Calico Dome was constructed in 1952 by Calico Mills to house their show room for their textiles. It was designed using rhomboid shapes from plywood sheets on a pentagonal geometry. The shop and dome were constructed on a small plot along the Relief Road in Ahmedabad.
In 1982 when the Calico Mills were liquidated, the shop and dome went into disuse and then permanent neglect. It was handed over to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation by the Hon High Court of Gujarat in 2009 to restore and reconstruct it as a symbol of heritage for the old city’s commercial enterprise.