The Raymore-Peculiar High School constructed a Monolithic Dome gym and safe room as part of a larger expansion. Originally, the school planned building safe “spaces,” but the cost to harden these areas increased to where building a Monolithic Dome safe room was the better, affordable, solution. Plus, they got a gym—for free.

Learn to build a Monolithic Dome at the Fall 2026 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.

Daniela and Ion Bonea began dreaming of a dome home when they lived in Ontario, Canada, back in 1999. For the next twenty-five years (give or take), they kept that dream alive and vowed that someday, they would have their own dome home.

Robert Phillips of Canadian Dome Industries set out to evaluate the insulation performance of Monolithic Domes. Using thermographic imaging, he documented a Monolithic Dome shop he had built along with nearby conventional buildings in Saskatoon. The images clearly show little to no heat loss through the dome’s shell.