Buckminster Fuller
Appearance
Richard Buckminster Fuller | |
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Born | 12 Julie, 1895 Milton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Dee'd | 1 Julie, 1983 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Thrift | Designer, architect, inventor |
Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller (12 Julie, 1895 - 1 Julie, 1983) wis an American visionary, designer, architect, an inventor. He wis a professor at Southern Illinois Varsity forbye an an eydent writer.
Major design projects
[eedit | eedit soorce]Fuller wis best kent for his geodesic domes, that can be seen as pairt o military radar stances, ceivic biggins, an exhibeetion attractions. Their construction is foondit on extendin some basic preenciples ti big semple tensegrity structurs (tetrahedron, octahedron, an the closest packin o speres). Biggit in this gate thay are unco lichtwecht an stable. The patent for geodesic domes wis awairdit in 1954, pairt o Fuller's decades-lang ettles til splore naiture's princeeples o biggin for ti finnd design solutions.
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