Projects

Maui Ocean Center Immersive 3D Theater

Rendering of the Maui Ocean dome theater

UPDATED 26 May 2021

The Maui Ocean Center, The Aquarium of Hawaii, immersive 3D theater. Humpbacks of Hawai’i Exhibit & Sphere. … read more

The Vanguard School Junior High

UPDATED 26 May 2021

The Vanguard School is a public charter K-12 school in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Established in 1995, The Vanguard School has two campuses — one for grades K-3 and the other for grades 4-12. The school added a Monolithic Dome to their 4-12 campus to serve up to 300 junior high school students. … read more

Oktibbeha County Community Safe Room

UPDATED 26 May 2021

The Oktibbeha County Community Safe Room is a Monolithic Dome built near McKee Park and the Starkville Sportsplex in Starville, Mississippi. The structure is a FEMA P-361 rated safe room that can protect 1,500 people during a severe storm. Planning for the tornado shelter began in 2014 after “a tornado outbreak ravaged Mississippi, including an EF-4 tornado that devastated Louisville.” … read more

Jackson Farmers Fertilizer Blend Plant

UPDATED 26 May 2021

The Jackson Farmers Blend Plant is a 3,000 ton (2,700 t) retail fertilizer blend plant near Holton, Kansas. The 100-foot (30.5 m) diameter by 35-foot (10.7 m) tall oblate ellipsoid dome is embedded into the hillside. Delivery trucks drive up the hill, around the dome, to a simple, angled conveyor which carries the delivered product to the apex of the dome. The product drops vertically onto a polar conveyor inside the dome where it is carried to one of seven large storage bins. … read more

Mile Hi Church Sanctuary

UPDATED 26 May 2021

The Mile Hi Church Sanctuary is a 233-foot (71 m) diameter by 63-foot (19.2 m) tall Monolithic Dome. It is the third, and largest structure on the Mile Hi Church campus in Lakewood, Colorado. The huge dome required a 55,000 square foot (5100 m²) inflatable Airform membrane. The sanctuary seats 1,500 with plans to add a 600 seat balcony. The wooden stage features movable towers and platforms and can accommodate a 140-member choir. … read more

Ocala, Florida, Twin Dome Residence

UPDATED 17 May 2021

The twin Monolithic Dome residence in Ocala, Florida, owned by Benjamin Erwin was a fixer-upper when he purchased it in 2017. Erwin rebuilt the openings, stripped off the old stucco, and recoated the structure. The rejuvenated home has a nice, clean look to it. … read more

Shalom Dome Home

UPDATED 16 May 2021

The Shalom Dome home is a Monolithic Dome home located in Platte City, Missouri. The Small family has enjoyed the many benefits of living in a Monolithic Dome home. … read more

Waimea Valley Hawaii Dome Home

UPDATED 16 May 2021

Monolithic Dome home in the Waimea Valley on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. It was built by Jo King in 2008 on an acre of land alongside the Waimea River and the Menehune ditch — the oldest archeological site in the state of Hawaii. Mountain spring water in the Menehune ditch system supplies fresh water for various fruit trees — mango, coconut, papaya, guava, macadamia nut — and other tropical plants like aloe vera and agave. … read more

Underground Dome Home Near Buffalo, Texas

The front entrance to the underground house in Buffalo, Texas.

UPDATED 16 May 2021

Many people dream of an underground home because of the inherent safety and privacy underground houses provide, but they worry about having a house that seems more like a bunker. This underground dome house proves that an underground Monolithic Dome home can be built to feel like an artistic oasis — nothing like a bunker at all. … read more

Pabco Gypsum Storage Dome

Evening photo of PABCO storage in operation

UPDATED 16 May 2021

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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Great Dome

UPDATED 16 May 2021

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Great Dome is a 100-foot (30.5 m) diameter concrete and limestone dome. It sits on top of Building 10 in the heart of the MIT campus. Completed in 1916, the whole building complex is an early example of steel reinforced, concrete construction. Building the dome required a grid-like scaffolding framework to create the dome shape which was then poured with concrete and covered with limestone blocks imported from Indiana. … read more

Johnson Creek Elementary School

UPDATED 16 May 2021

The Johnson Creek Elementary school is a three Monolithic Dome school addition to the Johnson Creek Middle and High School campus in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. The new facility is under construction and will serve students from early childhood (EC or Pre-K) to the fourth grade. The new domes are identical to the five domes of the main campus and will create a unified pre-k to grade 12 (K12) campus when complete. … read more

Johnson Creek High School and Middle School

Aerial view of Johnson Creek school campus

UPDATED 16 May 2021

Johnson Creek High School and Middle School is a campus of five Monolithic Domes in Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. The school houses 500 students from grades 5 to 12. It replaced the aging school characterized as having “leaky roofs, antiquated facilities, classrooms in double-wide trailers.” The total project cost the district $8.9 million. The design and use of domes saved the district an estimated $8 million, not to mention ongoing savings in heating and cooling the school. … read more

Golden Eye Dome Home

UPDATED 16 May 2021

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 — only 12-feet (3.6 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

Lincoln County Farm Center Fertilizer Blend Plant

UPDATED 16 May 2021

The Lincoln County Farm Center provides retail fertilizer blending services from their Monolithic Dome facility in Chandler, Oklahoma. The 75-foot (23 m) diameter by 38-foot (11.5 m) tall Monolithic Dome is divided into six storage bins where various bulk fertilizer products are stored. Blends of bulk and bagged fertilizer products — each mix custom designed and created based on the season, crop, and soil conditions — are sold to Lincoln County area farmers. … read more

Delaware State Park Tornado Shelter

UPDATED 16 May 2021

The Delaware State Park Tornado Shelter is a FEMA P-361 rated Monolithic Dome safe room. It provides near-absolute protection during tornadoes and other severe weather events at the park. When warning sirens sound, a wireless signal unlocks the door. Up to 856 campers and park-goers can shelter inside. … read more

Thousand Oaks Gymnasium

UPDATED 10 Feb 2021

The Thousand Oaks gymnasium is a single dome built near Barry, Texas, as a gymnasium and multi-purpose facility for the DFW Church of Christ Jesus retreat center. … read more