6 Plates

6  Plates

4

5 Cover design for 4D Time Lock, 1928 Ink and gouache on paper mounted on paper

6 11V16 x 8 ⁹/u in. (28.1 x 21.8 cm)

7

8 Sketch of Lightful Houses ‘‘Lime Exquisite Light,’’ co. 1928 Graphite on tracing paper 18⁷/jx29⁷/iin. (47.9x 75.9cm)

9 40 Lightful Towers and 4D Transport, ca. 1928

10 Graphite and ink on paper 11 x8 in. (27.9x21.6cm)

11 PLATES

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13

14 Sketch of Zeppelins dropping bombs and delivering 4D Towers to be planted in craters, ca. 1928 Graphite and ink on paper

15 8’/zx Bin. (21.6x33 cm) (irregular)

16

17 : Sketch of 4D Towers, ca. 1928

18 ; Graphite on paper pl. 1 : 11 x 8'/z in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

19 pl.8 ; 40 Tower Suspension Bridge, ca. 1928

20 : Graphite on paper

21 i 11 x 8‘/z in. (27.9x21.6 cm)

22 _Pi.9

23 Comparison of Lightful Tower and Traditional Home, 1927 Ink on paper ‘‘mimeo-sketch’’ 8 x 1O’/iin. (20.3 x 27 cm)

24 pi.10

25 40 Lightful Tower, Mobile Housing, ca.1928

26 Graphite and ink on paper

27 8 ‘Z? x lO’/s in. (21.6x27.6 cm)

28

29 pl.ll

30 ANNE HEWLETT FULLER

31 (1896-1983)

32 40 Tower: perspective, co. 1928 Gouache on paper mounted on board 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm)

33 PLATES

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35

36

37 _Pil2

38 Opposite:

39 10 Deck 4D Tower, 1928

40 Graphite on paper

10.

⁷/t x 8 1/2 in. (27.6 x 21.6 cm)

41 Attempt to synthesize the Brooklyn Bridge and the Ferris Wheel, ca. 1928 Ink and graphite on paper

11.

x 8*/z in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

42 _Pi.14

43 _Pi.15

44 Typical 4D Interior Solution Sketch, ca.1928

45 Graphite and ink on paper

46 10 ⁷/i x 8 */z in. (27.6 x 21.6 cm)

47 Model of Dymaxion Shelter with Streamlining Shield, ca. 1932

48 pi.16

49 4D Tower: Time Interval 1 Meter, 1928 Gouache and graphite over positive Photostaton paper

50 14 x 10^t/8 in. (35.6x27.6 cm)

51 PLATES

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53

54 Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House The Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, Inc., exhibition brochure cover, 1930 Ink on paper

55 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm) (folded folio) 4D logo, combining compass needle, teardrop, and crescent moon, 1928

56 Ink, graphite, and white highlights on paper

57 11 x 8^!/i in. (27.9x21.3 cm)

58

59 Sketches of 40 furniture, ca. 1928

60 Graphite on paper 8⁵/ux 10 ^,s/14 in. (21.1 x 27.8 cm)

61 Proposed Design for Interior of Romany Marie Tavern, ca. 1929 Graphite on paper

62 8*/2x 10⁷/i in. (21.6 x 27.6 cm)

63

64 A Dymaxion Home, Project Elevation, axonometric, and plan, ca.1930

65 Graphite and watercolor on Photostat 22’/zx 12‘A in. (57.2x31.1cm)

66 pi.24

67 A Minimum Dymaxion Home, 1931

68 Graphite on tracing paper 24 ^l/a x 28^s/i« in. (61.3x72 cm)

69

70

71 ANNE HEWLETT FULLER

72 Dymaxion House with Dymaxion Car, ca. 1934

73 Watercolor, inh, and graphite on illustration board

74 13'/«x 17*/iin. (33.3 x 43.5 cm)

75 Typical 4D Interior Before Partitioning or Utility Units are Hung, ca. 1928 Graphite and inh on paper 8 ^l/tx 10 ⁷/i in. (21.6x27.6cm)

76

77 A Minimum Dymaxion Home, Floor Net

78 DWG1, 1931

79 Graphite on tracing paper 19³/ux 24^,3/i4 in. (48.7 x 63 cm)

80 Dymaxion House, Project Plan, ca. 1927 Graphite, watercolor, and metallic ink on tracing paper

81 10 ’/< x 10 in. (27.3x25.4 cm) (irregular)

82

83 4D House. United States Patent Office file no. 1,793, submitted April 1, 1928, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

