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Projects UPDATED 31 Mar 2022 Share this via Email Share this on Twitter Share this on Facebook Share this on Reddit Share this on Pinterest

Pabco Gypsum Storage Dome

Evening photo of PABCO storage in operation
Gypsum Storage Projects UPDATED 31 Mar 2022

Pabco Gypsum is a vertically integrated mining and manufacturing plant of gypsum board — also known as wallboard, drywall, Sheetrock — east of Las Vegas, Nevada. The 4,000 acre (16.2 km²) complex includes the gypsum mine, ore processing, and the gypsum board manufacturing plant. Pabco Gypsum produces 110 million square meters of gypsum board annually — enough to build 120,000 new homes. … read more

A-1 Rental Inc

Rentals sign embedded in metal cladding on the dome.
Hardware Store Projects UPDATED 25 Mar 2022

A-1 Rental Inc. is a construction equipment rental store in Rexburg, Idaho. They offer a wide range of equipment to rent including skid steers, excavators, compactors, generators, forklifts, and much more. They are also an authorized dealer of Husqvarna products, “a global leader in outdoor power products for forestry, park maintenance, and lawn & garden care. … read more

Rocketship Elementary School Gym & Cafeteria

Rendering of new Rocketship charter school in Fort Worth.
Elementary School Projects UPDATED 14 Mar 2022

Rocketship Public Schools is constructing a Monolithic Dome gymnasium, cafeteria, and storm shelter as part of their new elementary school in Fort Worth, Texas. The dome will be an ICC-500 rated Safe Room for students to shelter in during tornado warnings and other severe weather. … read more

Elkhart Ammonium Nitrate Storage

Aerial view of the Elkhart Texas Ammonium Nitrate storage facility.
Fertilizer Storage Projects UPDATED 25 Feb 2022

The Elkhart Ammonium Nitrate Storage is a Monolithic Dome storage built at the El Dorado Agricultural Products retail facility in Elkhart, Texas. It stores 20,000 tons (18 kt) of granular ammonium nitrate in a 115-foot (35 m) diameter hemisphere on a 36-foot (11 m) integrated stem wall. The overall height is 92.5-feet (28 m), making it the tallest building in Elkhart. … read more

Sweet Dome Alabama

Drone image of the tri-dome home, "Sweet Dome Alabama."
Home Projects UPDATED 1 Feb 2022

Sweet Dome Alabama is a Monolithic Dome home near New Hope, Alabama. Nestled on a hillside among a forest of black walnut, poplar, red oak trees, this 2,133 square foot (198 m²) home features two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, great room. … read more

Golden Eye Dome Home

Golden Eye dome home
Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

Golden Eye is the home of Margaret Clayton in Port Saint Joe, Florida. When she and her late husband lived in the Bahamas, they found that all homes were named so when she built this home, she named it “Golden Eye.” The house is situated on Beacon Hill — 21-feet (6.4 m) above sea level — near Mexico Beach on the Florida panhandle. A half-mile walk (1 km) leads to a beautiful beach on the Gulf of Mexico. … read more

Spencer Public Schools Athletic Center

Exterior rendering of Monolithic Dome addition
Gym Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The multipurpose athletic and classroom facility at Spencer Public Schools K-12 campus in Spencer, Wisconsin, houses a gymnasium, wrestling room, fitness center, and more. It was part of a $5.9 million upgrade that included improvements to the elementary school portion of the existing school. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) paid $2.9 million in improvement grants since the facility is also a shelter-in-place safe room. … read more

Avalon Multipurpose Center

The competition basketball court inside.
Gym Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Avalon Multipurpose Center is a school gymnasium for the K12 school district in Avalon, Texas. The facility features a full-size basketball court, four locker rooms, synthetic glass front, foyer, restrooms, concessions, and seating for 720 spectators. … read more

Anthony N. Fusco, Sr. Athletic Center & Academic Center

Exterior of the Anthony N. Fusco, Sr. Athletic Center
Gym Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Anthony N. Fusco, Sr. Athletic & Academic Center is a beautiful addition to the Delaware Military Academy’s campus. School administration at the Academy saw a need for the students to have more space for athletic and academic activities, and decided a dome gymnasium could provide this extra space. The collaboration of a few different companies was able to produce the new facility for the young cadets to utilize. … read more

Pantheon, Rome, 126 A.D.

A twilight view of the Pantheon as visitors walk around the enormous structure.
Historic Dome Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Pantheon — Greek for “a temple to all gods" — is a former Roman temple constructed in Rome, Italy, from 113 to 126 A.D. At almost 2,000 years old, it is the oldest, continuously used structure in history. The key to its longevity is a concrete hemispherical dome roof. At 142 feet (43 m) diameter, it was and is the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. … read more

First Monolithic Dome Home

A rainbow echos the curvature of the Monolithic Dome home.
Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The first Monolithic Dome home was built by David, Barry, and Randy South for their mother, Marjorie South in Menan, Idaho. The home is 50-feet (15.25 m) diameter with 2700 (250 m²) square feet.  … read more

Louisville Community Safe Room

Aerial view of Louisville Community Safe Room
Safe Room Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Louisville Community Safe Room is a FEMA P-361 and ICC 500 rated storm shelter that can protect up to 2,218 people during severe weather. It is also a community center for the city of Louisville, Mississippi. During the school year, it is used as an activity center for two adjacent elementary schools. Private organizations can also rent the facility for their own events. … read more

