Buckminster Fuller was rad. The bucky fuller institute website is pretty great. there's even a review of the design and the elastic brain exhibition at moma (this looks incredible).
more space is enclosed by domes than any other style of structure in the world, with way less material. Bucky spent his whole life working on this problem of doing things in the most efficient way. He knew eventually everyone would have to deal with shortages of resources.
if you ever come across a copy of Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth you should pick it up.