Scale Model of a Dymaxion House, 1946
THF113899 / Scale Model of a Dymaxion House, 1946
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1946
Subject Date
1946
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2008.115.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Stamping (Marking)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
stamped in black ink on back:
DO NOT RELEASE / BEFORE 6:00 P.M. E.S.T. / THURSDAY MARCH 32, 1946 / FULLER HOUSES, INC. / WICHITA 2, KANSAS / Washington: DISTRICT 4959 / NEW YORK: REGENT 4-1044
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ArtifactDymaxion House
Buckminster Fuller was a multi-disciplinary designer. This house, his re-thinking of human shelter, was rooted in Fuller's understanding of industrial production -- particularly methods developed in the automobile industry and especially those advocated by Henry Ford for whom Fuller had immense admiration. More an engineering solution than a home, the structure was prototyped but never produced.