6 Plates

6  Plates

3

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

5 11V16 x 8 ⁹/u in. (28.1 x 21.8 cm)

6

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

8 40 Lightful Towers and 4D Transport, ca. 1928

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

10 PLATES

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12

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

14 8’/zx Bin. (21.6x33 cm) (irregular)

15

16 : Sketch of 4D Towers, ca. 1928

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

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

19 : Graphite on paper

20 i 11 x 8‘/z in. (27.9x21.6 cm)

21 _Pi.9

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

23 pi.10

24 40 Lightful Tower, Mobile Housing, ca.1928

25 Graphite and ink on paper

26 8 ‘Z? x lO’/s in. (21.6x27.6 cm)

27

28 pl.ll

29 ANNE HEWLETT FULLER

30 (1896-1983)

31 40 Tower: perspective, co. 1928 Gouache on paper mounted on board 10 x 12 in. (25.4 x 30.5 cm)

32 PLATES

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34

35

36 _Pil2

37 Opposite:

38 10 Deck 4D Tower, 1928

39 Graphite on paper

10.

⁷/t x 8 1/2 in. (27.6 x 21.6 cm)

40 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)

41 _Pi.14

42 _Pi.15

43 Typical 4D Interior Solution Sketch, ca.1928

44 Graphite and ink on paper

45 10 ⁷/i x 8 */z in. (27.6 x 21.6 cm)

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

47 pi.16

48 4D Tower: Time Interval 1 Meter, 1928 Gouache and graphite over positive Photostaton paper

49 14 x 10^t/8 in. (35.6x27.6 cm)

50 PLATES

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52

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

54 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm) (folded folio) 4D logo, combining compass needle, teardrop, and crescent moon, 1928

55 Ink, graphite, and white highlights on paper

56 11 x 8^!/i in. (27.9x21.3 cm)

57

58 Sketches of 40 furniture, ca. 1928

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

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

61 8*/2x 10⁷/i in. (21.6 x 27.6 cm)

62

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

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

65 pi.24

66 A Minimum Dymaxion Home, 1931

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

68

69

70 ANNE HEWLETT FULLER

71 Dymaxion House with Dymaxion Car, ca. 1934

72 Watercolor, inh, and graphite on illustration board

73 13'/«x 17*/iin. (33.3 x 43.5 cm)

74 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)

75

76 A Minimum Dymaxion Home, Floor Net

77 DWG1, 1931

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

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

80 10 ’/< x 10 in. (27.3x25.4 cm) (irregular)

81

82 4D House. United States Patent Office file no. 1,793, submitted April 1, 1928, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

83 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)

84 4D House. United States Patent Office file no. 1,793, submitted April 1, 1928, inventor: Buckminster Fuller

85 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One,1981

86 Screenprint on Lenox paper

87 30 x 40 in. (76.2x101.6 cm)

88 Unknown artist, likely

89 ANNE HEWLETT FULLER

90 Dymaxion House, ca. 1929

91 Ink and wash on paper

92 11 1/is x 8 /is in. (29.4 x 22.1 cm)

93 PLATES

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95

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

97 Graphite on tracing paper mounted on paper

98 8 '/is x lO'Visin. (21.4 x 27.5 cm)

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

100 Graphite on tracing paper mounted on paper

101 8 */2 x 10’/s in. (21.6 x 27.6 cm)

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

103 Graphite on tracing paper mounted on paper

104 8‘/2x 10^ls/is in. (21.6x27.8 cm)

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

106 Graphite on tracing paper mounted on paper

107 8 ‘/tx 10'/i in. (21.6x27.6 cm)

108 36

109 37

110

111

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

113 : Graphite on tracing paper mounted

114 : on paper

115 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

116

117Graphite on tracing paper mounted : on paper

118 j 8⁷/i«x 11 in. (21.4x27.9 cm)

119

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

121 : Graphite on tracing paper mounted

122 : on paper

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

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

125 ; Graphite on tracing paper mounted

126 ; on paper

127 8’/2X1O7« in. (21.6x27.6 cm)

128 pi.40

129 Shelter 2, no. 5 (1932)

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

131 pi.41

132 ISAMU NOGUCHI (1904-1988)

133 R. Buckminster Fuller, 1929 Chrome-plated bronze

134 13 x 8 x 10 in. (33 x 20.3 x 25.4 cm)

135

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

137 (36.5 x 29.5 cm) (irregular)

138 pi.43

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

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

141 PLATES

142

143

144 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)