84 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x 40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

85 4D House. United States Patent Office file no. 1,793, submitted April 1, 1928, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

86 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One,1981

87 Screenprint on Lenox paper

88 30 x 40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

89 Unknown artist, likely

90 ANNE HEWLETT FULLER

91 Dymaxion House, ca. 1929

92 Ink and wash on paper

93 11 1/is x 8 /is in. (29.4 x 22.1 cm)

94 PLATES

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96

97 Structural Studies Associates sketch for Dymaxion 20-Worker-Shelter for Russian Cooperative Mobile Farming, ca.1932

98 Graphite on tracing paper mounted on paper

99 8 '/is x lO'Visin. (21.4 x 27.5 cm)

100 Structural Studies Associates sketch for Dymaxion 20-Worker-Shelter for Russian Cooperative Mobile Farming, ca.1932

101 Graphite on tracing paper mounted on paper

102 8 */2 x 10’/s in. (21.6 x 27.6 cm)

103 Structural Studies Associates sketch for Dymaxion 20-Worker-Shelter for Russian Cooperative Mobile Farming, ca.1932

104 Graphite on tracing paper mounted on paper

105 8‘/2x 10^ls/is in. (21.6x27.8 cm)

106 Structural Studies Associates sketch for Dymaxion 20-Worker-Shelter for Russian Cooperative Mobile Farming, ca.1932

107 Graphite on tracing paper mounted on paper

108 8 ‘/tx 10'/i in. (21.6x27.6 cm)

109 36

110 37

111

112

113: Structural Studies Associates sketch for Dymaxion 20-Worker-Shelter for : Russian Cooperative Mobile Farming, i ca.1932

114 : Graphite on tracing paper mounted

115 : on paper

116 pl. ³⁶ j 8’/is X 10⁷/a in. (21.8 x 27.6 cm) pl. JI : Structural Studies Associates sketch ; for Dymaxion 20-Worker-Shelter for Russian Cooperative Mobile Farming, i ca.1932

117

118Graphite on tracing paper mounted : on paper

119 j 8⁷/i«x 11 in. (21.4x27.9 cm)

120

121: Structural Studies Associates sketch ; for Dymaxion 20-Worker-Shelter for ; Russian Cooperative Mobile Farming, i ca.1932

122 : Graphite on tracing paper mounted

123 : on paper

124 pl.38 ; 8’/l«x 10⁷/a in. (21.8 x 27.6 cm)

125 _Pi.39 i Structure Studies Associates sketch : for Dymaxion 20-Worker-Shelter for Russian Cooperative Mobile Farming, i ca.1932

126 ; Graphite on tracing paper mounted

127 ; on paper

128 8’/2X1O7« in. (21.6x27.6 cm)

129 pi.40

130 Shelter 2, no. 5 (1932)

131 Cover features a reproduction of Isamu Noguchi's hanging sculpture Miss Expanding Universe, 1931

132 pi.41

133 ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

134 R. Buckminster Fuller, 1929 Chrome-plated bronze

135 13 x 8 x 10 in. (33 x 20.3 x 25.4 cm)

136

137 Plan of ‘‘A Collector's Room,’’ 1931 Graphite on tracing paper 14 ³/« xll^s/i in.

138 (36.5 x 29.5 cm) (irregular)

139 pi.43

140 Isometric Drawing for ‘‘A Collector’s Room,’’ 1931

141 Graphite on tracing paper 15x14‘A in. (38.1 x 36.2 cm)

142 PLATES

143

144

145 Mock-up of Fortune cover demonstrating three typical streamline equivalents, 1932 Colored pencil and graphite on paper mounted on magazine page 14 x 11‘/x in. (35.6 x 28.6 cm)

146

147 Sketch for 4D Transportation Unit, ca.1928

148 Graphite and ink on tracing paper

149 8‘/2X 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

150 ISAMU NOGUCHI

151 in collaboration with

152 BUCKMINSTER FULLER

153 Gypsum models of 40 Transport, ca. 1932

154

155 Study for Dymaxion Trademark, ca.1933

156 Graphite on perforated paper

157 8 ^S/14x 10⁷/i in. (21.1 x 27.6 cm)

158 Sketch for 4D Transportation Unit, ca.1929

159 Ink and graphite on paper

160 8’/zx 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

161 Dymaxion ‘‘2’’ 4D Transport, 1934, in front of Dymaxion House in the Henry Ford

162 PLATES

163

164

165 : Dymaxion Car, ca. 1933

166 : Ink on tracing paper

167 pl.50 13*/2 x 35^1J/isin. (34.2x91 cm)

