Buckminster Fuller only designed about a dozen of vaulted structures to get down with , and many have either been torn down in lieu of new construction or only left to rot . But not the dome at Materials Park in Ohio , it just received a $ 7 million nip and tuck and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP ) .
plan in conjunction with noted architect John Terence Kelly and completed in 1959 , the open - aviation structure at Materials Park — roughly 25 mi east of Cleveland — was reportedly one of Fuller ’s favorites .
With the pass completion of the work to the structure and fence park area , ASM International — a fabric enquiry clearinghouse — is now eligible for a $ 2.5 million tax reference to cancel the $ 7 million redevelopment . The next big question to answer is why a world - famous designer and mathematician like Fuller would put something like this out in the boonies of Ohio . [ Architizervia2Modern ]
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