A Green Roof

Cynthia Teer August 24, 2011, 1:03 p.m. Blogs: Design

Image: We covered an EcoShell garage with a ... — We covered an EcoShell garage with a combination of trumpet vine and Lady Banks roses. First we planted only the roses. Vinyl rope was used for the climbing tool. The roses grew about 10’ before they started growing away from the dome. Then trumpet vines were added and tied to the roses, which helped the climbing effect. You can see the dome is almost completely covered.

Check out nature’s way of coating a dome by scrolling through the pictures. (Click the top image and scroll thru the images and captions.) This unique way provides protection as well as beauty to the outside of your dome.

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Builders, Architects and Engineers, I am writing this to you

David B. South March 16, 2011, 11:39 a.m. The President's Sphere

We need you to help this world into the 21st Century. That means understanding and using 21st Century technology that’s now available. Seriously consider learning and using this technology in your practice.. We will help you all we can. (Continued…)

Grow Your Food in a Monolithic Cabin Grow-Dome

David B. South September 27, 2010, 11:47 a.m. Monolithic Cabins: New Developments

Why grow your own? Good question! Can’t we just keep making our weekly stock-up trip to the supermarket? Well of course you can. But there are some growing (pun intended) reasons not to. (Continued…)

We Know Domes – Hire Monolithic Today

Monolithic June 02, 2009, 4:26 p.m. What's Hot

Being the co-inventor of the dome and the founder of the Monolithic Dome Institute has given David B. South the opportunity to not only fine tune the building process, but to create a company whose main mission is to make available Monolithic technology to all the world. It is the hope of Monolithic to educate the public about Monolithic Domes and to provide professional services to its customers by creating a successful partnership with them through all phases of their dome design, planning and construction. (Continued…)

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Monolithic’s Whitewash Additive: MonoAcrylic

Mike South May 22, 11:33 a.m. Blogs: Construction

A few years ago, we were faced with re-painting Bruco, our 14,000 square foot manufacturing facility. The area to be painted was the wall and ceiling, about 21,000-square-foot. So David South, president of Monolithic, led a research team that began looking into the matter. (Continued…)

Travel in style by staying at a Monolithic Dome B&B

Carol Lanham May 22, 11:11 a.m. In The Media

As you make your summer travel plans, consider experiencing life in a Monolithic Dome along the way by booking a room in a unique bed and breakfast. Thyme For Bed Inn in Lowell, Indiana was recently featured on a “Fantastical Five” list of unique inns. Hundreds of visitors have stayed in the Monolithic Dome’s four bedrooms since it opened in 1999. (Continued…)

Monolithic Domes are asbestos free, but what about your home?

Mark Hall May 22, 10:47 a.m. 'Round To It

There are many reasons why people opt to build Monolithic Domes: their energy efficiency, low maintenance, and ability to withstand hurricanes and tornadoes. Perhaps we should add another reason to the list: the fact that we have never used asbestos when building a dome. (Continued…)

The Trip for Life: Part II on Monolithic Domes

Carol Lanham May 16, 1:02 p.m. In The Media

Last year we brought you the story of Aaron Fown, who decided to go in search of new discoveries and then tell his story to a worldwide audience. Monolithic was one of the stops on The Trip for Life. (Continued…)

September Workshop, reserve your spot now!

Mike South May 08, 3:34 p.m. What's Hot

There’s no better teacher than experience. During our 5-day Workshop at Monolithic’s Training Center in Italy, Texas – that’s what you can expect: Experience. Click to read more about the workshop; or click to register now. (Continued…)