168 Dymaxion Car, Plan orTop View, ca. 1933

169 Ink on tracing paper 11x35 ’/z in. (27.9 x90.2 cm)

170 PLATES

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172

173

174 Motor Vehicle—Dymaxion Car, United States Patent Office no. 2,101,057, filed October 18, 1933, serial no. 694,068, granted December 7,1937, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

175 Detail of Motor Vehicle—Dymaxion Car, United States Patent Office no. 2,101,057, filed October 18, 1933, serial no. 694,068, granted December 7, 1937, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint on Lenox paper 30 x40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

176 Motor Vehicle—Dymaxion Car, United States Patent Office no. 2,101,057, filed October 18,1933, serial no. 694,068, granted December 7, 1937, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on screenprint on Lenoxpaper 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

177 pi.55

178 4D Tower Garage (Proposal for the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago), 1928 Colored pencil and graphite on paper 10¹⁵/u x 8³/s in. (27.8x21.3 cm)

179

180 Charge to the account of

181 Isamu. Noguchi Cara Greenwood 86 Calle Republiea Columbia Mexico City EINSTEINS FORMULA DtlYL TN/&ION INDIVIDUAL SPECIFICS RELATIVITY READS QUOTE ENERGY EQUALS MASS TIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT SQUARED UNQUOTE SPEED OF LIGHT IDENTICAL SPEED ALL RADIATION COF .1IC GA1Z.1A X ULTRa VIOL. T INFRA RED RAYS ETCETERA ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX T iOJSLLJD ULIS PIE SL-COliD WHICH SQUARED IS TOP OR PERFECT SPEED GIVING SCIENCE A FINITE VALUE FOR BASIC FACTOR IN MOTION UNIVERSE STOP SPEED OF RADIANT ENERGY r; I.iL PIRLCTIONAL OUTWARD ALL DIRECTIONS EXPANDING l.AVE SURFACE DIAMETRIC POD Al' SPIED A. AY FRO . SELF IS TWICE SPEED I1J ONE DIRECTION AND SPEED OF VOLUME INCREASE IS SQUARE OF SPEED IN ONT DIRECTION APPROXIMATELY THIRTY FIVE BILLION VOLUMETRIC MILES PER SECOND STOP FORMULA IS WRITTEN QUOTE LETTER E FOLLOWED BY EQUATION MARK FOLLOWED BY 12.IT. f. Y FO LO 'ED BY LETTER C FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY ELEVATED SMALL FIGURE TWO SYMBOL OF SQUARING UNQUOTE OHLY VARIABLE IN FORMULA IS SPECIFIC KASS SPEED IS A UNIT OF RATE WHICH 12 Al; .111. .'-AilD RATIO OF BOTH TIl.il.' AND SPACE AND NO GREATER

182 IT. CF .-PEZll THAI. .HAT PROVIDED BY ITS CAUSE ’..RICH IS PURE ENERGY LATENT OR RADIANT IS ATTAINABLE STOP THE FORMULA THEP.LFOrll. PROVIDES A UNIT AND A RATE OF PERFECTION TO '.TEIC1-1 THE LATIVE HIP'FICTION OR INEFFICIENCY OF ENERGY RELEASE IN RADIANT OR CONFINED DlfiECTIOi; 01- ALL TE.1P0KAL SPACE PHENOMENA MAY BE COMPARED BY ACTUAL CALCU- - RATION STOP SIGNIFICANCE STOP SPECIFIC QUALITY OF ANIMATES IS CONTROL WILLFUL OR 3 IERWISE OF RATE AND DIRECTION ENERGY RELEASE AND APPLICATION NOT ONLY OF SELF iC.-lAllIS 1 2u‘‘ ;r FRO! he 12ACHIIB. . IVIDED '? CXAili lb ;.UD 0? ALL Illi IACjIS

183 A11D INARIiiATES IS POTENTIAL OF 2STABDISHMENT THROUGH EINSTEIN FORMULA BUCKY

184 1111. QltCKEM. ?IR151 A.SD SAFEST UA\ IO SINH MONEi IS m III EGRAPH OR CABLE.

