THE UNIQUE ECOSHELL IS AN 8 TON CONCRETE AND STEEL DOME CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING 200 MPH WINDS. Several Domes withstood the 120 mph winds of Hurricane Wilma when the eye went through West Palm Beach, Florida not a scratch and according to those inside not even a tremble.
Within this site, we at Lydick's Domes Unlimited hope to convey one simple message--You really can have what you want. There is no other housing available today that gives you all of the options that a geodesic dome does.
The dome manufacturer that we have chosen, Oregon Dome Inc., is simply the finest manufacturer of dome components in the world today. They offer the most complete line of products and have the finest design services available.
We provide the best support team you could ever choose to work with. Couple that with the experience that we add, 17 yrs. of dome sales and service, and you have one big dynamic enterprise with the ability to provide you with services and products that cannot be matched anywhere!
The Monolithic story begins with David B. South and his interest in dome building. That interest started when David was still in high shchool and never waned. In fact, it intensified. By 1975, David and his two brothers, Barry and Randy, had successfully built their first Monolithic Dome-- a potato storage facility in Shelley, Idaho, 105' in diameter and 35' high.
That project resulted in a patent for the process and launched an innovative construction system for Monolithic Dome homes, schools, churches, sport and commercial facilities.
Today, Monolithic is a family of companies sharing a mutual goal: to improve the lives of people worldwide through the introduction and construction of Monolithic Domes, for personal and public use, that are superior in strength, energy-efficiency and cost control.
The Natural Spaces Domes Building System is the only dome building system specifically adapted to the 5 different climatic regions of the United States. We are long time members and supporters of EEBA, The Energy and Environmental Building Association. Their innovative, well-respected building guides are backed by years of research in four nations: Canada, Norway, Sweden and the United States. The guides were created by Building Science Corporation, applying lessons learned from the construction of the Arkansas House, The Saskatchewan Conservation House and hundreds of houses built for Canada's R-2000 program and the U.S. Building America program.
Oregon Dome's complete panelized building system is the easiest and most cost effective system around. Most of our domes are raised in a weekend by a crew of family and friends without any special tools or equipment. This saves you time, money, and, most of all, minimizes unplanned delays and expenses. While it varies, we usually see a finished cost savings of $10.00 per square foot over square/rectangle buildings.
