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Arcadia Dome Home is an Orion-style Monolithic Dome home in Providence, Utah. Constructed in 2016, it is the home of MDI Publisher Dave South and his family. The home merges three dome shapes into one seamless structure using a prototype transverse Airform membrane for construction. … read more
Beniamin Pregowski is a Monolithic Dome construction expert available for international projects. … read more
Beth Kreider was a reporter with The Payson Roundup in the late 1990s. She followed construction of the Payson, Arizona, dome schools from inflation to completion.
Written by Freda Parker to whom David told his story, this book is absolutely chockful of photographs, so you can see as well as read about the people and events David describes. Those events are true-life experiences and fond memories, many funny and some sad. David recalls his grandparents and parents, their triumphs and tribulations and the lessons they taught him that ultimately helped shape the person he became.
David Barney South Sr. (February 20, 1939-November 3, 2020) was an entrepreneur and inventor. He was best known as co-inventor and advocate of the Monolithic Dome. He was the president, chairman, emeritus chairman, and co-founder of Monolithic; founder and publisher of the Monolithic Dome Institute; former chairman of the Domes for the World foundation; former chairman of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 334) committee for concrete shell design. … read more
Referring to his 40-year teaching career as a Professor of Civil Engineering at Brigham Young University (BYU) and his more than 30 years as Monolithic's Senior Consulting Engineer, Dr. Arnold Wilson said, "It's just been a wonderful trip for me. It's been exciting. I have done things that I had never even dreamed that I would do." … read more
Dr. Arnold Wilson doesn't credit human ingenuity for the invention of a dome-he credits the egg. Wilson, who retired after completing a 40-year career as Civil Engineering Professor at Brigham Young University, says, "The egg has always fascinated me. You can see that it's the shape and structure of the shell that gives it its strength. Much the same is true for a dome, and I think we borrowed from nature when we began building domes." … read more
Freda Parker is a writer and long-time contributor to the Monolithic Dome Institute.
Frederick L. "Rick" Crandall, Architect, is the founder and owner of Crandall Designs. He sketched his first Monolithic Dome project in 1995, a sports center in the Payson School District in Payson, Arizona. Since then, he has participated in the planning of more than 250 completed projects with over 400 Monolithic Domes. … read more
Gary Clark is Sales Manager at Monolithic. He manages the sales team, coordinates all marketing efforts, and helps customers with design, pricing, and logistics to build their own Monolithic Dome.
Gary was hired in 1983 by David B. South-co-inventor of the Monolithic Dome-to spray polyurethane foam on a potato storage dome in Hamer, Idaho. In the decades since, Clark acquired a thorough understanding of all aspects of Monolithic Dome construction. He's supervised construction projects-from groundbreaking to ribbon cutting-of all types of Monolithic Domes including houses, gymnasiums, schools, churches, and giant storage domes.
Clark is an head instructor at the Monolithic Dome Builders Workshops where attendees come for a 5-day course of classroom and hands-on training in building a real Monolithic Dome.
He is a member of the American Concrete Institute and is on the board of directors at the Monolithic Dome Institute.
Jack Boyt was a pioneer of Monolithic Dome Airfom membranes and the original owner of Precision Air Structures (PASCO). A lifelong friend of David B. South, founder of Monilithic, the two collaborated for thirty years, striving to perfect the art of Monolithic Dome Airform manufacturing. … read more
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Jan Pregowski first came to America in 1985 to learn how to build Monolithic Domes. He and his crew have built over 100 domes all over the world. He is available for consultation on international projects. … read more
James Laurence "Larry" Byrne (May 14, 1942-April 16, 2024) is an architectural designer best known for his pioneering design and consulting work in the Monolithic Dome industry. He was Vice President of Design at Monolithic, a design consultant with the Monolithic Dome Institute, and former secretary of the 334 Committee (Thin Shell Concrete) of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). … read more
Rebecca South is the Editor-in-Chief for the Monolithic Dome Institute and Monolithic Constructors, Inc. She co-founded the Domes For The World (DFTW) Foundation in 2006.
Stone Dome is a striking 4,740-square-foot Monolithic Dome home in the Texas Hill Country, blending custom craftsmanship, innovative design, and sustainability with its five interlinked domes, arched ceilings, antique-inspired vanities, and a 40,000-gallon cistern for year-round water supply. … read more