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| Framework for the Climatron rises around the garden's existing palm trees in 1959. |
The front entrance pillars of the old Palm House, which are visible here, were also preserved for a time in the the Climatron. The Climatron is a geodesic dome, a design invented by Buckminster Fuller. Architects Murphy and Mackey were the architects on record and Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics Inc. designed the dome.
If you are a longtime resident of St. Louis, you would have been aware the Climatron was built around the trees...everyone knew that at one time, but enough time has passed that people forget..but not Kitty.
The Climatron was designed by architect Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, Inc. geodesic dome expert. Architect Eugene Mackey did not design the dome, only the lower ground level.
The Climatron was the first geodesic greenhouse and the first use of plexiglass in a greenhouse.
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