One of American architect Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Domes – designed and patented in 1965 as a futuristic prototype for low-cost portable housing – is currently on the market for $3.5 million.
They drew inspiration from geodesic domes, structures developed by architect Buckminster Fuller that achieve stability through networks of interconnected triangles. The team created a material that ...
The geodesic domes were a space age design innovation by the architect Buckminster Fuller. They surrounded the radar dishes at RAF Fylingdales, which tracked satellites in Earth orbit and watched for ...
A geodesic dome: The Montreal Biosphere, constructed for Expo 67 and designed by Buckminster Fuller. Photo: The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller. Visually, solarpunk draws inspiration from the Art ...
a dome built according to the principles of geodetic construction enunciated by the American designer and architect, R. Buckminster Fuller from the New York Times, March 20, 1959: The geodesic dome ...
He applied the revolutionary concepts of architect and philosopher Buckminster Fuller – including Dymaxion homes and geodesic domes – to his teaching of geometry. These ideas were especially ...
Buckminster Fuller's 1959 dome concept over Manhattan was developed on a belief in humanity's ability to shape its environment on an unprecedented scale. All throughout the mid-20th century ...