In October 2022 the Dome changed hands. Three founders - Rylia Fielding, Eva Xu and Nathalie Kante - bought the weathered blue dome and set out to rebuild it. The permits were issued in 2022; by spring 2023 the work was underway, and by June 2024 the finished black dome stood on the hill.

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The black cladding was a feat in itself. Metal roofing contractor Construct Vision tells it as "20 roofing companies said no. We said yes" - every triangular face had to be individually framed, sealed, and clad by hand. New windows, copper trim, and the river-rock yard and pergola followed, with interiors designed by Rylia.

 

All of the exterior walls, from the interior side, and the garage were spray foamed — the dome had been framed 2x4 instead of 2x6, and there was no other way to reach the R-value the building code required. The spray foam company oversprayed the interior, and the owners spent a week with a specialty tool sanding the inside of the exterior walls to restore the dome's geometric shape. At one point a crew worked 24/7 for an entire week. When they stripped the exterior, they found it had been coated in truck bed liner — that was why the house was not breathing. They replaced the entire exterior, along with plywood and some framing, and brought everything up to current building code, passing all inspections. And the whole scope — permits, plans, the build, landscaping, and interior decorating — was completed in one year.