185 Telegram from Fuller to Isamu Noguchi explaining E = MC²,1936

186 Type ink on paper

187 7 x 8*/z in. (17.8x21.6 cm)

188 Sketch of Dymaxion Bathroom, 1936 Graphite and ink on vellum 14 ³/< x 18 */< in. (37.5 x 46.4 cm) (irregular)

189 PLATES

190

191 Photograph of the interior of a Dymaxion Bathroom, 1937

192

193 pi.59

194 Prefabricated Dymaxion Bathroom, United States Patent Office no. 2,220,482, filed May 12, 1938, serial no. 207,518, granted November 5, 1940, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

195 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

196 Prefabricated Dymaxion Bathroom, United States Patent Office no. 2,220,482, filed May 12, 1938, serial no. 207,518, granted November 5, 1940, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

197 pi.60

198 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint on Lenox paper 30x40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

199 PLATES

200

201

202 Sketch for Dymaxion Deployment Unit, 1941 Ink, graphite, and colored pencil on paper

203 11 ‘/16 X 8^s/« in. (28.1x21.9cm)

204

205 Sketch for Dymaxion Deployment Unit, 1941 Colored pencil, graphite, and ink on paper

206 11x8 ‘/tin. (27.9x21.6 cm)

207 Dymoxion Deployment Unit, 18 Foot Diameter, 1941 Diazotype

208 22 x 34 ‘/i in. (55.9 x 86.7 cm)

209 pi.64

210 Building Construction—Dymaxion Deployment Unit (Sheet), United States Patent Office no. 2,343,764, filed March 21, 1941, serial no. 384,509, granted March 7,1944, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

211 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

212 pi.65

213 Building Construction-Dymaxion Deployment Unit (Sheet), United States Patent Office no. 2,343,764, filed March 21, 1941, serial no. 384,509, granted March 7, 1944, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981

214 Screenprint on Lenox paper

215 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

216

217

218 Marketing photograph of the interior of the Dymaxion Deployment Unit, 1941

219 pi.67

220 Dymaxion Airbarac, Rest Area Dormitory/3 Nurse 60 Bed Hospital, 1945 (drawing by L. Don Royston) Diazotype

221 26 */«x 36 ^1!/h in. (66.4 x 93.5 cm)

222 _Pi.68

223 Wichita House: Airbarac, 1945 (drawing by L Don Royston) Graphite on tracing paper 26'/z x 36'/i in. (67.3x91.8 cm)

224

225

226 Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita House, project

227 Study for air circulation: floor plan, 1945

228 Graphite on paper

229 22x 34’/i in. (55.9 x 86.7 cm)

230 IlVf

231 Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita House, Model, 1946 Painted fiberglass Diameter: 36 in. (91.4 cm), height: 23 in. (48.4 cm)

232 _Pi.71

233 Photograph of model of Dymaxion Dwelling Machines community, ca.1946

234

235 Dymaxion Dwelling Machine—Wichita House, United States Patent Office, filed March 16, 1946, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

236 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

237 _Pi.73

238 Dymaxion Dwelling Machine—Wichita House, United States Patent Office, filed March 16, 1946, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

239 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981

240 Screenprint on Lenox paper

241 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

242

243 pi.74

244 Dymaxion Map, 1943 Pull-out from Life (March 1, 1943)

245 _Pi.75

246 Dymaxion Map, 1943 Pull-out from Life (March 1, 1943)

247

248 DYMAXION WORLD (continued)

249 HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE GLOBE

250 Here demonstrated i» the rimplc procedure by which the segments of the Dymaxion World inaparo aocinblcd intoa visual approximation of n round globe. The opposite page is the reverse aide of the second of tlic twolicavy center dice Lion which the map is printed.

251 First step, removal of center sheets from magazine, must Ire taken wills care loavoid tearing map on staples. Segments cut out arc best fastened together by paste or mucilage. Because they warp the paper, pins should not be used. For neatest producLsequcncc d assembly here illustrated should be followed. Marginal letters of triangles match marginal letters of squares.

252 The map, thus assembled into a 14-faced solid, has many of the advantages of a globe. Like a globe it can be viewed from any perspective to bring geographical relationships into new relief—to show that the Southern is the water hemisphere, that Chicago and Fvrrd- lorskare fairly close together <nrr the top <Z the world, tliat Dutch Harbor lies clowr to the shortest San Francisco-Tokyo route than Pearl Harbor.

