Buckminister Fuller

I viewed a great exhibit at the Whitney Museum on Buckminister Fuller. He was a very progressive cross-disciplinary thinker, designer, architect, engineer and scientist. Though some of his work was overly idealistic, many of his designs and ideas have influenced the world we see around us today. Following are just a few of his works.

The undistorted world map.

The Dymaxion vehicle had 3 wheels and streamline design. It got 25-30 miles per gallon, went up to 125mph and was environmentally friendly.

One example of his geodesic dome structures.

An inexpensive, recycled home.

This would be one of his more far-out ideas. Using lightweight materials to build a huge dome over 50 blocks of Manhattan, this structure would be climate controlled and pollution free. And to think we thought we lived in a bubble in Provo!