A West Chicago man building a geodesic dome greenhouse in his backyard is asking a DuPage County judge to overturn a ruling that says he violated the city’s building code. Dan Bovey filed a request ...

The owners of a controversial backyard greenhouse in West Chicago say they will appeal a ruling this week that says they violated the city’s building permit laws when they built the structure. Dan and ...

Volunteers, top photo, recently helped to construct a dome-shaped greenhouse on the Crook County fairgrounds. The volunteers attach plastic sheathing, middle photo, to the dome, which will help ...

During July, Jeff Edwards, a UW Extension specialist, and a group of volunteers constructed a geodesic dome greenhouse, complete with raised beds and an irrigation system, at UW’s ACRES Student Farm ...

You've decided to build a geodesic dome. Super idea! Geodesic domes are great for greenhouses. The weight of the dome is distributed evenly throughout the series of triangles in the structure.

Glass is a great choice for a geodesic dome greenhouse! In 1988, the Missouri Botanical Garden tore all 3,625 plastic panels from its geodesic greenhouse, the Climatron, and replaced them with glass.

The University of Wyoming Extension originally planned to host a five-day school this week to learn about and participate in the construction of geodesic domes. A geodesic dome is a sphere-like ...

Year-round crop production in cold climates requires structures that provide favorable growing conditions during cold winters with short days and low light conditions. Deep winter greenhouses (DWGs) ...

Roll up your Sunday paper and create your own geodesic dome. By Christy Harmon You’re barreling toward cold, dark days filled with nothing to do, which means now is the perfect time to spend those ...

Students at Onalaska High School have worked as an engineering design team to construct a geodesic dome. The dome project is a part of the Principles of Engineering class offered through the ...