253 Before they ore hidden intide gid*, italiain on reverse of each segment are u urth in tpeelxa. For example, the North Pole square’s 8J)^rj d world populaliai contrasts dramatically will* the South Pole’s .0004'

254 BENDING OE STAPLES is first step in removing mop from copy of LIFE. Bent back, staples hold copy intact.

255 SCORING OF MARGINS cf cnlcred faced segment with dip or dull knife facilitates folding </ Caps (rijtl).

256 FOLDING OF FLAPS aLcutl f.-fkw marg’a d cap precisely. Haps cf segments to be jciacd are kryrd Ly letters.

257 HOUSEHOLD PASTE ormucibgeb bat means for fastening tbps. It should be spread thinly to avoid warping.

258 PINCH CLIPS, easy to apply, permit disassembly cf globe. If clips are used last segment must be taped or glued ia.

259 C t-LiLOPHANE TAPE is substitute for paste and cEps. 11 m tut be a ppfied aside and cut to keep edges together.

260 POLAR SQUARE and triangles should first be assembled into unit. Care should be taken to keep edges in register.

261 MOST DIFFICULT is this step ia which square is joined to triangle. Polar square shoal! be held Cat ea t sta!

262 SECOND POLAR ASSEMBLY is ra seated. Paste should be allowed to dry a little before the Caps are joined.

263 LAST TRIANGLE b L-n unfair icd mil uln Caps are secured, it can tbea tc set Ly pressure (rtaa thewtskle.

264 SQUARES AND TRIANGLES are now fastened and structure Is self-supporting. Ibpcr has surprising rigidity.

265

266 OR YOU CAN USE SEGMENTS FOR A FLAT, MOVABLE MAP (SEE PAGE 53)

267 pl

268 76

269 Instructions for assembling Dymaxion

270 Map, 1943

271 Pull-out from Life (March 1, 1943)

272 _Pi.7Z

273 Fuller in front of various Dymaxion Map projections, ca. 1945

274

275

276 Photograph of Dymaxion Projection Map displaying the world distribution of ‘‘energy slaves’’ Photograph by Aaron Siskind (1903--1991) for Fuller's article ‘‘Comprehensive Designing’’ in Trans/formation 1, no. 1 (1950) Gelatin silverprint

277 13^I5/ux9’/4in. (35.4 x 24.8 cm)

278 Dymaxion Projection Map displaying the world distribution of ‘‘energy slaves’’ (replacement of human labor by machines), from World Geo-Graphic Atlas, 1953, edited and designed by Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), printed privately for the Container Corporation of America Commercial offset print

279 16 x 11 */< in. (40.6 x 28.6 cm) (folded)

280

281 THE RI SE Of MEDUSA
a lyric comedy in One act
by

282 LR1K SATIE
with trunic fur dance by the tauic

283 tramlitzil fr.tn the Ionh h? M.<_ Richard*

284 ^M,,t. 1'im. thr 4»y Lrfurr yrUrnlay; the <!rn t»f ILrnm Mrdu»a

285

286CAST ur OUBACtXJU

287 B_r<n Medina, a very rich rentier Rdvrarp, hit aervar.t

288 AiLjL'q. aff.jhccd to Frjtene

289 Fibette. Medina** daughter

290 Jonaa. a turfy mrtkinica! munkev Paer

291 : CLEMENS KALISCHER

292 \ (b.1921)

293 : Buckminster Fuller and Merce

294 : Cunningham in The Ruse of Medusa

295 by Erik Satie, Black Mountain College, pl. 80: August 14, 1948

296 U'leo U*ln<*lr.n & Anhar P»nn Merer Catuunph.ru John Capr WiIImct & Elalor Kuonia/r Mary Ootim Ru hard iJ-br, Marion Rothirnn

297 pl. ol Playbill for production of The Ruse

• of Medusa by Erik Satie, performed

298 : at Black Mountain College, August 14,

299 ; 1948

300 ' Letterpress print on coated paper

• 11 */s x 7 ^l/z in. (28.3 x 19.1 cm) (folded)

301 /IT)

302

303 JOHN CAGE (1912—1992) ‘‘For Bucky at 85 with love,’’ 1980 Ballpoint pen on paper IS'/zxll'Ain. (39.4 x28.6 cm)

304

305 HAZEL LARSEN ARCHER

306 (1921-2001)

307 Fuller in his classroom at

308 Black Mountain College, summer 1948

309 pi.84

310 BEAUMONT NEWHALL

311 Great circle model, ca. 1949

312 pl.85

313 (1908-1993)

314 Fuller with students, constructing dome from Venetian blinds at Black Mountain College, summer 1948

315 PLATES

316

317

318 KENNETH SNELSON (b. 1927) parly X-Piece, 1948—49 (re-created 1959) Wood and nylon

319 11 */zx 5*/x 5^J in. (29.2x13.7x13.7 cm)

320

321 _F.ir-_2t;-₂o- .?_rX,;

322

323L go- i-Hou .

