus a hodgepodge of additions and portable classrooms. The maintenance costs were increasing and they needed something new. They tried several times to pass a bond to build a conventional school, but each time the voters rejected it. So they sought for a more innovative, affordable solution and found the Monolithic Dome. … read more

TBT: The Lincoln County Farm Center

Posted 28 May 2020

Today’s Throwback Thursday is the Lincoln County Farm Center on US Route 66 in Chandler, Oklahoma. It’s home to the first Monolithic Dome fertilizer storage project—built more than 40 years ago in 1978. In 2011, the storage dome was covered with stainless steel and in 2015 they built a large, Monolithic Dome ranch store. … read more

‘We're Going in Oklahoma’ Tours Finished Eagle Event Center

By Dave South Posted 26 May 2020

The Eagle Event Center in Hennessey, Oklahoma, is finished. Hennessey Public Schools received the Certificate of Occupancy, and the new building is open—just in time for tonight’s graduation ceremony. Superintendent Mike Woods recently gave Jack Quirk of We’re Going in Oklahoma a tour of the new facility, and we get to tag along in the newly posted video. … read more

TBT: We Revisit Shalom Dome

By Dave South Posted 9 Apr 2020

As we migrate content from our old website we feel it’s time to start our own version of Throwback Thursday. This week it’s the Shalom Dome home in Platte City, Missouri. Completed in 2017, the 3,000 square foot house features three bedrooms, three bathrooms, office, home theater, loft, and a beautiful great room with kitchen and dining area. The unique shape of the Monolithic Dome combines orion-style stem walls with a multi-dome shaped Airform. … read more

Time-Lapse of Large Ammonium Nitrate Storage Inflated in Elkhart, Texas

By Dave South Posted 13 Jan 2020

It’s Monday morning, January 6, and Wayne Norsworthy with El Dorado Agricultural Products flipped the switch to the inflator fans. A 115-foot diameter by 92.5-foot tall Airform began to inflate. Soon, the tallest building in Elkhart, Texas is a Monolithic Dome Airform. … read more

Monolithic Granted Patent for Transverse Airform Pattern

Posted 10 Oct 2019

The offer for a commemorative plaque always arrives first when a patent is granted. The plaque company usually beats the patent office by a day or two. It’s an effective marketing strategy; after all, Monolithic has five of these plaques. Now there will be six. A couple of days later, the official notice from the United States Patent and Trademark office arrives. Monolithic Constructors, Inc., is granted patent number 10,400,462 for the “Transverse Span Airform Structure.” … read more

Luxury Eco-Tourism Dome Hotel Coming to Costa Rica

By Dave South Posted 10 Oct 2019

A dome hotel is opening in Costa Rica this December. The IGLOO Beach Lodge is a series of individual Monolithic Domes surrounding a swimming pool. Each dome is a room with one or two beds with a huge windowed entryway. Vines will grow over the shells to complete what is billed as a luxury eco-tourism accommodation. … read more

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