They could really build geodesic domes in those days. Most of the abandoned domes are intact, after half a century, unmaintained, in an Arctic climate. They're aluminum frames with Fiberglas panels.
Geodesic domes were taken over by the "natural materials" people in the 1960s and 1970s. This doesn't work. Geodesic domes need standard manufactured components built to tight tolerances. Then they just bolt together. Domes built with wood and shingles do not work very well.[1]
Google proposed to build a big geodesic dome for their HQ in Mountain View. It probably would have been better than what they did build, which looks like some kind of sports arena.
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