In 1967, Robert E. Rose, home builder, developer and craftsman, took his family to the World's Fair in Montreal, Canada and the Man & His World exhibit at the US Pavilion. There, he was inspired by R. Buckminster Fuller and his geodesic dome, and returned to Connecticut to embark on creating homes which considered the land and its relationship to built form. In 1992, nearly 20 years after his death, daughter Kathleen Rose combined her decades of experience as a development & real estate expert to build a real estate practice which assists both public & private sector clients in merging structure with people & the environment into holistic places of well-being.