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The dome house in its current stateOn April 19th, restoration work will begin on the world’s first geodesic dome home in Carbondale, Illinois. The house was built in 1960 by the inventor Buckminster Fuller and his wife, Lady Anne, in just 7 hours using 60 wooden triangle panels. The pair lived in the house until 1971, and once they left, the building was rented out as student housing for the nearby Southern Illinois University campus for the next 30 years, falling into serious disrepair over the decades....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/buckminster-fullers-dome-house-to-be-repaired-transformed-into-museum/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
The building of the dome houseOn April 19th, restoration work will begin on the world’s first geodesic dome home in Carbondale, Illinois. The house was built in 1960 by the inventor Buckminster Fuller and his wife, Lady Anne, in just 7 hours using 60 wooden triangle panels. The pair lived in the house until 1971, and once they left, the building was rented out as student housing for the nearby Southern Illinois University campus for the next 30 years, falling into serious disrepair over the decades....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/buckminster-fullers-dome-house-to-be-repaired-transformed-into-museum/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
Buckminster Fuller in front of his dome houseOn April 19th, restoration work will begin on the world’s first geodesic dome home in Carbondale, Illinois. The house was built in 1960 by the inventor Buckminster Fuller and his wife, Lady Anne, in just 7 hours using 60 wooden triangle panels. The pair lived in the house until 1971, and once they left, the building was rented out as student housing for the nearby Southern Illinois University campus for the next 30 years, falling into serious disrepair over the decades....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/buckminster-fullers-dome-house-to-be-repaired-transformed-into-museum/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
Buckminster Fuller's completed dome houseOn April 19th, restoration work will begin on the world’s first geodesic dome home in Carbondale, Illinois. The house was built in 1960 by the inventor Buckminster Fuller and his wife, Lady Anne, in just 7 hours using 60 wooden triangle panels. The pair lived in the house until 1971, and once they left, the building was rented out as student housing for the nearby Southern Illinois University campus for the next 30 years, falling into serious disrepair over the decades....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/buckminster-fullers-dome-house-to-be-repaired-transformed-into-museum/'>READ ARTICLE</a>4
