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The first geodesic dome was designed after World War I by Walther Bauersfeld, [1] chief engineer of Carl Zeiss Jena, an optical company, for a planetarium to house his planetarium projector. An initial, small dome was patented and constructed by the firm of Dykerhoff and Wydmann on the roof of the Carl Zeiss Werke in Jena , Germany .
Fuller began working with architect Shoji Sadao [33] in 1954, together designing a hypothetical Dome over Manhattan in 1960, and in 1964 they co-founded the architectural firm Fuller & Sadao Inc., whose first project was to design the large geodesic dome for the U.S. Pavilion at Expo 67 in Montreal. [33] This building is now the "Montreal ...
The geodesic dome exterior was designed by R. Buckminster Fuller with Shoji Sadao and Geometrics Inc., [2] while the interior structures and exhibits were designed by Cambridge Seven Associates. [1] The construction project, led by the George A. Fuller Company, began in December 1965. [3] The Expo opened on 27 April 1967 and ran until 29 ...
In 1954, Buckminster Fuller received the U.S. patent for the geodesic dome, a hemi-spherical structure built on a frame of interlocking polygons. (Picture living inside of a giant soccer ball, and ...
The structure was designed with the help of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who also helped write the original storyline for the attraction. [9] [10] [11] The term "Spaceship Earth" was popularised by Buckminster Fuller, [12] who also popularized the geodesic dome.
Initiated by then Garden director Frits W. Went, the dome is the world's first completely air-conditioned greenhouse and the first geodesic dome to be enclosed in rigid Plexiglass (Perspex) panels. Completed in 1960, it was designed by T. C. Howard, of Synergetics, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina. [1]
Architect and former world president of Mensa, Richard Buckminster Fuller is best known today for inventing the geodesic dome as well as the technological principle of ephemeralization.
United States of America Pavilion - designed by Buckminster Fuller, the pavilion was the third most popular, with over 9 million visits. The building was distinguished by its large 20-story geodesic dome with an acrylic skin (which would catch fire and melt away in 1976). [citation needed] The Expo 67 minirail train passed through the building.