Calico Dome 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 domes. The dome
Exhibition of the centenary of the opening of the Ports of Brazil washers and miners demonstrating the processes involved. The São Paulo state pavilion was designed by Ramos de Azevedo. Its commissioners were Carlos Botelho and Antonio Barros Barreto, and it covered about twenty thousand square feet. The Portugal pavilion building was provided by Brazil, designed by Francisco Isidro Monteiro, was inspired by the southern face of the Jerónimos Monastery. A military college on the site was converted to the industry pavilion for the expo (and afterwards was used by the 3rd infantry regiment). This permanent building built for the exhibition, and is now the . The Bangu textiles factory ("Fábrica de