Developed in 1940 by American Architect Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller in an attempt to solve the American housing crisis, Geodesic Domes are very strong and efficient structures.

Geodesic design incorporates large circles, in which are placed in the form of triangles within the surface sheer of struts, to which create a strong dome like structure. The purpose of Geodesic design is to create a dome made up of interlocking triangles, which are relatively strong and stable shapes, in order for the weight of the structure to be distributed evenly throughout the whole dome, creating a very stable and strong structure, whilst also being very lightweight and cost effective structure, due to rather low material requirements.
Geodesic design is typically constructed in sphere or dome shapes, as shapes that lack corners allow for a more even distribution of stress. Also, being a dome or sphere in shape, geodesic construction is also very aerodynamic, therefore it loses little heat to wind movements. Even though Dome construction is most effective, there is however no current facts suggesting that geodesic design cannot be effectively extended to any shape of construction.
Geodesic design has been used in a variety of different ways within residential and commercial design, however its primary use is construction of industrial buildings and stadiums. An example of a geodesic dome as Aami Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, as its weight bearing structure is effective for when the inside of the stadium needs to be somewhat "hollowed" out to allow for grandstands and the soccer oval.

Fuller used his geodesic design in order to create his Aluminium Dymaxion house, created in 1930, then redesigned in 1945. This creation was Fullers attempt to solve the American housing crisis by having pre fabricated structures that can be transported to a desired location, whilst also being durable, lightweight, and long term strength due to Fullers idea of interlocking triangles to form a dome shape. However sound the design was however, the idea failed due to the high cost to produce the Aluminium he required, meaning that the structures short-term setbacks clashed with Fullers long term aspiration.
Though there are many advantages through designing with geodesic construction, there are, however, some drawbacks to using this method of design. There is a large amount of unusable area within a dome because of the curved roofing. This means that, for example, in a 10metre dome, the open area of roof at the highest point of the dome cannot be reached and therefore is unusable, yet still must be heated in order for the place to be lovable.  The other downsides are that geodesic domes are hard to furnish, as there are no straight sides or corners.
Also some builders find it hard to make geodesic domes watertight, however this has been solved through using waxed cardboard triangles that overlap in order to allow water to flow off the dome.