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
Canada Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition liners and hotels) and further advertised holidays in Canada. Both railway pavilions contained a cinema. The CPR Pavilion contained an entire section devoted to Japan, one of the destinations served by its Pacific liners. Canada Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition The Canada Pavilion was the Dominion of Canada's display area at the 1924-25 British Empire Exhibition at Wembley Park, north-west London. Like most of the Exhibition's structures it was built of ferro-concrete and designed by John William Simpson and Maxwell Ayrton, assisted by Owen Williams. According to the Metropolitan Railway's British Empire Exhibition number of its "Metro-Land" guidebook, the Pavilion was