Geodesic dome with false starts and incorrect estimates. Fuller himself lived in a geodesic dome in Carbondale, Illinois, at the corner of Forest Ave and Cherry St. Fuller thought of residential domes as air-deliverable products manufactured by an aerospace-like industry. Fuller's own dome home still exists, the R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home, and a group called RBF Dome NFP is attempting to restore the dome and have it registered as a National Historic Landmark. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1986, a patent for a dome construction technique involving polystyrene triangles laminated to reinforced concrete
Monolithic dome numerous demonstrated engineering advantages, there are also some disadvantages, both engineering and social. Social disadvantages of monolithic domes are to a large degree shared by geodesic domes, due to the similar shape and unorthodox construction. These disadvantages are: The largest monolithic dome in the world is the home of Faith Chapel Christian Center in Birmingham, AL, which is tall, and in diameter. Inside is a floor area of in two levels. Some communities in the United States have chosen to use monolithic dome technology in the construction of new schools. A map of recently built monolithic dome schools can be