Buckminster Fuller

Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (July 12, 1895 - July 1, 1983) was an American visionary, designer, architect, and inventor. He was also a professor at Southern Illinois University and a prolific writer.

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Fuller was most famous for his geodesic domes, which can be seen as part of military radar stations, civic buildings, and exhibition attractions. Their construction is based on extending some basic principles to build simple tensegrity structures (tetrahedron, octahedron, and the closest packing of spheres). Built in this way they are extremely lightweight and stable. The patent for geodesic domes was awarded in 1954, part of Fuller's decades-long efforts to explore nature's constructing principles to find design solutions.

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Buckminster Fuller related Images and Photos (experimental)

Buckminster Fuller Explaining Principles of Dymaxion Building	Fuller Brush Man, The	Fuller Brush Girl, The	Robert Fuller
Loie Fuller C.1900	Loie Fuller Folies Bergere	La Loie Fuller	Jesse Fuller - Brother Lowdown
La Loie Fuller Folies-Bergere	Jesse Fuller - Jazz Folk Songs Spirituals and Blues	Jesse Fuller - Jazz Folk Songs Spirituals and Blues	Title-Page to 'A Pisgah-Sight of Palestine' by Thomas Fuller Published in 1650