145

146 Sketch for 4D Transportation Unit, ca.1928

147 Graphite and ink on tracing paper

148 8‘/2X 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

149 ISAMU NOGUCHI

150 in collaboration with

151 BUCKMINSTER FULLER

152 Gypsum models of 40 Transport, ca. 1932

153

154 Study for Dymaxion Trademark, ca.1933

155 Graphite on perforated paper

156 8 ^S/14x 10⁷/i in. (21.1 x 27.6 cm)

157 Sketch for 4D Transportation Unit, ca.1929

158 Ink and graphite on paper

159 8’/zx 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

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

161 PLATES

162

163

164 : Dymaxion Car, ca. 1933

165 : Ink on tracing paper

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

167 Dymaxion Car, Plan orTop View, ca. 1933

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

169 PLATES

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171

172

173 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)

174 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)

175 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)

176 pi.55

177 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)

178

179 Charge to the account of

180 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

181 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

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

183 1111. QltCKEM. ?IR151 A.SD SAFEST UA\ IO SINH MONEi IS m III EGRAPH OR CABLE.

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

185 Type ink on paper

186 7 x 8*/z in. (17.8x21.6 cm)

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

188 PLATES

189

190 Photograph of the interior of a Dymaxion Bathroom, 1937

191

192 pi.59

193 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

194 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)

195 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

196 pi.60

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

198 PLATES

199

200

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

202 11 ‘/16 X 8^s/« in. (28.1x21.9cm)

203

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

205 11x8 ‘/tin. (27.9x21.6 cm)

206 Dymoxion Deployment Unit, 18 Foot Diameter, 1941 Diazotype

207 22 x 34 ‘/i in. (55.9 x 86.7 cm)

208 pi.64

209 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

210 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)

211 pi.65

212 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

213 Screenprint on Lenox paper

214 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

215

216

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

218 pi.67

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

220 26 */«x 36 ^1!/h in. (66.4 x 93.5 cm)

221 _Pi.68

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

223

224

225 Dymaxion Dwelling Machine, Wichita House, project

226 Study for air circulation: floor plan, 1945

227 Graphite on paper

228 22x 34’/i in. (55.9 x 86.7 cm)

229 IlVf

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

231 _Pi.71

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

233

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

235 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)

236 _Pi.73

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

238 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981

239 Screenprint on Lenox paper

240 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

241

242 pi.74

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

244 _Pi.75

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

246

247 DYMAXION WORLD (continued)

248 HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE GLOBE

249 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.

250 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.

251 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.

252 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'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

264

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

266 pl

267 76

268 Instructions for assembling Dymaxion

269 Map, 1943

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

271 _Pi.7Z

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

273

274

275 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

276 13^I5/ux9’/4in. (35.4 x 24.8 cm)

277 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

278 16 x 11 */< in. (40.6 x 28.6 cm) (folded)

279

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

281 LR1K SATIE
with trunic fur dance by the tauic

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

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

284

285CAST ur OUBACtXJU

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

287 AiLjL'q. aff.jhccd to Frjtene

288 Fibette. Medina** daughter

289 Jonaa. a turfy mrtkinica! munkev Paer

290 : CLEMENS KALISCHER

291 \ (b.1921)

292 : Buckminster Fuller and Merce

293 : Cunningham in The Ruse of Medusa

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

295 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

296 pl. ol Playbill for production of The Ruse

• of Medusa by Erik Satie, performed

297 : at Black Mountain College, August 14,

298 ; 1948

299 ' Letterpress print on coated paper

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

300 /IT)

301

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

303

304 HAZEL LARSEN ARCHER

305 (1921-2001)

306 Fuller in his classroom at

307 Black Mountain College, summer 1948

308 pi.84

309 BEAUMONT NEWHALL

310 Great circle model, ca. 1949

311 pl.85

312 (1908-1993)

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

314 PLATES

315

316

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

318 11 */zx 5*/x 5^J in. (29.2x13.7x13.7 cm)

319

320 _F.ir-_2t;-₂o- .?_rX,;

321

322L go- i-Hou .

323 ~r= in®-1s'- 40’’ '

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

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

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

327 127ix 19 3/4in. (32.7x50.2 cm)

328 Geometrical Study, 1948

329 Ink, colored pencil, and graphite

330 pi.89

331 on paper

332 12³/4xl9³/iin. (32.4 x49.2 cm)

333

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

335 PLATES

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337

354

355 First kinetic model demonstrating the Jitterbug Transformation, 1948

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

366

367

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385

414

415 pi.112

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

417 Diameter 13 in. (33 cm)

418 pi.113

419 IVM, Octet truss, ca. 1960-63

420 Wood

421 Diameter 14 in. (35.6 cm)

422 _Pi.114

423 Concentric Arrangement of Multiple

424 Polyhedra, ca. 1960-63

425 Wood toothpicks

426 Diameter 9 in. (22.9 cm)

427

443 PLATES

444

445 _Pi.118

446 STANDARD

447 F LIVING

448 PAG K A G E

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

450 _Pi.119

451 Standard of Living model, unpacked, ca.1949

452

453 _Pi.120

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

455 PLATES

456

457

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

459 Ink and toned overlays on vellum mounted on board

460 20 x 30’/is in. (50.8 x 76.4 cm)

461

462 This patr'em sho

463 STict 3 way yield and

464 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

465 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.

466 3-Way-Geodesic-Grid-4-Module- Stress-Flow …, 1950

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

468 pi.123

469 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)

470 pi.124

471 Strip X, n.d.

472 Graphite and felt-tip pen on tracing paper

473 11*74X13 in. (28.6 x 33 cm)

474

475 pi.125

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

477

478

479 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)

480 pi.127

481 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)

482 PLATES

483

484

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

486 pi.129

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

488 India ink, graphite, and felt-tip pen

489 on tracing paper

490 30‘/jx 30 in. (77.1 x 76.2 cm)

491 PLATES

492

493 pi.130

494 SPUERICAL. TRUSS FDD, FORD MOTOR COMPANY COLTATE KlDCi

495 1…

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

497 Ink on paper

498 29 '/i x 29 ’/tin. (75x75 cm)

499

500

501

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

503 pi.132

504 : Geoscope built with students at

505 : Cornell University, 1952

506 : Diameter 21 ft. (6.4 m)

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

508

509 pi-

510 133

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

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

513 pi.134

514 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)

515

516

517 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

518 30'/ux 32'/tin. (76.4 x 82.6 cm)

519 _Pi.l36

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

521 Graphite on vellum

522 30 x 32 */: in. (76.2 x 82.6 cm)

523 PLATE S

524

525

526 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)

527 pi.138

528 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

529 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)

530 Pi.139

531 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

532 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)

533 PLATES

534

535 _Pi. 140

536 Octet Truss, project, co. 1959

537 Wood struts

538 12^,/2x49^,/2xl7¹/2in.

539 (31.8 x 125.7 x 44.5 cm)

540

541 pi.141

542 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

543 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)

544 pi.142

545 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)

546

547

548 pi.143

549 Opposite:

550 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)

551 pi.144

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

553 15⁷/8 x 19 ³/« in. (40.3 x 50.2 cm)

554 pi.145

555 BUCKMINSTER FULLER andSHOJI SADAO

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

557 13³/<x 18³/i in. (34.9 x 46.7 cm)

558 PLATES

559

560 Ci *YKvr

561 —HfiS HSS

562 _Pi.146

563 PLAYBOY

564 KX1DW STAT ON I/O
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565 PLAYBOY Jaw. C.g com

566 O. K.

567 BUCKMINSTER FULLER □ndSHOJI SADAO

568 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)

569

570 BUCKMINSTER FULLER andSHOJI SADAO

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

572 15^S/16 X 19 in. (38.9 x 48.3 cm)

573 PLATES

574

575

576 Opposite:

587

588 pi.151

589 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

590 From the portfolio Inventions:

591 Twelve Around One, 1981

592 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)

593 _Pi.152

594 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:

595 Twelve Around One, 1981

596 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)

597

598

599 BUCKMINSTER FULLER and SHOJI SADAO

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

601 12x18 in. (30.5 x45.7 cm)

602

603 BUCKMINSTER FULLER/FULLER AND

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

605 Rendering of U.S. Pavilion for

606 Montreal Expo 67, ca. 1966

607 Graphite on tracing paper

608 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

609

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

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

612 44 x 34 in. (111.8x86.4 cm)

613 pi.156

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

615

616 pi.157

617 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

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

619 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

620 pi.158

621 Screenprint on Lenox paper

622 30 x 40 in. (76.2 x 101.6 cm)

623 PLATE

624

625 pi.159

626 _Pi.160

627 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)

628 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)

629 pi.161

630 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)

631

632

633 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

634 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981

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

636 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

637 From the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, mi

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

639 166

640 _Pi.164

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

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

643 Editions, edition of 34

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

645

646 _P1.168

647 168

648 169

649 Detail of Tetrascroll, 1976, Stone 9

650 _Pi.170

651 170

652 171

653 Detail of Tetrascroll, 1976, Stone 15

654 VS

655

656 _Pi.172

657 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

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

659 _Pi.173

660 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)

661

662 p. 174

663 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]

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

665 _Pi.175

666 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

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