Geodesic Domes and Buckminster Fuller

Featured Articles on the Geodesic Dome and Buckminster Fuller

• Buckminster Fuller - The Planet's Friendly Genius
  Buckminster Fuller, architect of the geodesic dome. Richard Buckminster Fuller, inventor, engineer, architect, mathematician, designer, poet, and philosopher was a great soul and visionary who believed technology could save the World from itself, providing it is properly used.
• The Dymaxion Linoe of Inventions
  Beyond the invention of the geodesic dome lay Buckminster Fuller's principles of synergetics.
• Patents for the Geodesic Dome - Photos of Buckminster Fuller's and His Other Inventions
  The geodesic dome was invented in 1954 by Richard Buckminster Fuller. U.S. Pat. No. 2,682,235 was granted to Buckminster Fuller in 1954 for geodesic domes. He also received U.S. Patent 3,197,927 for another geodesic dome on August 3, 1965.
• Highlights of Buckminster Fuller's Biography

Further Information on Geodesic Domes

• The Birth of the Geodesic Dome: How Bucky Did It
  By Lloyd Steven Sieden from 'The Futurist', article adapted from Buckminster Fuller's Universe.
• The Inventions of Buckminster Fuller
  American Masters series - Inventions include Geodesic Dome, Dymaxion House, Dymaxion Transport, Dymaxion Bathroom, Megastructures, Synergetics and the Dymaxion Map.
• Buckminster Fuller FAQ
  Frequently asked questions about Buckminster.
• Geodesic Domes
  Great site to read more about history, geometry, manufacturers, prototypes and other resources for geodesic domes.

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