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Becoming Bucky Fuller

A biographical account of Fuller's formative late-1920s years — the move to Chicago, the Stockade building venture, and the launch of Fuller Houses and the 4D House project. Traces how Bucky became 'Bucky' through corporate ventures and prototypes.

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Becoming Bucky Fuller

In honor of moving to Chicago with her husband, Anne Hewlett Fuller began a diary. Even though she was nine months' pregnant, Anne was delighted to depart Long Island to live with her husband again. Twenty-one days later, on August 28, 1927, Anne gave birth to a girl, Allegra, who was healthier than her deceased sister, Alexandra. Starting a new life together in a new city with a new baby offered the prospect of a happy future to the young couple. Anne lovingly noted that she and Bucky were now "going to stay together always as we miss each other too much."

Core structure

  • Building Stockade
  • Corporate Restructuring
  • Project Development
  • Trial Offer
  • Supporting Documents
  • Prototype

Main ideas

  • When Fuller went to Chicago as the sole representative of SBS, he was its president and fully supported by its board of directors.
  • Fuller was positive the concept of Fuller Houses — a company to manufacture fully equipped houses — would translate into a lucrative business.
  • Fuller rushed the 4D House project because he planned to present it at the upcoming AIA convention.

Why it matters

It documents a Fuller-related source project in a form that can be compared against the rest of the corpus, detailing the formative ventures and prototypes through which Fuller became the public figure "Bucky."

See Also

Sources

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