Stub pages

Updated 12 Dec 2022

A stub page is an incomplete story, topic, event, or project page that needs more content. It’s not about length. It’s about completeness. Most stub pages are short placeholders for content to be improved later.

The stub concept comes from Wikipedia stubs where summary entries mark entries for later expansion. Of course, there are lots and lots of stub articles on Wikipedia. Probably too many, but it is a useful concept.

When writing about a topic, other ideas for unwritten pages come to mind that should be linked from the new content. The choice is to either write down a reminder, create the page later, and hopefully remember to come back and create the link. Or, create a stub page now, link to it from the new content, and have a curated list of stub pages to work on later.

That’s why we have stub pages.

Anyone wishing to contribute content should contact us.

Dome of a Home

Updated 12 Dec 2022

Dome of a Home is a beautiful beach house built on Pensacola Beach, Florida. The house was designed by the late Jonathan Zimmerman and constructed in the early 2000s. The home has survived multiple hurricanes and was featured on multiple national news programs. … read more

Callisto Monolithic Dome Home

Updated 29 Nov 2022

The Callisto Monolithic Dome Home is the house of Mike South and his family. Constructed in 2002, on the pond at the Monolithic Dome Research Park. The home was later expanded with a second dome, a small shop dome, a gazebo with a pizza oven, and a swimming pool. … read more

Monolithic Dome Tornado Shelters

Updated 25 Feb 2022

Monolithic Dome Airforms

Worker inspecting Airform membrane during inflation.

Updated 25 Feb 2022

The Airform is the key component in Monolithic Dome construction. Manufactured from architectural fabrics made of a polyester or nylon base and coated with PVC, an Airform membrane is inflated to create the shape of the final structure. Once inflated, layers of foam, steel rebar, and shotcrete are applied to the interior surface to create the finished building. The Airform is left on as a waterproof roofing membrane and as a base for exterior coatings. … read more

Practical Design of Concrete Shells

Updated 23 Jan 2022

Practical Design of Concrete Shells book, written by Dr. Arnold Wilson specifically for engineers, architects, builders, and students of civil engineering, is a long overdue, sorely needed reference text on the construction of concrete thin shells. … read more

Books

Updated 25 Jan 2022

The Monolithic Dome Institute bookshelf includes our books plus others. It’s a mess right now. We are working on improving the Gift Shop. In the meantime we are adding links to books on the old marketplace. Peruse the bookshelf and see if there’s anything you like. … read more

Gift Shop

Updated 25 Jan 2022

The Monolithic Dome Institute Gift Shop is the one stop shop for MDI books, videos, clothing, merchandise … eventually. We are migrating Institute related merch from monolithic.org and from the Monolithic Marketplace. … read more

David Collins

Updated 11 Jun 2021

David Collins was the art director at Monolithic from the late ‘90s to the early 2000s. He was instrumental in the design of the Roundup: Journal of the Monolithic Dome Institute magazine. Collins has a Masters of Fine Arts from Texas Tech University and currently teaches art at Corsicana High School. … read more

Arnold Wilson, Ph.D, S.E.

Updated 15 Nov 2022

Arnold Wilson, Ph.D, S.E., is a pioneer in engineering thin-shell concrete domes. Wilson, who retired after completing a 40-year career as Civil Engineering Professor at Brigham Young University was also Monolithic’s Senior Consulting Engineer for more than 30 years. … read more

Shotcrete

Updated 17 Jun 2021

Shotcrete is a wet spray-mix of concrete used in a wide range of applications including the construction of the Monolithic Dome. … read more

Market & Johnson

Updated 4 Feb 2021

Market & Johnson, Inc. is a general contractor/construction management company. … read more

LHB

Updated 4 Feb 2021

LHB is a multi-disciplinary architect and engineering firm. … read more

Dome Technology

Updated 17 Nov 2020

Dome Technology is a Monolithic Dome construction company founded by Barry South in 1988 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. … read more

Urethane Foam: Magic Material - And the Best Kept Insulation Secret

Updated 9 Nov 2020

This book is a must-read for anyone with questions about the nature of urethane foam or its insulating qualities. Written by David B. South, who preceded his career as president of Monolithic by organizing and managing a successful urethane foam insulating business, the book combines personal anecdotes and experiences with tried-and-true, scientific data. … read more

Think Round: The Story of David B. South and The Monolithic Dome

Updated 9 Nov 2020

Written by Freda Parker to whom David told his story, this book is absolutely chockful of photographs, so you can see as well as read about the people and events David describes. Those events are true-life experiences and fond memories, many funny and some sad. David recalls his grandparents and parents, their triumphs and tribulations and the lessons they taught him that ultimately helped shape the person he became. … read more

Roundup: Journal of The Monolithic Dome Institute

Updated 9 Nov 2020

Roundup: Journal of the Monolithic Dome Institute was a full-color quarterly magazine published from 1997 to 2001. Many stories from the magazine are available through this website. … read more

Barry South

Updated 9 Nov 2020

Phillip Barry South is an entrepreneur and inventor. He co-invented the Monolithic Dome with his brothers David and Randy. He co-founded Monolithic. In 1988, he formed his own dome construction company — Dome Technology. … read more

Domes For The World

Updated 9 Nov 2020

Domes For The World (DFTW) is a non-profit organization committed to “improving the lives of people worldwide by promoting and providing safe and sustainable shelter. Through the construction of EcoShells and Monolithic Domes, communities will save energy, water and materials; preserve local surroundings; assure the health of their occupants; and require little maintenance.” … read more

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Updated 31 Oct 2020

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). … read more

Randy South

Updated 9 Nov 2020

Randy John South is the co-inventor of the Monolithic Dome and founder of South Industries. … read more

Polyurethane Foam

Updated 28 Oct 2020

Polyurethane foam is a two component super-insulation. … read more

Freda Parker

Updated 22 Sep 2020

Freda Parker is a writer and long-time contributor to the Monolithic Dome Institute. … read more

Jonathan Zimmerman

Updated 8 Sep 2020

The late architect, Jonathan Zimmerman, was known for his love of round architecture. Some of his designs are well known, including the structure known as “Dome of a Home” in Pensacola, Florida. … read more

Cut and Cover Tunnels

Updated 25 Aug 2020

A cut-and-cover underground tunnel is built by excavating a trench, building the tunnel structure, and backfilling soil around and over the tunnel. Using a tube-like Airform and spray-in-place concrete, a tunnel can be formed with less labor and overall cost. … read more

Monolithic Dome Research Park

Updated 10 Aug 2020

The Monolithic Dome Research Park is the multi-dome campus near Italy, Texas, and headquarters for Monolithic and the Monolithic Dome Institute. … read more

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