The building was divided into five parts, with the central section holding a revolving dome.

Its revolving dome is, of course, of the same diameter.

It is a steeply rounded revolving dome, evoking the earth, "mir" in Russian, the same word as peace.

Hartness's interest in optics and astronomy led to his development of a telescope mount with the revolving dome on an equatorial plane.

The property was subsequently owned by astronomer Isaac Roberts, who installed a seven-inch refracter in a revolving dome on the top floor.

Built in the shape of a massive 1950's UFO, the hotel squats on its patch of desert like an otherworldly metal pimple, its revolving dome housing a surprisingly good steakhouse.