The Orion Monolithic Dome Home.

The Orion Monolithic Dome Home

2000: The Orion. The first Monolithic Dome constructed with Orion-style stemwalls was built in Italy, Texas, for Gary Clark and family.

Monolithic built this home as a proof-of-concept. Now, many, many Monolithic Dome homes, schools, churches, and more are built using various types of vertical stemwalls—the Orion-style is arguably the simplest to construct and doesn’t require any specialized equipment.

Image by Mike South via Monolithic Commons

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