Rick Crandall, a pioneer of the Monolithic Dome industry, has designed hundreds of domes worldwide. Blending art and architecture, his work ranges from post-disaster housing in Indonesia to innovative schools and homes, all driven by a deep commitment to beauty, sustainability, and purposeful design.

Drs. Tom and Maureen Anderson built Living Word Bible Church with three Monolithic Domes 30 years ago, turning a bold vision into a thriving, 15,000-member community. Their faith and innovation made it an iconic landmark in Mesa, Arizona.

Living Word Bible Church is a Monolithic Dome church facility in Mesa, Arizona. The three massive domes contain a 2,000 seat sanctuary, a reception center, multiple smaller stages, classrooms, offices, a coffee shop, book store, and a medieval themed children’s village.

Mike South takes us on a tour of a Monolithic Dome home addition under construction in the Florida Panhandle. The dome is an Orion-style with a segmented vertical stem-wall and air-formed dome roof. Watch this fascinating construction process from Airform inflation to finished shell.

There is a fanciful skate park atop a sky bridge—over a road—in Quingdao, China. Design Boom gives us a photographic tour of the park, complete with blue waves—like skating the sky. Four domes encompass some of the ramps to complete the facility built in a city famous for its dizzying vertical architecture.

We are starting up the Monolithic Forum—an online discussion board for Monolithic Dome enthusiasts. This is an early invitation for our Roundup subscribers to try it out! Maybe post a picture of a “dome in the wild,” or start a thread about what you’d like to see us do for our next video, or post a technical question for our experts. Please help us build this new platform as an informative, fun, and helpful place.