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BUCKMINSTER FULLER BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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BOOKS BY FULLER |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS, PART D |
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Illustrations 373-489 |
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SEEDPOD FOLDABLE
GEODESIC DOMES
| 373 |
20'-Diam Foldable
Geodesic Sphere Built by Students at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
(May 1952) |
199 |
| 374 |
Foldable Geodesic
Built at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (1953) |
" |
| 375 |
Foldable Geodesic
Built at Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, USA (1953) |
" |
| 376 |
Foldable Geodesic
"Flying Seedpod" Dome Built at Washington University, St Louis, MO, USA
(1954-5) |
200 |
| 377 |
Magnesium
Ball-Jointed Tripods Opened by Piston-Elevated Masts Driven by 200 lb Gas
Pressured Cylinders |
" |
| 378 |
The 42'-Diam Dome
Opened & Erected Itself in 45 Seconds |
" |
| 379 |
Picture of Dome
with 2 Cars Inside |
" |
| 380 |
270-Strut,
Unitary Component, Parallel Bundling, Tensegrity Dome: Basic Triangular Unit
Unit |
201 |
| 381 |
270-Strut,
Unitary Component, Parallel Bundling, Tensegrity Dome: 1st Course |
" |
| 382 |
270-Strut,
Unitary Component, Parallel Bundling, Tensegrity Dome: 2nd Course |
" |
| 383 |
270-Strut,
Unitary Component, Parallel Bundling, Tensegrity Dome: 3rd Course |
" |
| 384 |
270-Strut,
Unitary Component, Parallel Bundling, Tensegrity Dome: Sphere on Exhibit at
MOMA, New York, NY |
" |
| 385 |
55'-Diam
Pneumatic, Quilted Double-Skin, US Air Force Dome Built by Berger Bros of
New Haven, CT, USA |
202 |
| 386 |
Small
2-Frequency, Double-Skin
Pneumatic Dome Built for the US Air Force |
" |
US MARINE CORPS
GEODESIC DOMES
| 387 |
RBF Witnesses
Marine Corps Helilift of his 30'-diam, Wood & Plastic Dome at Orphan's Hill,
NC, USA |
203 |
| 388 |
30'-diam, Wood &
Plastic Dome Flew at 50 Knots (about 57.5 mph) Without Yaw (Feb 1, 1954) |
" |
| 389 |
50'-Diam
Magnesium Hemisphere Hangar Dome with 3 Helicopters Inside |
" |
| 390 |
50'-Diam
Magnesium Hemisphere Hangar Dome Being Transported by Helicopter |
" |
| 391 |
Assembly of
Marine Corps Hangar Dome Frame |
204 |
| 392 |
Hanging of
Interior Skin of Marine Corps Hangar Dome |
" |
| 393 |
Completed in 135
min, Marine Corps Hangar Dome being Picked up & Moved by Hand |
" |
| 394 |
Marine Corps
Hangar Dome being Tested in Winds up to 120 mph Without any Flutter |
" |
| 395 |
Components of
Marine Corps Hangar Dome Made by Magnesium Products Co of Milwaukee, WI, USA |
" |
| 396 |
4-Frequency
42'-Diam Strut & Skin Dome Resting on Deck of Aircraft Carrier, Hampton
Roads, VA, USA |
205 |
| 397 |
4-Frequency
42'-Diam Strut & Skin Dome being Picked up by Helicopter |
" |
| 398 |
4-Frequency
42'-Diam Strut & Skin Dome being Flown away by Helicopter |
" |
| 399 |
4-Frequency
42'-Diam Strut & Skin Dome being Transported toward Shore |
" |
| 400 |
4-Frequency
42'-Diam Strut & Skin Dome being Placed on Landing Site on Shore |
" |
| 401 |
Mock Marine Corp
Beachhead Landing Demonstration using Helicopter-Carried Domes |
206 |
| 402 |
Mock Marine Corp
Beachhead Landing Demonstration, US Nat'l Air Show (Sept 3, 1956) |
" |
| 403 |
Dome being
Brought Ashore by 2 Helicopters for Beachhead, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
" |
| 404 |
"Clean-Up"
Version of Marine Corps Personnel Shelter Dome |
207 |
| 405 |
1 of 5 Marine
Corp Domes Installed at Wilkes Land, Antarctica |
" |
GEODESIC RADOMES
| 406 |
Schematic Map of
the DEW Line |
208 |
| 407 |
First Test
