The Dome Company draws upon a wide ranging experience in many aspects of design and have highly developed skills in the use of a surprising diversity of materials. Our core product is the design, manufacture and hire of laminated timber, curved arc, geodesic domes but we also remain committed to the exploration of new ideas and the development of both new and existing skills.
In house skills and workshop facilities include: large scale sewn fabric construction, timber engineering and lamination, steel fabrication, glass reinforced epoxy construction, modelling in polystyrene and urethane. These areas of skill are further extended by specialist subcontractors supplying services in fabric welding, engineering production, artwork and metal finishing.
Bespoke geodesic ceiling mounted installation. Image: Jamie McGregor Smith www.jamiemcgregorsmith.com
We have an innovative design facility, capable of generating completely new structures from scratch. We are also available to solve the day to day problems in event and presentation design.
All of this combined with analysis provided by independent structural engineering consultants enables us to offer our clients an unusual service for the complete production of bespoke structures and constructions.
FEATURED BESPOKE PROJECT:
INSTITUTE OF SOUND AND VIBRATION RESEARCH
ISVR Consulting is the consultancy unit of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, which is part of the University of Southampton.
Our Brief was to produce a near 360 degree structure capable of supporting up to 40 speakers and creating minimal acoustic interference for the ISRV anechoic chamber.