324 ~r= in®-1s'- 40’’ '

325 Buckminster Fuller’s 25 Great Circles, n.d.

326 Colored pencil and graphite on paper 11 x 8’/u in. (27.9x21.7 cm)

327 Study of Closest Packing of Spheres, 1948 Ink, colored pencil, and graphite on paper

328 127ix 19 3/4in. (32.7x50.2 cm)

329 Geometrical Study, 1948

330 Ink, colored pencil, and graphite

331 pi.89

332 on paper

333 12³/4xl9³/iin. (32.4 x49.2 cm)

334

335 Three Frequency Geodesic Sphere, n.d. Felt-tip pen and graphite on paper 8 */2x 10 */« in. (21.6 x 26 cm)

336 PLATES

337

338

367

368 First kinetic model demonstrating the Jitterbug Transformation, 1948

369 Steel, brass, acrylic plastic, and twine pl.96 ; 25’/2 x 25 Vtx 25‘/tin. (64.8 x 64.8 x 64.8 cm)

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388

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423

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469

470 pi.112

471 Tetrahedron, Axii, Vertex, Face, Midedge, ca.'1960-63 Wood

472 Diameter 13 in. (33 cm)

473 pi.113

474 IVM, Octet truss, ca. 1960-63

475 Wood

476 Diameter 14 in. (35.6 cm)

477 _Pi.114

478 Concentric Arrangement of Multiple

479 Polyhedra, ca. 1960-63

480 Wood toothpicks

481 Diameter 9 in. (22.9 cm)

482

506 PLATES

507

508 _Pi.118

509 STANDARD

510 F LIVING

511 PAG K A G E

512 Photograph of Standard of Living Package model, packed, ca. 1949

513 _Pi.119

514 Standard of Living model, unpacked, ca.1949

515

516 _Pi.120

517 Fuller with models of Standard of Living Package and Skybreak Dome, 1949

518 PLATES

519

520

521 Autonomous dome home plan, designed by Fuller and MIT students, co.1952

522 Ink and toned overlays on vellum mounted on board

523 20 x 30’/is in. (50.8 x 76.4 cm)

524

525 This patr'em sho

526 STict 3 way yield and

527 basic 6 -function s at i s -fa at i on with sitiTiti out at external ed f°1 Com pl em-eTxta tion by a^clj a cen.t

528 Other pattern use of ^{15 s}f^}0WM

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IN main drawings ano is described GN PAGES 20A-a 21 OF TEXT.

529 3-Way-Geodesic-Grid-4-Module- Stress-Flow …, 1950

530 Ink and colored pencil on tracing paper mounted on paper with tape 11 x 17 in. (27.9 x 43.2 cm) overall

531 pi.123

532 One of 30 Diamonds on Edge of Icosahedron’s 30 Edges…, 1950 Colored pencil and ink on paper 8'/zx 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

533 pi.124

534 Strip X, n.d.

535 Graphite and felt-tip pen on tracing paper

536 11*74X13 in. (28.6 x 33 cm)

537

538 pi.125

539 Basic Diamond Turbining, 1951 Graphite on tracing paper 20 ^l/z x 23 ⁵/u in. (52.1 x 59.2 cm)

540

541

542 Proposal: A Geodesic Hangar, Plan Projection, Geodesic Dome, Styrofoam or Tubular Aluminum, 1951 Graphite on tracing paper 40 ‘Ax 24 ‘/sin. (102.2x61.3 cm)

543 pi.127

544 Proposal: A Geodesic Hangar, Plan Projection, Geodesic Dome, Diamonds of Fiberglass Laminate, 1951 Graphite on tracing paper 39Vix 23⁷/s in. (100 x 60.6 cm) (irregular)

545 PLATES

546

547

548 Model for 90% Automatic Cotton Mill, designed with students at North Carolina State College, 1951

549 pi.129

550 Geodesic Dome for the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1952-53

551 India ink, graphite, and felt-tip pen

552 on tracing paper

553 30‘/jx 30 in. (77.1 x 76.2 cm)

554 PLATES

555

556 pi.130

557 SPUERICAL. TRUSS FDD, FORD MOTOR COMPANY COLTATE KlDCi

558 1…

559 Geodesic Dome for the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1952-53

560 Ink on paper

561 29 '/i x 29 ’/tin. (75x75 cm)

