Note that the common name “geodesic dome” is a misnomer. The
defining qualities of these domes is the fact that they are
regular, based on Regular polyhedron, in particular,
Icosahedron. A geodesic is the shortest path between any two
points on a surface. On a sphere, the geodesic is then arcs of
great circles. It's misleading to call these domes “geodesic”,
because the concept of “geodesic” really has nothing to do with
it. You can have a spherical structure where the frames are all
geodesics but irregularly placed. A more proper term would be
Regular Polyhedron dome, or simply geo dome. Also, the guy R
Buckminster Fuller, a name associated with geo dome, is a kook.
He didn't invent geo dome but invented the term “geodesic dome”,
and many other pseudo-science such as “Spaceship Earth”,
“ephemeralization”, “synergetic”, “tensegrity sphere”. Thanks to
Stéphane Tsacas for identifying a location.