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Buckminster Fuller’s largest dome is now a National Historic Place

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Buckminster’s legacy given new wings.

Buckminster Fuller only designed about a dozen of domed structures to begin with, and many have either been torn down in lieu of new construction or simply left to rot. But not the dome at Materials Park in Ohio, it just received a $7 million facelift and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)…

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The Dymaxion is Back! British Architect Brings Back the 1930’s Car That Was Meant to Change American’s Lives

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Dymaxion Car

Richard Buckminster Fuller had a lot of nerve. In the 1930s, the great US inventor secured the first $1,000 he needed to build a giant futuristic car, called the Dymaxion. The socialite who gave him the cash was told: “If I want to use it all to buy ice cream cones, that will be that – and there will be no questions asked.” (Pics and Videos)

 

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