562

563

564

565 Radomes (31 Foot Diameter and 50 Foot Diameter), 1954 Graphite on tracing paper 27 Vz x 36 in. (70x91.5 cm)

566 pi.132

567 : Geoscope built with students at

568 : Cornell University, 1952

569 : Diameter 21 ft. (6.4 m)

570 Land masses are represented by pieces of mesh wire-netting

571

572 pi-

573 133

574 Minni Earth Location at U.N. Building, New York, 1956 (drawing by Elston Nelson)

575 Ink and graphite with plastic overlay on paper mounted on board 15x20 in. (38.1 x 50.8 cm)

576 pi.134

577 Minni Earth Location at U.N. Building, New York, 1956 (drawing by Winslow Wedin) Ink and graphite on tracing paper mounted on board 15x20 in. (38.1 x50.8 cm)

578

579

580 Roof System: Octahedron-Tetrahedron Truss, Proposal for Service Garage for New England Tel. & Tel. Company, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1953 (drawing by G. Welsh) Graphite on vellum

581 30'/ux 32'/tin. (76.4 x 82.6 cm)

582 _Pi.l36

583 Octahedron-Tetrahedron Truss, 1953 (drawing by G. Welsh)

584 Graphite on vellum

585 30 x 32 */: in. (76.2 x 82.6 cm)

586 PLATE S

587

588

589 Installation view of Three Structures by Buckminster Fuller (September 22, 1959 —winter 1960) in the sculpture garden of the Museum of Modern Art, New York Tensegrity Mast (left), Geodesic Radome (right), Octet Truss (center)

590 pi.138

591 Synergetic Building Construction—Octetruss, United States Patent Office no. 2,986,241, filed February 7, 1956, serial no. 563,931, granted May 30, 1961, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

592 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

593 Pi.139

594 Synergetic Building Construction—Octetruss, United States Patent Office no. 2,986,241, filed February 7,1956, serial no. 563,931, granted May 30,1961, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

595 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on screenprint on Lenox paper 30 x40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

596 PLATES

597

598 _Pi. 140

599 Octet Truss, project, co. 1959

600 Wood struts

601 12^,/2x49^,/2xl7¹/2in.

602 (31.8 x 125.7 x 44.5 cm)

603

604 pi.141

605 Tensile-Integrity Structures—Tensegrity, United States Patent Office no. 3,063,521, filed August 31, 1959, serial no. 837,073, granted November 13, 1962, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

606 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30x40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

607 pi.142

608 Tensile-Integrity Structures—Tensegrity, United States Patent Office no. 3,063,521, filed August 31, 1959, serial no. 837,073, granted November 13, 1962, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint on Lenox paper 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

609

610

611 pi.143

612 Opposite:

613 Geodesic Dome for the yumiuri Golf Club, Tokyo, Japan, 1961-63 Graphite on tracing paper 28 x 41 3/s in. (71.2 x 105 cm)

614 pi.144

615 BUCKMINSTER FULLER andSHOJI SADAO (b. 1927) Project for Floating Cloud Structures (Cloud Nine), ca. 1960 Black-and-white photograph mounted on board

616 15⁷/8 x 19 ³/« in. (40.3 x 50.2 cm)

617 pi.145

618 BUCKMINSTER FULLER andSHOJI SADAO

619 Dome Over Manhattan, ca. 1960 Black-and-white photograph mounted on board

620 13³/<x 18³/i in. (34.9 x 46.7 cm)

621 PLATES

622

623 Ci *YKvr

624 —HfiS HSS

625 _Pi.146

626 PLAYBOY

627 KX1DW STAT ON I/O
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628 PLAYBOY Jaw. C.g com

629 O. K.

630 BUCKMINSTER FULLER □ndSHOJI SADAO

631 Tetrahedron City, project, Yomiuriland, Japan, Aerial perspective, ca. 1968 Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver photograph on gelatin silver photograph with airbrush 11x14 in. (27.9x35.6 cm)

632

633 BUCKMINSTER FULLER andSHOJI SADAO

634 Floating Tetrahedral City planned for San Francisco Bay, 1965 Black-and-white photograph mounted on board

635 15^S/16 X 19 in. (38.9 x 48.3 cm)

636 PLATES

637

638

639 Opposite:

669

670 pi.151

671 Undersea Island—Submarisle, United States Patent Office no. 3,080,583, filedjune 8, 1959, serial no. 818,935, granted March 12, 1963, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

