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.

Concepts and buildings

List of patents

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His concepts and buildings include:

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• Dymaxion house (1928) See autonomous building
• Aerodynamic Dymaxion car (1933)
• Prefabricated compact bathroom cell (1937)
• Dymaxion Map of the world (1946)
• Buildings (1943)
• Tensegrity structures (1949)
• Geodesic dome for Ford Motor Company (1953)
• Patent on geodesic domes (1954)
• The World Game (1961) and the World Game Institute (1972)
• Patent on octet truss (1961)