List of Monolithic Dome & Curved Architecture Projects

Drummond Public Schools Gymnasium

Updated 28 Jan 2022

The multi-purpose Monolithic Dome at Drummond Public Schools serves as a gymnasium, auditorium, classroom, and FEMA rated safe-room. The K-12 school completed the 123-foot (35.5 m) diameter by 39-foot (12 m) tall structure in 2016. … read more

Xanadu Island Resort

Updated 28 Jan 2022

Xanadu Island Resort is a five Monolithic Dome resort in Belize. Ivan and Judy Sheinbaum started construction on the first dome in July 1998. Each dome is a larger, over-the-center structure. The Sheinbaum’s covered each dome with a thatch roof to give it a local appearance. There are 20, fully equipped condominium apartments for rent. … read more

Jackson Farmers Fertilizer Blend Plant

Updated 28 Jan 2022

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 28 Jan 2022

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

Shalom Dome Home

Updated 28 Jan 2022

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 28 Jan 2022

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 28 Jan 2022

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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Great Dome

Updated 28 Jan 2022

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 28 Jan 2022

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 28 Jan 2022

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

Lincoln County Farm Center Fertilizer Blend Plant

1978 Monolithic Dome fertilizer storage.

Updated 28 Jan 2022

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 28 Jan 2022

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

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