672 From the portfolio Inventions:

673 Twelve Around One, 1981

674 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a screenprint on Lenox paper 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

675 _Pi.152

676 Undersea Island—Submarisle, United States Patent Office no. 3,080,583, filed June 8, 1959, serial no. 818,935, granted March 12, 1963, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions:

677 Twelve Around One, 1981

678 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

679

680

681 BUCKMINSTER FULLER and SHOJI SADAO

682 United States Pavilion Design for Montreal Expo 67 (Trabeated Truss), 1964 Photostat

683 12x18 in. (30.5 x45.7 cm)

684

685 BUCKMINSTER FULLER/FULLER AND

686 SADAO, INC./GEOMETRICS, INC., ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS

687 Rendering of U.S. Pavilion for

688 Montreal Expo 67, ca. 1966

689 Graphite on tracing paper

690 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

691

692 BUCKMINSTER FULLER/FULLER AND SADAO, INC./GEOMETRICS, INC., ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS

693 Developed Exterior Elevation of One-fifth Segment of Dome for Montreal Expo 67, 1966 Ink on Mylar

694 44 x 34 in. (111.8x86.4 cm)

695 pi.156

696 U.S. Pavilion for Montreal Expo 67,1967

697

698 pi.157

699 Building Construction/Geodesic Dome, United States Patent Office no. 2,682,235, filed December 12, 1951, serial no. 261,168, granted June 29, 1954, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981

700 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

701 Building Construction/Geodesic Dome, United States Patent Office no. 2,682,235, filed December 12,1951, serial no. 261,168, granted June 29, 1954, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981

702 pi.158

703 Screenprint on Lenox paper

704 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

705 PLATE

706

707 pi.159

708 _Pi.160

709 Geodesic Structures—Monohex, United States Potent Office no. 3,197,927, filed December 19, 1961, serial no. 160,450, granted August 3, 1965, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x 40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

710 Geodesic Structures—Monohex, United States Patent Office no. 3,197,927, filed December 19, 1961, serial no. 160,450, granted August 3, 1965, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint on Lenox paper 30x40 in. (76.2x 101.6cm)

711 pi.161

712 Geodesic Structures—Monohex, United States Patent Office no. 3,197,927, filed December 19,1961, serial no. 160,450, granted August 3, 1965, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a screenprint on Lenox paper 30 x40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

713

714

715 Laminar Geodesic Dome, United States Patent Office no. 3,203,144, filed May 27, 1960, serial no. 32,268, granted August 31, 1965, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

716 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981

717 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a screenprint on Lenox paper 30 x 40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

718 Laminar Geodesic Dome, United States Patent Office no. 3,203,144, filed May 27, 1960, serial no. 32,268, granted August 31, 1965, inventor Buckminster Fuller

719 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, mi

720 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x40 in. (76.2x101.6cm)

721 166

722 _Pi.164

723 Detail of Tetrascroll, 1976. Stone 1 21 lithographs printed in black, and photographic reproductions of Allegro and Alexandra Fuller

724 Each page equilateral triangle with 36 in. (91.4 cm) sides, overall dimensions variable Printed by Universal limited Art

725 Editions, edition of 34

726 pl. 166 i Detail of Tetrascroll, 1976, Stone 4

727

728 _P1.168

729 168

730 169

731 Detail of Tetrascroll, 1976, Stone 9

732 _Pi.170

733 170

734 171

735 Detail of Tetrascroll, 1976, Stone 15

736 VS

737

738 _Pi.172

739 Watercraft—Rowing Needles, United States Patent Office no. 3,524,422, filed March 28, 1968, serial no. 716,957, granted August 18, 1970, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981

740 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30x40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

741 _Pi.173

742 Watercraft—Rowing Needles, United States Patent Office no. 3,524,422, filed March 28, 1968, serial no. 716,957, granted August 18, 1970, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 Screenprint on Lenox paper 30 x 40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

743

744 p. 174

745 Non-Symmetrical Tension-Integrity Structures, United States Patent Office no. 3,866,366, filed August 7, 1973, serial no. 386,302, granted February 18, 1975, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981 [Ful81]

746 Screenprint in white ink on clear polyester film overlaid on a Curtis plain blue backing sheet 30 x 40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

747 _Pi.175

748 Non-Symmetrical Tension-Integrity Structures, United States Patent Office no. 3,866,366, filed August 7, 1973, serial no. 386,302, granted February 18, 1975, inventor: Buckminster Fuller From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One,1981

749 Screenprint on lenox paper 30 x40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

750