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- Geodesic Dome Test Module, Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1953 -
- 1953
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Geodesic Dome Test Module, Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1953
- Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Model for the United States Pavilion at Expo '67, circa 1967 - Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere.
- circa 1967
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Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Model for the United States Pavilion at Expo '67, circa 1967
Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere.
- Buckminster Fuller Surrounded by Geodesic Structures in His Office, circa 1951 -
- circa 1951
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Buckminster Fuller Surrounded by Geodesic Structures in His Office, circa 1951
- 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
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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.