Buckminster Fuller developed his celebrated domes in 1920's America. He had identified an incredibly efficient structural form. It works well in wood. Not sure whether it should still be called 'geodesic' when applied to egg and toroid shaped versions, but it seems to fit.

Triangulated forms provide a similar opportunity to create efficient structural framing. Our jointing system makes timber a viable option. The temple at Southall used 140mm square glulam to form a 20m diameter dome.

Geodesic based styles may be either faceted or double curved as in the case of this auditorium. The OSB4 cladding panels were factory pressed to 15 permutations of length and width radii to receive titanium sheet tiling.

Inside the 1000m² atrium. 22m span x 68m max girth with 585 ribs. Mostly 75 x 300 Kerto with cylindrical nodes. The 33mm Kerto deck acts compositely with the ribs, but the joints had to be stiffened up in the rooflight area accordingly.

150mm diameter Scottish Larch was chosen for this frame following our brief to allow structural efficiency and ease of fabrication to govern. The building is 24m x 17m x 12m high with 285 seats.

Two geodesic spheres were made for Peckham library, both 2300mm diameter, based on hexagons and pentagons in 38 x 75 spruce. Bendy ply externally and carpet (+ Acoustic Quilt) internally.