Buckminister Fuller
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Fuller, (Richard) Buckminister (1895—1983)
An architect and engineer, Fuller developed “energetic” geometry (1917), the “4-D” house (1928), a self-contained, dustless unit which could be transported by air; the streamlined Dymaxion auto (1933); and the Dymaxion house (1944—1945).
His geodesic domes have been used widely for military and industrial purposes.
A controversial thinker and member of Mensa, Fuller in 1969 was named Humanist of the Year by the American Humanist Association. “Sometimes,” Fuller declared, “I think we’re alone. Sometimes I think we’re not. In either case, the thought is quite staggering.”
Fuller greatly enjoyed lecturing, but his sense of time was such that upon at least one occasion, in New Canaan, Connecticut, half his audience left after one hour and fifteen minutes. Then, half of those who remained left after another half-hour. Although a master of ceremonies had walked on stage and discreetly suggested he had only five more minutes, Fuller continued speaking until the lights were turned off by one of only two people who remained (including encyclopedist Warren Allen Smith and the building's janitor, who had the key to lock the auditorium).
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