Seven dome home in Kalamazoo; Workshops back in Italy, TX; RV park storm shelter; and many links to Monolithic Dome home benefits.
JULY 2025

Multifamily Monolithic Dome Towers
A Collaborative Vision for Multifamily Monolithic Domes

Building a single-family, Monolithic Dome dream home is out of reach for most people due to time, cost, zoning and other factors. In this story, Brian A. McLoughlin of Green Dome Living offers a solution—Silo-Style Monolithic Dome Apartment Buildings.

Housing Journey…
Monolithic Dome Builders Workshop FAQs

The Fall Monolithic Dome Builders Workshop is moving back to the home of the Monolithic Dome Institute in Italy, Texas. Classes will be held in the Training Center with the construction of a genuine Monolithic Dome at a site near the Monolithic Dome Research Park. For more information, please read our updated FAQs. Remember, the early bird discount ends in about six weeks, so sign up now.

Updated FAQs…
Fall 2025 Monolithic Dome Builders Workshop

Learn to build a Monolithic Dome at the Fall 2025 Monolithic Dome Builders Workshop. This one-of-a-kind experience combines classroom instruction with hands-on training in constructing a real Monolithic Dome. Space is limited so sign up now to reserve your spot.

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2025 Monolithic Dome Research Park Tour

Come and tour the houses, offices, and shops at the Monolithic Dome Research Park in Italy, Texas. This FREE tour is open to the public on October 18, 2025, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes the famous Bruco: The Texas Italian Caterpillar.

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Legacy Content: Stories About the Benefits of Dome Homes from Monolithic.org

This article is a list of links to all the articles on the legacy Monolithic.org website relating to the benefits of Monolithic Dome homes. We are in the process of migrating these articles to this site. As we update and migrate each piece, you will see it disappear from this list. Meanwhile, the articles listed here provide good information that can now be more easily found.

So Many Links…
Nine Days to Done: A Modern Monolithic Dome Storm Shelter with World War II Windows

Looking for a durable, fast-build storm shelter for your RV park or property? In just nine days, we built a reinforced Monolithic Dome storm shelter for RV park owner Leslie Mezzabifera. Complete with a Tornado Tamer door and custom-installed ship porthole windows, this safe room offers long-term protection, emergency readiness, and year-round functionality.

Storm Shelter Post…
The Kalamazoo Onion House

A unique concrete dome home is for sale in Kalamazoo, MI—for a cool $1.9 million. The home features seven concrete domes constructed in 1977. It’s a stunning home inside and out, a real inspiration to anyone interested in curved architecture.

Photo Gallery…
Dome Living Book

Dome Living is a comprehensive planning guide. It includes invaluable know-how for anyone planning a Monolithic Dome home—no matter what style, size, or location. Ordering your very own copy of Dome Living is easy and fast! In just minutes, you can download this practical, informative ebook to your iPad, iPhone, Android Smartphone, Kindle Fire, any computer, or any device capable of displaying a PDF.

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Opening the Monolithic Forum

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.

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