Architectural Tour of Bucky Fuller Domes

Beginning at the miniature earth Fuller Dome that Bucky built on the SIUE campus 1971, the tour then heads up to Wood River Illinois to go into the Union Tank Car dome built in 1960. This 380ft wide 120ft tall geodesic dome is still in use and is now under the ownership of Watco. Next the tour takes us across the Mississippi River to St Louis to visit The Climatron dome at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. It is a glass geodesic domed greenhouse built in 1960 to house a variety rare tropical plant species. The tour then comes back across the river into East St Louis to visit the Mary Brown Center dome. Built in 1968, this laminar style dome is the site of the meeting for Bucky’s Old Man River’s City proposal of a mile wide domed city for East St Louis. From there the tour will return to the miniature earth Fuller Dome on the SIUE campus.

Architectural Tour Itinerary:

1:00 Board the Bus at the Fuller Dome at SIUE • “Geoscope”

Vistor parking Lot B

1 Circle Drive, SIUE Campus

Edwardsville, IL 62640

~30 minute drive along the river to the Union Tank Car Dome in Wood River Illinois

1:30 – 2:00 • Union Tank Car Dome

435 N Old St Louis Rd, Wood River, IL 62095

~30 minute drive across Mississippi River to the Climatron Dome in St Louis

3:00 – 3:30 • Missouri Botanical Garden • Climatron Dome

4344 Shaw Blvd, St. Louis, MO 6311

~30 minute drive to the Mary Brown Center Dome in East St Louis, Illinois

4:00 – 4:30 • Mary Brown Center Dome • hosted the Old Man River’s City Project meeting

606 S 15th St, East St Louis, IL 62207

~30 minute back to the Fuller Dome at SIUE

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