Information on Dome Style Greenhouses

History

• An American engineer is responsible for inventing the geodesic dome in 1949. Richard Buckminster Fuller developed the dome in response to America's housing crisis and aimed to produce an ecologically-efficient housing solution that could become available to the mass market. The geodesic dome idea was later reclaimed to create more efficient greenhouses.

Function and Features

• Geodesic dome greenhouses offer growers a number of benefits. The curved design of the dome allows for an improvement in air circulation and for sunlight to evenly distribute across plants enclosed within the greenhouse. Geodesic dome greenhouses can be designed according to spacial requirements and budget.

Famous Geodesic Dome Greenhouse

• The Climatron® is geodesic dome greenhouse and conservatory that was built in 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri. It was given its name as a nod to the climate-control technology that the structure features. It is said that this was the first geodesic dome to be utilized to advance greenhouse technology.