Largest Geodesic Dome Structures
Many geodesic domes built are still in use. According to the Buckminster Fuller Institute, the world's ten largest domes are:
- Fukuoka Dome (福岡ドーム): Fukuoka, Japan, 710 ft (216 m)
- Nagoya Dome (ナゴヤドーム): Nagoya, Japan, 614 ft (187 m)
- Tacoma Dome: Tacoma, Washington, USA, 530 ft (161.5 m)
- Superior Dome: Northern Michigan University. Marquette, Michigan, USA, 525 ft (160 m)
- MSC Dome: Bolivia, 140m diameter, by Geometrica, Inc.
- Ruwais dome Abu Dhabi, 133m diameter, by Geometrica, Inc.
- Walkup Skydome: Northern Arizona University. Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, 502 ft (153 m)
- Poliedro de Caracas, Venezuela designed and manufactured by TC Howard of Synergetics, Inc and Charter Industries 469 ft
- Round Valley Ensphere: Springerville-Eagar, AZ, USA, 440 ft (134 m)
- Former Spruce Goose Hangar: Long Beach, California, USA, 415 ft (126 m)
- Formosa Plastics Storage Facility: Mai Liao, Taiwan, 402 ft (122 m)
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