The image of Rome’s Pantheon resonates and reemerges throughout architectural history. In achieving this visual lineage, a parallel history of structural design and construction can be traced. Building from within this context, the infusion of contemporary technologies and methods creates both opportunity and risk in advancing the dialogue with architecture’s past. The Pantheon as paradigm offers a framework of study that advocates for two overarching goals: first, for the expanded study of engineering history in the training and education of design professionals; and second, for an emphasis on communication and shared literacies in an integrated design process. The Pantheon holds a revolutionary position in the history of concrete design and construction. Looking at selected works of Pier Luigi Nervi and others, the project updates the current structural understanding of this primary source, and focuses on the evolving design processes specific to architecturally exposed concrete.