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Buckminster Fuller

Born: 1895 | Milton, Massachusetts

Died: 1983 | Los Angeles, California

Awards: Presidential Medal of Freedom (1983)

Projects: Montreal Biosphère, Dymaxion House, Fuller Home

Montreal Biosphere (Expo 67 U.S. Pavilion), Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1967)

Montreal Biosphere by Buckminster Fuller © Idej Elixe CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Vitra Dome, Weil am Rhen, Germany (originally Detroit, Michigan), 1975

Vitra Dome by Buckminster Fuller © Zandcee CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Fly’s Eye Dome, Bentonville, Arkansas (1980)

Fly’s Eye Dome by Buckminster Fuller © Wmpearl CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Toyota Dome, Raamsdonksveer, Netherlands (1981)

Toyota Dome by Buckminster Fuller © ReneeWrites CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons