Index
2Page numbers in italics refer to captions.
3 acid rain 201 acoustic privacy 122 advertising 204 aerodynamics
4 of buildings
5 19, 50, 112, 115, 122-123
6 of cars 88, 95 air conditioners 29 Airbarac 42, 43 Airstream trailers 163 alloys
7 advantages of 42 synergy of 68 altruism 9
8 American Institute of
9 Architects (AIA) 21
10 America’s Cup 88
11 Anderson, Marian 53
12 Annapolis 4
13 Applewhite, E. J. 65, 75 automation 224 autonomous buildings 34 house 28 package 153, 156, 205
14 Bauersfeld, Walter 118
15 Bear Island 83, 170 Beechcraft 42
16 Beer, Stafford 218, 220 bel-Geddes, Norman 88 Bell, Alexander Graham 194, 205
17 Bell Telephone System 205 Beyond Dispute 218, 220 big bang 192
18 Biosphere II 178, 179
19 Black Mountain College
20 131, 134, 151, 158
21 Brand, Stewart 217
22 Buckminsterfullerene 74, 75 building codes
23 14, 26, 154, 206
24 Burgess, Starling / 9, 88
25 Butler Manufacturing Company 35, 37
26 career 225
27 Chicago Institute of Design 128, 134, 153 chilling effect 48 machine 36, 56, 115, 116, 160, 173, 189 Chronofile
28 8, 57, 64, 84, 117 Chrysler, Walter 96 city farming 176 Clark, Arthur C. 65 Cloud Nine 190 Club of Rome 82 cogenerator 27,56 competition 130, 175, 223 competitive attack 226 composting toilets 34 comprehensive alertness 225 anticipatory design science 62, 63, 65 prospecting 63 thinking 130, 154 comprehensivist 81, 117 compromise 69 computers
29 and humans 64 and materials efficiency 131 and prototyping 117 and teleporting 109 and the global electric grid
30 203
31 and transport system 104 and World Game 197 Bucky’s design for 65 flawed input 82
32 Conning Tower 24 conserve-ative politics 223 cooperation
33 130, 199, 203, 228 coordinates of Universe 80 Corbusier 183
34 cosmic question 228 counterculture 123
35 crime 182
36 Critical Path 82
37 cubing 69, 71
38 cultural diversity 195
39 Dark Ages 227 Darwin 81 DDU See Dymaxion:
40 Deployment Unit debt 201 debunk 11 decentralization 86 deforestation 201 Depression, Great 40, 88, 93 design science 196 design science revolution 62, 227 desovreignization 196 devolution 81 diet 66, 67 discoveries developing 226 not programmable 65 of principles 83 vs. creativity 64
41 Divine Proportion 122 DNA 69 do-tank 226 Domebook One,
42 DomebookTwo 123 domes
43 as pedagogy 81 cardboard
44 133, 134, 135, 138 chilled 114
45 Climatron 164-165 crashed 145
46 Dome Restaurant 6, /13 earthquake resistance of 153, 2/4 first successful 151 flopahedron 131 Flying Seedpod Dome 142 Fly’s Eyes 207-216 Ford Rotunda
47 73, 119, 120-121, 125 frequency of 77 Fuji 110
48 Hoberman 148-149
49 Honolulu 118, 124
50 Kaiser Aluminum dome 124 l_a Biosphere 166, 169 leaks 123
51 Montreal 74, 114, 166, 169
52 Pillowdome 155, 168-179 skybreak 152, 157-163 sprit 129
53 Sun Dome 123 tensegrity 137 tent 146, 147 tornado resistance 153
54 domes (cont.)
55 U.S. trade pavilions 146
56 Windstar 179
57 drugs 67
58 DuPont 175
59 Dymaxion
60 appliance walls 24 Bathroom 32,32-34 car 9, 88-99, 182, 208 Deployment Unit (DDU) 35-40
61 and chilling effect
62 114, 116
63 design 26
64 Dwelling Machine
65 40-61
66 See also Wichita House house 18-24
67 and growing 117
68 and sprawl 182
69 ready now 204
70 versus conventional 127
71 Hypercar 102, 103 logo 91
72 Map 85, 117, 197, 198, 202 minimalism 34
73 Mobile Dormitory
74 26-28, 44
75 sleep 66
76 Transport 86
77 The Dymaxion World of
78 Buckminster Fuller 74,85
79 Eames, Charles 228 Earhart, Amelia 88, 99 ecologists 175 Edmondson, Amy C.
80 140, 178
82 egocide 5
83 Einstein, Albert 12, 192, 227 The End ofWork 225 energetic geometry 69 entertainment 67 entropy 226 environmentalists 83 Epcot Center 132 ephemeralization 15, 16, 174 ergonomics 91 Erhard,Werner 82 est 82 evolution
8485and computers 65 and Dymaxion Houses 22 and imagination 223 and sexuality 82 control of 5 makes many starts
86 88, 125, 130
Expo 67 166, 167. See also
domes: Montreal
87 failure 57, 227 feminists 83 fire 123
88 Fog Gun 27, 31, 32
89 FomeCor® 139 food chain 67
90 Henry Ford Museum &
91 Greenfield Village 56
92 Ford cars 90
93 Ford, Henry 131 fortress-building 223
94 4D 12
95 Dymaxion House 18
96 towers 17
97 4D Timelock 12
99 fractal 76, 221
100 frequency 75, 76
101 Fuller, Anne Hewlett ii, 3,
102 4, 83, 125, 3, 4, 83, 125
103 A Fuller Explanation 178
104 Fuller, Margaret 2
105 Fuller Research Foundation
106 128
107 Gabel, Medard 132 Garden of Eden 150-155, 164, 205, 211
108 generalist versus comprehensivist 81
109 GENI 197, 203
110 Geodesic Airolite® boats 108 geodesics 65, 117, 128 and domes 69, 82 and evolution 128 expansion and contraction 126
111 Geodesics, Inc. 128 geometry of thinking 73 Geoscope 166, 197 gestation
112 and cooperation 175 and patience 226 curves 9,192-193 obstacles to 204 of Dymaxion House 52 of Old Man River's City
113 185
114 of technologies 12, 65 global
115 communications 4 Global Dwelling Service 197, 205, 207
116 Global Energy Network International 203
global transport system 104 warming 201
117 "go-ahead-with-life’’ room 24 goals 8
118 God 62, 82, 223
119 Golden Mean 122
120 Goodyear blimp 197 great circle geodesic lines 117 Gridcore® 140 guinea pig 65, 66
121 Guinea Pig B
122 5, 8, 12, 222, 227
123 H I
124 Hall, Charles 172
125 Harvard 2
126 health care 201
127 Heat Mirror® 160, 179 hippies 82
128 Hoberman, Chuck 122,
129 148-149
130 house
131 as valve 16
132 versus housing 206 hydroelectric systems 29 Hypercars. See Dymaxion:
133 Hypercar ignorance 8, 63, 64, 195
134 illiteracy 201
135 imports and exports 29
136 infrastructure 31
137 Ingber, Donald M.D. 78
138 Innuit 110
139 Integrated Living Systems 38
140 integrity 228
141 Internet 63, 130, 194, 199
142 intuition 128
143 JANTZEN —REFORMING ENVIRONMENT
144 J [ . zz
145 Jantzen, Michael and Ellen 39 jet stilts 86 jobs 222-227
146 Kaiser, Henry 99 Katzenbergerjohn 178 Kirksite 44
147 know-how 65, 153, 196
148 Kroto, Harry 74
149 Kuhtik.John 2/6
150 Lacey, Cynthia 48 language 10, II leadership 223 leasing 205 left-wing radical 82 life expectancy 5, 199 lifetime energy use 154 Lightful House 14 Limits to Growth 82 Lindsay, Jeffrey 128 literacy
151152ecological 64 rate of 194, 199 understanding without 146
153 Little, Arthur D. 66
154 Living Machines 150, 176 livingry 61, 206 Lovins, Amory 102, 202
155 MacCready, Paul 106
156 Malthus,Thomas 5
157 Manhattan 189
158 Marine Corps 133
159 marketing 31, 204 Mechanical Wing 156 megacorporations 195 metaphysical radiation 225 metaphysics 16, 82 mind wind 128
160 MIT 158
161 mobile homes 48, 206 money 225
162 Monfort, Platt / 08
163 Moore, Don 30 morality 195 more with less 15, 99 Morley, Christopher 37 The Most Beautiful Molecule 75 Mumford, Lewis 182 Museum of Modern Art (NY) 38, 158
164 natural
165 air conditioning 48, 116
166167air currents 57, 114, 115, 123
168elements 227 habitat 186 houses 16
169 materials 21, 23, 155
170 principles 15, 78
171 systems 182
172 versus industrial 155
173174water purification. See Living Machines
175 nature
176 and economy 16, 75, 117
177 and geodesics 69
178 and repetition 21
179 and synergy 68
180 as designer
181 and 90° coordinates 80
182 and efficiency 63
183184and success 223 of defecation 30
185 as provider 8
186 Negawatts 202 neighborhoods 155 net-shape material 102, 140 New Alchemy Institute 170, 176, 178
187 Newton, Isaac 192
188 North Carolina State 134
189 North Face 147 nuclear fuels 201 numerology 81 nutrition 67
190 o
191 O-Volving Shelf 55 Obnoxico 63, 222 obsolescence
192193and competitive attack 226 planned 23
194 resisting 24
195 unplanned 205
196 Ocean Arks, International
197 See Living Machines octet truss 73, 120, 212 off-road vehicles 84 off-the-grid house 29 Old Man River’s City 184, 218 omnimedium plummeting
198 device 86
199 One Town World 142, 192 optimizing 63, 204 organic architecture 152 Otto, Frei 166 outlaw area 223 overspecialization 81, 130 ozone depletion 201
200 Packaging Toilet 27, 30, 32 patents 134
201 patterns in world commerce 62
202 Pauling, Linus 81
203 Perfect Symmetry 75 photovoltaics 29, 34, 65 ‘‘Platonic’’ solids 70, 243 pneumatics 16, 189 politics
204 and corruption 67 and economics 228 and obsolescence 196 and power 28 and reform 8
205 and security 223
206 and will 203 pollution
207208abatement 201, 203 and cars 102 and heat 64
209and indoor air quality 154, 189
210and regulations 195 and suburbia 182 and water 30
211 Polynesia 81
212 Popular Science magazine 123 population 201, 203, 224 Powers often 228 prefab house 206 proof 80, 117
214 race 194
215 real cost 226
216 recycling 29, 82
217 reforming environment 91 • regeneration 63, 82 regional factories 205 Reines, Robert 38 religion 82, 195
218 renewable resources 203
219 Richter, Don 128, 132, 163
220 Rifkin, Jeremy 225
221 Rocky Mountain Institute 102
222 role-equalizing 218
223 Rowing Needles 106
224 Rule of Communication 10 sacrifice 63 safety factor 170 Salk, Jonas 81 security 222, 223, 225 self-discipline 223 Senior Eden 180 sensitivity 225 sex
225226bisexuality 82 homosexuality 82
227 shared power 203 silo tops 38, 39 sleep
228 catnaps 66, 67
229 High-Frequency 66
230 Power Napping 67
231 Smalley, Richard 74 Snelson, Kenneth 76, 132 Snyder,Allegra Fuller 3 soil erosion 201 solar
232 energy 65
233 heat 115, 150
234 Southern Illinois University 125
235 Spaceship Earth 228 specialization 223
236 Spruce Goose 132
237 squaring 69
238 Starnet International
239 Corporation 170 starvation 201
240 Stockade Building System
241 4, 14,204
242 Stokowski, Leopold 94
243 Stout,William 88
244 styling (versus design) 88, 204
245 success 5, 8, 227
246 successful failure 2
247 suction 115
248 suicide 5
249 sunrise and sunset 10 surface-to-volume ratio 112 sustainable farming 201 sweepout 194
250 swords into plowshares
251 40, 61, 64
252 synergetic global advantage 86 synergetics
253 principles of 68, 118
254 as radical concept 80 synergy
255 negative 30
256 Syntegration® 218
257 syntropy 227 tax subsidy 28
258 teaching 226
259 Team Syntegrity® 218
260 Teflon® 170
261 Tefzel® 170, 179
262 Temcor 124, 132
263 10-deck towers 17, 18,42
264 tensegrity 75-78
265 sculpture 132
266 structures 16 tensile strength 68, 139 tension 16, 75 terrorism 196 time 69, 117 Todd, John 180 tourism 195 trends 69
267 trial and error 90
268 Triton City 186
269 Truss, Joe 2/9
270 trust in God 223 truth 192, 228 Tucker, Preston 99
271 U.S. Board of Economic
272 Warfare 40
273 U.S. Marine Corps 145
274 University of Michigan
275 133, 138
276 University of Minnesota 136 up and down 11 urban sprawl 86, 182 valve, house as 16 •
277 Velikovsky, Immanuel 80
278 Verazzano Bridge 11
279 VERTOL 86
280 Warren, John 210
281 Washington University 142 waste 64 wealth 227
282 Wells, Malcolm 22
283 Wendel.Wendel R. 170
284 Whole Earth Catalog 217
285 Whole Earth Review 217 Wichita House 56-61, 117, 206, 207 wind damage 127 loads 112 turbines 17, 29, 65 wind sucks 10 Windstar Foundation 178, 208 within-ness 68 Wolfe, John 180 women's role 83 work ethic 222 world citizenship 195 world currency 194 World Design Science Decade 63, 67
286 World Game 63, 166, 197 The World Game Institute 132, 197, 199
287 world language 194 Worlds in Collision 80 world’s resources 62 Wright, Frank Lloyd 14 Wright brothers 132, 204
288 XY Z coordinate system 80
289 Yesterday’s Houses ofTomorrow
290 14
291 Zeiss 118 zeppelin 14, 18, 94