Chavez Ranch Road Dome Home, Sedona, Arizona

Red rock coated Chavez Ranch Road dome home
Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Chavez Ranch Road dome home is a large Monolithic Dome residence that was also billed as a vacation rental. With ten bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and many amenities the home is an unmistakable landmark along the banks of Oak Creek just south of Sedona, Arizona. … read more

Eye of the Storm Dome Home

Eye of the Storm
Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Eye of the Storm is a beautiful Monolithic Dome beach house right on the Atlantic shore of Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. George Paul of Thermospheric Structures, Inc. built the house for his parents to replace the home they lost to Hurricane Hugo. He intended the home to be a shelter during a hurricane and be completely livable after the storm. George Paul designed Eye of the Storm to suggest a seashell that could be part of the beach itself. … read more

Kerst Home, Bunkerville, Nevada

Patio of the Kerst home in Bunkerville, Nevada.
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Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

Diane and John Kerst’s home is a two-story Monolithic Dome residence in Bunkerville, NV. In addition to their 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms they have an indoor swimming pool, a balcony across the living room, a circular conch-shell shower, custom curved stairs, an office and a state-of-the-art kitchen. … read more

Palapa Pineapple Dome Home

Palapa Pineapple in Belize
Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Palapa Pineapple is a beach-front Monolithic Dome home on Caye Caulker, Belize owned by David and Mary Spellings. It’s a tall, prolate ellipsoid — 25.5-feet (7.8 m) diameter by 40-feet (12.2 m) tall — divided into four levels plus a rooftop patio. … read more

Spaceship Dome Home

Spaceship dome home
Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The monolithic-like concrete dome home in Arvada, Colorado is often called a spaceship. The name stuck. The “Spaceship” house was built in 1978 by Clarence and Louise Lederhos who lived in the home until 2016. Architect Jason Elliott Purdy designed the house. Construction of the home utilized an inflated form, polyurethane foam, and steel-reinforced concrete. It is an air-formed, steel-reinforced, concrete structure with polyurethane foam insulation. The steps describing its construction sounds like it diverged from the Monolithic Dome process, but the end result is similar. … read more

Arcadia Dome Home

Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

Arcadia Dome Home is the house of MDI Publisher, Dave South. … read more

Hillside Church

The sanctuary of the Hillside Church comfortably seats 4,000 people.
Church Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

Hillside Church is an evangelical Christian church in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It was originally the Maranatha Christian Church when Pastor Ronnie Trice (1939–2019) founded it in 1973. By 1984, the church needed a larger chapel so they constructed the world’s largest Monolithic Dome to date. … read more

Breckon Sports Center

Breckon Sports Center
Gym Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

Breckon Sports Center is the athletic facility at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. Twin 130-feet (39.6 m) diameter domes provide a full competition court and a practice gym. Park University is unique in that a substantial amount of the school is underground. … read more

Dome home with indoor pool in Centennial, Colorado

Aerial view of dome home
Home Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

There is a 29-foot (8.8 m) salt-water swimming pool and a three-person hot tub in the living room of this incredible monolithic dome home. Chris Barnes, a former aeronautical engineer who had worked for Howard Hughes, originally constructed the home in 1982 as his own residence. The swimming pool and hot tub use salt-water and a premium, non-chlorine, filtration system to avoid the swimming pool “smell” in the house. … read more

Wells Middle School Cafeteria

Wells Middle School Cafeteria
Middle School Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

Wells Middle School Cafeteria is a multi-purpose Monolithic Dome constructed next to the Wells Middle School in Catoosa, Colorado. It normally serves as the school cafeteria and auditorium. It is also a FEMA rated safe room for shelter during severe weather — including tornadoes. All doors and opening in the cafetorium are rated for severe weather. The building is large enough to contain the entire student body during an emergency. … read more

South Sawmill Lodge & Reunion Center

The South Sawmill Lodge in Island Park, Idaho.
Lodging Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The South Sawmill Lodge & Reunion Center is a large family and group vacation lodge in Island Park, Idaho. Originally built as a family center by Rand South and his nine children, the facility has ten bedrooms, a bunkroom with twelve bunk beds, a large surround-sound theater, two game lofts with zipline, a huge gathering area downstairs, a large kitchen, four bathrooms, and two children play areas under the staircases. … read more

Mathena Family Event Center

Aerial view of the Mathena Family Event Center
Church Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Mathena Family Event Center is a 35,000 square foot (3,250 m²) Monolithic Dome event center built as part of the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center in Davis, Oklahoma. The multi-purpose facility can host nearly 2,000 people in a large meeting space that can be subdivided into individual conference rooms. The attached commercial-style kitchen supports banquets and other dining events. … read more

Lincoln County Farm Center

Lincoln County Farm Center ranch store
Hardware Store Projects UPDATED 28 Jan 2022

The Lincoln County Farm Center is a retail home and ranch store in Chandler, Oklahoma, situated on US Highway Route 66. It opened in 2015 and offers farming services, garden supplies, home décor, clothing, hardware, and much more. It is also the second Monolithic Dome at the facility. … read more

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