ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome
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ASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome
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| Location | 9639 Kinsman Rd., Materials Park, Ohio 44073 Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 41°27′36.37″N 81°17′56.23″W / 41.4601028°N 81.2989528°WCoordinates: 41°27′36.37″N 81°17′56.23″W / 41.4601028°N 81.2989528°W |
| Area | 45 acres (18 ha) |
| Architect | John Terrence Kelly, [Synergetics, Inc.] |
| NRHP Reference # | 09000849 |
| Added to NRHP | October 22, 2009 |
The ASM International Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, at the Materials Park campus in Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio, United States, are the headquarters of ASM International, a professional organization for materials scientists and engineers. These modernist structures were built in 1958 and dedicated in September 1959.
The campus serves as the headquarters of ASM International, formerly the American Society for Metals. The dome is the "world's largest open air geodesic dome", and is rare among Synergetics, Inc.-designed geodesic domes in that it was never intended to be a covered structure.
Originally serving as headquarters for the American Society for Metals in September 1959, the geodesic dome was built on a 100-acre parcel donated by William Hunt Eisenman (1886–1958), a charter member of the American Society of Metals and its secretary for nearly four decades.[3][4] In 1961, ASM purchased William Hunt Eisenman's Sunnimoor Farm and 400-acres of land adjacent to the ASM campus.[2]
The complex was designed by John Terrence Kelly, a native of Elyria, Ohio.[5] There are differing opinions on R. Buckminster Fuller's role in the design of ASM's dome. While Fuller was a founding partner of Synergetics, Inc. and a patent holder for geodesic dome geometry, he was divested of all interest in Synergetics, Inc. before this dome was conceived. The geodesic dome was designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina, the owner of Synergetics, Inc. and designer of many geodesic domes such as Climatron Conservatory at Missouri Botanical Gardens, the Union Tank Car Company dome (now demolished) in Baton Rouge, LA, and Poliedro de Caracas in Venezuela.[6] Fuller's role was limited to licensing the use of his patent.
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