There’s a popular image of subdivisions springing up “like mushrooms after a rain,” a description that’s particularly apt if the homes in question happen to be geodesic domes, those half-round dwellings that put the “F” in futuristic. (Think Epcot Center.)
It’s a style of architecture with local roots, sprung from the mind of Black Mountain College professor R. Buckminster Fuller during the school’s brief but influential run. The domes’ hold on the American imagination was admittedly tenuous and restricted mainly to the 1970s, but now the dome is back, according to an article in the Jan. 11 New York Times.
Moreover, the author says an all-dome development is planned for Asheville. Where, we ask? If you know, please share. We’d like to be there to cut the ribbon.
– Kent Priestley, staff writer
