Calico Dome proposal (Phase II). Calico Dome The Calico Dome was a geodesic dome at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India inspired from designs of Buckminster Fuller. It was a combined showroom and shop for Calico Mills and was inaugurated in 1962. It later collapsed and is being reconstructed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright created a design for an administrative office for Calico Mills, but it was not constructed as Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation did not give permission. Later on the same site, the Calico Dome was constructed. Gautam Sarabhai and his team designed the Calico Dome, inspired by Buckminster Fuller's geodesic
Ghana Trade Fair Center its first international trade fair was opened on February 1, 1967 by Joseph Arthur Ankrah, the then Head of State. The center lies on a 127-acre land it has shops, exhibition halls,clinics and stands. There are several pavilions, among them Pavilion A, Pavilion B and the round Africa Pavilion. The Africa Pavilion was designed by the Polish architects Jacek Chyrosz and Stanisław Rymaszewski. For the building, they chose a round form with an aluminum roof - a reference to two symbols of power in West Africa: the umbrella and the baobab tree. The aluminum sheets for the round roof of