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- Geodesic Dome Test Module, Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1953 -
- 1953
- Collections - Artifact
Geodesic Dome Test Module, Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1953
- Intuition, 1972 -
- 1972
- Collections - Artifact
Intuition, 1972
- Buckminster Fuller, "Inventions: Twelve Around One," 1981 -
- 1981
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Buckminster Fuller, "Inventions: Twelve Around One," 1981
- Drawing, "Spherical Truss for Ford Motor Company Courtesy Building," 1952 - Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. The Rotunda was renovated and reopened to the public in 1953. The renovations included a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller.
- August 30, 1952
- Collections - Artifact
Drawing, "Spherical Truss for Ford Motor Company Courtesy Building," 1952
Ford Motor Company brought its central Rotunda building from the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition back to Dearborn and, from 1936 to 1962, recreated the excitement of a World's Fair exposition on its home turf. The Rotunda was renovated and reopened to the public in 1953. The renovations included a geodesic dome designed by Buckminster Fuller.
- 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.
- 1946
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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.