Dymaxion House at its 1948-1991 Site, near Andover, Kansas

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1948-1979

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

P.B.108393

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Kansas, Andover Photographic prints Photographs Houses Dymaxion houses Original sites Graham family Dymaxion House (Henry Ford Museum) Henry Ford (Organization). Henry Ford Museum

Artifact
Dymaxion 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.