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Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller

-Engineer, inventor,

architect and

philosopher R.

Buckminster Fuller

authored

numerous popular

books, held dozens

of patents, and had

a profound impact

on subsequent

generations of

design.

He is best known for his 1949 invention of

the geodesic dome, which uses

interconnecting triangular frames to form a

lightweight but sturdy dome which needs no

internal support.

Described as futuristic in

appearance even today, the

geodesic dome provides

maximum interior space

with minimal use of land, raw

materials, and construction

labor, and is far more

efficient than ordinary brick-

and-mortar, wood-and-nail

homebuilding.

Norman Foster Richard AND

Buckminster Fuller

-After Team 4 went their separate ways,

Foster and Wendy Cheesman founded

Foster Associates, which later became

Foster and Partners in 1967.

A long period of collaboration

with American architect

Richard Buckminster Fuller

began in 1968 and continued

until Fuller's death in 1983.

They collaborated on

several projects that

became catalysts in the

development of an

environmentally sensitive

approach to design –

including the Samuel

Beckett Theatre project.

Norman Foster rebuilds Bucky Fuller's

Dymaxion car

Norman Foster and Buckminster Fuller

© Ken Kirkwood