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Arizona Mid-Century Modern Domes (page 1)

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Domes [gone]
Casa Grande, AZ
The Casa Grande Domes were built in 1982 for an electronics assembly plant that never opened. They were abandoned for many years. By 2025, they were gone. For more, see this website.

J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome
Flagstaff, AZ
The J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University was built in 1977 for over $8 million. The roof is a triangulated grid system, made with pine beams and iron supports. The dome has 132 doors around its perimeter. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

Ortega's Indian Market [gone]
Lupton, AZ
2006: 2012:
Ortega's Indian Market was another geodesic dome souvenir shop. It appeared that this building was constructed around the same time as the one in Meteor City described above. It had been closed since at least 2003. The building was demolished by 2022. [first photo thanks Glenda Campbell]

Robert L. Duffy High School
Phoenix, AZ
Although these buildings are not mid-century modern, I'll include them anyway. Robert L. Duffy High School was built in 2010. The roofs of these four monolithic domes are painted to look like Earth, Neptune, Saturn, and Jupiter. For more, see this website. [map]

Sedona Domes
Sedona, AZ
The Sedona Domes consist of ten egg-shaped domes. Although too late to be considered mid-century, I'm including them anyway. The interconnected, monolithic domes were built in 1995 as a residence known as Xanadu. The domes were originally painted different bright colors. Around 2015, they were painted brown. By 2023, they were painted white. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

geodesic domes
Show Low, AZ

2012:
2017:
This pair of geodesic domes were built in 1968 or 1969. At least one of them housed the Apache Pavilion Restaurant. It was later known as the Dome Cafe. The domes now house an auto body office and The Dome. The building on the left has an addition in front. It looked just like the one on the right originally. [map]

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