Union Tank Car Company Dome, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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| Union Carbide Tank Car Company Dome | |
| Designer | Synergetics, Inc. |
| Location | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA |
| Date | 1958 |
| Building Type | Commercial Building |
| Construction System | steel, geodesic dome |
| Climate | Hot Temperate |
| Context | Suburban |
| Architectural Style | Expressionist Modern |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | Building was demolished by its current owner, Kansas City Southern Railway, in November 2007. |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Union Tank Car |
| Area | 115,900 square feet (10,770 square meters) based on diameter. |
| Stories | 1 |
| Height | 125 feet (38.1 meters) |
| Width | 384 feet diameter (117.0 meters) |
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- Union Tank Car Dome - VirtualGlobeTrotting.com. Viewed on 2008.0107.
[edit] External Links
- Demolition of Historic Bucky Dome a Stain on KCS - Kansas City Star, 2008.0103
- Bucky's Dome - BestofNewOrleans.com, 2001.0306
- Mather Documents Buckminister Fuller's Failed Dome - MediaBistro
