In The Media

Central City opens the first Monolithic Dome gym in Nebraska

Main entrance to the Bison Activity Dome.

Posted 14 Dec 2022 By Dave South

Earlier this month, a new Monolithic Dome gymnasium and safe room opened at Central City High School. It’s the first Monolithic Dome gym in the state of Nebraska. Steve White of Nebraska.tv was there to cover the open house. … read more

Canadian artist creates a Spanish courtyard inside her Monolithic Dome home

Exterior of the Yorkton Monolithic Dome Home in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Posted 4 Nov 2022

CTV News recently featured a Monolithic Dome home in Saskatchewan, Canada. Tonia Vermette constructed the home 18 years ago, and it’s a wonderful place to live, but as an artist, she never seemed to be finished with the house. Over the years, she’s painted murals, vines, and textures on the walls, turning the home into a living artwork. … read more

Spencer schools dedicates new gym and arts center in Wisconsin

Light snow on top of the Monolithic Dome gymnasium and arts center in Spencer, Wisconsin.

Posted 7 Dec 2021 By Dave South

The small town of Spencer, Wisconsin, dedicated a new Monolithic Dome gym and arts facility this past weekend. The dome was part of a $5.9 million upgrade to the high school with FEMA providing $2.9 million as a grant to construct the dome as a shelter-in-place facility during severe weather. … read more

Central City to build Nebraska's first Monolithic Dome gymnasium

Posted 15 Jul 2021 By Dave South

Central City Public Schools is constructing the first Monolithic Dome gymnasium in Nebraska. When the dome is opened in August 2020, it will seat 2,500 spectators and shelter over 3,000 people during severe weather. The facility is years in the making and it started with a simple internet search. … read more

WSAW-TV covers gymnasium dome inflation in Spencer, Wisconsin

Partially inflated Airform membrane for Spencer gym

Posted 7 Jan 2021 By Dave South

“It’s a great day to be a Spencer Rocket,” said district administrator Mike Endreas at the Spencer Public Schools gymnasium dome inflation. District officials turned on the fans to inflate the 107-foot diameter dome on Saturday, January 2. WSAW-TV was on hand to capture the event. … read more

Easter Sunday tornados send residents to Monolithic Dome safe rooms

Posted 13 Apr 2020 By Dave South

A tornado outbreak, Sunday evening, wreaked havoc throughout the south. Residents in Starkville, Mississippi, took refuge in a Monolithic Dome safe room. … read more

The ‘Texas Bucket List’ features Monolithic Dome Research Park in Italy, Texas

Posted 6 Apr 2020 By Dave South

UPDATE: Now watch the full segment online. This week, The Texas Bucket List is featuring the Monolithic Dome Research Park on their weekly, syndicated television program. Entering its fourteenth season of “sharing the joy, wonder, beauty and excitement of Texas,” host Shane McAuliffe interviews Gary Clark and tours the Monolithic Domes in Italy, Texas. It’s fun to be profiled by a Texas program, after all, the 240-foot long caterpillar shaped manufacturing plant — Bruco: The Texas Italian Caterpillar — is an iconic landmark on Interstate 35E. … read more

Quick Look: Monolithic Dome safe rooms in the news, Jan 2020

Congressman Kevin Brady speaks about FEMA grant

Posted 23 Jan 2020 By Dave South

Several Monolithic Dome safe rooms recently made it into the news. A nearly completed safe room in Mississippi was used for the first time as a large storm approached the community. Tuscaloosa, Alabama, opened its new community center and tornado shelter dome. A first responder safe room grant awarded to Covenant Christian School in Texas. And a Tennessee high school applies for FEMA grant for a combined gymnasium and safe room. … read more

Engineering.com article calls for buildings to survive AFTER disasters

Posted 6 Aug 2019 By Dave South

A building must do more than stand during a disaster. It must be useful afterward. Water infiltration and other issues can render a still-standing structure useless. Emily Pollock digs into this issue in her Engineering.com article, Outside In: Designing Building Envelopes to Withstand Climate Change. … read more

The Daily Mail highlights Monolithic Dome homeowners

Whiteacre dome home in College Station, Texas.

Posted 5 May 2017 By Stewart Ulrich

In a new feature story in the Daily Mail, four dome homeowners from across the United States share their story about how they came to live in a Monolithic Dome. … read more

Wisconsin newspaper features Johnson Creek’s new domed school

Posted 14 Sep 2016 By Dave South

The Wisconsin State Journal featured the Johnson Creek middle and high school as they begin their first year in the new school. It is the first Monolithic Dome school in Wisconsin and the district went all-in, creating a five-dome campus with a gym, cafetorium, administration offices, and two classroom domes. Barry Adams writes about these first days and what the district plans for in the future. … read more

Monolithic Dome tourism at Johnson Creek’s new high school

Superintendent Garvey tours school construction

Posted 12 Jan 2016 By Dave South

The Monolithic Dome high school in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin is also becoming a sort of tourist attraction. In a Wisconsin State Journal article, Superintendent Michael Garvey reports adding tour guide to his job. “Garvey frequently hands out hard hats and makes the rounds with taxpayers, area superintendents, construction design professionals and anyone else with a curiosity about the facility scheduled to open for the start of the 2016-17 school year.” … read more

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