Visit the Monolithic Dome Website for the latest dome news, articles, and construction projects http://static.monolithic.com The tiny town of Niangua, Missouri made national news thanks to the newly constructed Monolithic Dome that will serve as a pre-school classroom and double as a community disaster shelter. http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/niangua_npr/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/niangua_npr/index.html The final bid process for the Duffy High School was completed in Jan. 2009. http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/duffy/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/duffy/index.html In March 2008, Sharon and Terry Smith enjoyed a euphoria when they moved into Palo Pinto, their new Monolithic Dome home. http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/smith_palopinto/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/smith_palopinto/index.html The Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) has invited Monolithic to participate in two of its February Conventions in Texas. http://www.monolithic.com/domenews/2009/conventions/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/domenews/2009/conventions/index.html The Woodsboro Independent School District in South Texas will unveil plans later this month for a new Monolithic Dome multipurpose facility that will double as a community disaster shelter. The building will serve as the school district's gymnasium and auditorium in addition to providing a safe haven for area residents when severe weather threatens. http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/schools/woodsboro/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/schools/woodsboro/index.html CoolTop Eco-Resort, when completed, this extensive facility, located in a national preserve, will include a first-class hotel with a conference room and a complex of Monolithic EcoShell I domes as long-term rentals. http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/commercial/nicaragua/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/commercial/nicaragua/index.html Combine an eco-friendly recycling facility with the greenest of all buildings, and you have a perfect match. That's what residents of Edmonton will have once construction is completed on a $10 million closed-loop recycling facility that will be housed in a Monolithic Dome. http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/edmontonjournal/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/edmontonjournal/index.html We have added a new topic on our Bulletin Board website. This new topic is Monolithic Dome Homes For Sale. http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/forsale_bbs/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/forsale_bbs/index.html The Niangua school district successfully won a FEMA competition that netted a FEMA grant to cover 90% of the cost of a Monolithic Dome disaster shelter. http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/schools/niangua/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/schools/niangua/index.html People really like what they see, hear and feel when they visit the recently completed St. Joseph Catholic Church in Commerce, Texas, a Monolithic Dome that can comfortably accommodate 400 worshippers. http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/churches/st_joseph/feature/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/churches/st_joseph/feature/index.html What makes a house beautiful? What makes it ugly? If it's true that Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, is ugliness there too? http://www.monolithic.com/pres/uglyhouses/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/pres/uglyhouses/index.html Residents of Niangua, Missouri will soon have a Monolithic Dome storm shelter that doubles as a classroom. http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/niangua/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/niangua/index.html Recently we had to move our website to a new server. As a result of this move some of our online forms stopped working. One of these was the Residential Evaluator/Cost Estimator. Fortunately we have corrected the problem. With an average of 450,000 hits a month, we have to keep expanding. http://www.monolithic.com/plan-design/evaluation/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/plan-design/evaluation/index.html Church Solutions Magazine is one of the publications that pastors and administrators turn to when they are looking for information that pertains to running a medium-sized or large church. This month, the magazine’s web site features an article on Monolithic Dome churches. http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/churchsolutionsmag/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/churchsolutionsmag/index.html It was love at first sight when Sylvia and Keith Wortman found their 10-acre plot in Fairplay, Colorado. They saw it as the perfect place for the Monolithic Dome dream home they had been envisioning and planning for many years. http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/wortman/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/wortman/index.html We designed Monolithic Stucco to help solve the problem of coating the Airform. The Airform material we use to form our Monolithic Domes has a five-to-ten-year life expectancy, so it has to be coated. http://www.monolithic.com/construction/coatings/stucco/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/construction/coatings/stucco/index.html See a video of a Monolithic Dome water park in a Ohio Holiday Inn. http://www.monolithic.com/dvd/maumee/maumeewaterpark.html http://www.monolithic.com/dvd/maumee/maumeewaterpark.html Seniors often come to Monolithic looking for help in designing a home for their golden years. Some are very realistic and practical about what they need, what they can comfortably afford and how they want to spend the rest of their lives. http://www.monolithic.com/pres/senior/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/pres/senior/index.html The pastor of All Nations Church in Canada wanted to build the most eco-friendly, energy-efficient church in Canada. That's why he opted for Monolithic Dome construction. http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2008/sudburynews/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2008/sudburynews/index.html I recently passed a new McMansion, just built this past year. It sets on about ten acres of land, and it's gorgeous. I don't know an awful lot about the family, but I do know this McMansion is for a man and wife. What disturbs me is the care such a McMansion requires. http://www.monolithic.com/pres/mcmansions/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/pres/mcmansions/index.html Several years ago, in Palestine, Texas, I met an elderly but active couple who lived in what the husband had designed, built and called "a Compound House." Over the years I have thought about that Compound House many times, the husband's reasons for designing it as he did, how it made sense and how adaptable it would be to our lives. http://www.monolithic.com/pres/compound_house/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/pres/compound_house/index.html A multi-family Monolithic Dome in Yuma, Arizona will once again be open for tours as part of a charity fundraiser. Yumadome, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 7th. http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/yumadome/index.html http://www.monolithic.com/domesinnews/2009/yumadome/index.html