A New Look for Randy South’s Monolithic Dome Home
![A spacious home — Randy South and his family enjoy living in three, interconnected Monolithic Domes, encompassing a living area of nearly 4,000 square feet and now sporting a beautiful, stucco-like, EIFS finish.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007b7/medium/rsouth1.jpg)
A spacious home — Randy South and his family enjoy living in three, interconnected Monolithic Domes, encompassing a living area of nearly 4,000 square feet and now sporting a beautiful, stucco-like, EIFS finish.
![Enter please! — The owners enlarged their front entry and added a connector between their dome-home and the garage.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007b8/medium/rsouth2.jpg)
Enter please! — The owners enlarged their front entry and added a connector between their dome-home and the garage.
![Living room — The home’s spacious living room is just to the left of the entrance. Its curved windows, 6’ wide by 8’ high, echo the shape of the dome.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007b9/medium/rsouth3.jpg)
Living room — The home’s spacious living room is just to the left of the entrance. Its curved windows, 6’ wide by 8’ high, echo the shape of the dome.
![Loft — A loft, designed as a playroom with a ping-pong table, overlooks the living area.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007ba/medium/rsouth4.jpg)
Loft — A loft, designed as a playroom with a ping-pong table, overlooks the living area.
![Staying warm — A hot water system using just one water heater keeps this dome-home comfortably warm during Idaho’s freezing winters. In 1999, monthly heating costs averaged just $27.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007bb/medium/rsouth5.jpg)
Staying warm — A hot water system using just one water heater keeps this dome-home comfortably warm during Idaho’s freezing winters. In 1999, monthly heating costs averaged just $27.
![Kitchen — It occupies one half of one of the 34’ domes. Note the arch where the two domes connect.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007bc/medium/rsouth6.jpg)
Kitchen — It occupies one half of one of the 34’ domes. Note the arch where the two domes connect.
![Three interconnected domes — Two outer domes, each 34’ x 15’, flank the 40’ x 17’ center dome.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007bd/medium/rsouth7.jpg)
Three interconnected domes — Two outer domes, each 34’ x 15’, flank the 40’ x 17’ center dome.
![On a butte — This Monolithic Dome home sits on a 1,260-acre butte overlooking Idaho’s Snake River.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007be/medium/rsouth8.jpg)
On a butte — This Monolithic Dome home sits on a 1,260-acre butte overlooking Idaho’s Snake River.
![A natural view — Perched atop a butte, the dome makes an ideal spot from which to observe wildlife and enjoy nature.](/vault/img/2011/05/10/4dc92b50c29e0684730007bf/medium/rsouth9.jpg)
A natural view — Perched atop a butte, the dome makes an ideal spot from which to observe wildlife and enjoy nature.