A large glass dome intended as a collaborative area for Facebook workers is shown in the background, surrounded by an elevated park that would be open to the public. Courtesy Facebook/Signature ...

Glass is a great choice for a geodesic dome greenhouse! In 1988, the Missouri Botanical Garden tore all 3,625 plastic panels from its geodesic greenhouse, the Climatron, and replaced them with glass.

With glass domes there’s more ability to see stars ... for a couple of days and see stars that they will never see in a big ...