Dome design toughens with size, regulates home/garden within

When Buckminster Fuller conceived of the geodesic dome in the 1940s he was intrigued by the efficiency of a super-lightweight structure that gets stronger as it gets bigger. He designed a version of it to cover an unfolding home (“Standard of Living Package”; 1948). In 1960 he came up with a plan to build a dome over Manhattan to better regulate air quality and microclimates. In 1963, he was asked by the U.S. Information Agency to design the United States pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. His “biosphere” wa