Segment of Polyester Fiberglass Radome by RBF for MIT's Lincoln Labs,
Cambridge, MA, USA |
209 |
| 408 |
First 30'-Diam
Fiberglass Radome Withstanding up to 182 mph Winds atop Mt Washington, NH,
USA |
" |
| 409 |
31'-Diam Hex-Pent
Fiberglass Radome atop MIT's Lincoln Lab Roof, Cambridge, MA, USA |
" |
| 410 |
Basic Diamond
Component of Pan-Type Polyester Fiberglass Radome |
210 |
| 411 |
55'-Diam
Fiberglass 5/8 Sphere Radome Intended for DEW Line |
" |
| 412 |
Night View of 3/4
Sphere Fiberglass Radome |
" |
| 413 |
Night View of 3/4
Sphere Fiberglass Radome Reflected in Pond |
" |
| 414 |
1st Production
Version of Fiberglass Radome Installed at Bell Labs, Whippany, NJ, USA
(1956) |
211 |
| 415 |
Fiberglass Radome
Installed at DEW Line by Western Electric Co |
" |
| 416 |
Model of
600'-Diam Sky Eye Radio Telescope Geodesic Sphere for US Government |
" |
PAPERBOARD
GEODESIC DOMES
| 417 |
Fuller 1959 Paperboard
Dome Patent, Claims Page |
212 |
| 418 |
Fuller 1959 Paperboard
Dome Patent, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13 & 14 |
" |
| 419 |
Fuller 1959 Paperboard
Dome Patent, Figures 8, 15, 16, 17 & 18 |
" |
| 420 |
Fuller 1959 Paperboard
Dome Patent, Figures 9, 10, 11 & 12 |
" |
| 421 |
Interior of 1st
Paperboard Dome, Yale Univ Architectural School, New Haven, CT, USA
(30'-diam, 1951) |
" |
| 422 |
Foldable Diamond
Honeycomb Paperboard Geodesic Dome, 1952 |
213 |
| 423 |
Polyester Resin
Coated Paperboard Geodesic Dome, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
(1954) |
" |
| 424 |
Polyester Resin
Coated Paperboard Geodesic Dome, N. Carolina State Univ, Raleigh, NC, USA
(1954) |
" |
| 425 |
Polyester Resin
Coated Paperboard Geodesic Dome, Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
(14'-diam, 3-54) |
" |
| 426 |
Construction of
42'-Diam USMC Paperboard Dome: Printed, Scored & Cut Blanks |
214 |
| 427 |
Construction of
42'-Diam USMC Paperboard Dome: Typical Triangle being Assembled |
" |
| 428 |
Construction of
42'-Diam USMC Paperboard Dome: Completed Triangles waiting to be Assembled
into Dome |
" |
| 429 |
Construction of
42'-Diam USMC Paperboard Dome: Components of Various Paperboard Domes in
Storage |
" |
| 430 |
Construction of
42'-Diam USMC Paperboard Dome: Assembly at Quantico, VA, USA (Aug 1954) |
" |
| 431 |
42'-Diam
Triennial Paperboard Domes: Night View of Dome #1, Old Sforza Garden, Milan,
Italy (1954) |
215 |
| 432 |
42'-Diam
Triennial Paperboard Domes: Night View of Dome #2, Old Sforza Garden, Milan,
Italy (1954) |
" |
| 433 |
42'-Diam
Triennial Paperboard Domes: Interior of Dome #1 Bachelor Quarters , Old
Sforza Garden, Milan, Italy ('54) |
" |
| 434 |
-Aluminum-Clad
Paperboard Dome by Students of McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada
(Winter 1957) |
" |
GEODESIC PLYDOMES
| 435 |
Version 1 of a Two Frequency
Geodesic Plydome, Des Moines, IA, USA (1957) |
216 |
| 436 |
Version 2 of a Two Frequency
Geodesic Plydome, Des Moines, IA, USA (1957) |
" |
| 437 |
Unloading 1/4"
Plywood from a Truck for a 42'-Diam Plydome, Van Meter, IA, USA (Dec 1956) |
217 |
| 438 |
Construction of
42'-Diam Geodesic
Plydome Farmhouse, Van Meter, IA, USA (Dec 1956) |
" |
| 439 |
Night View of
42'-Diam Geodesic Plydome
Farmhouse, Van Meter, IA, USA (Dec 1956) |
" |
| 440 |
RBF & D W
Robertson Climbing Side of
42'-Diam Plydome Farmhouse, Van Meter, IA, USA (Dec 1956) |
" |
| 441 |
Empty Geodesic
Plydome Farm Shelter
by Students of Michigan State University, E Lansing, MI, USA (19__) |
" |
| 442 |
Tractor in
Geodesic Plydome Farm
Shelter by Students of Michigan State University, E Lansing, MI, USA (19__) |
" |
| 443 |
Night View of
42'-Diam "Pine Cone" Plydome by Students of Cornell University, Ithaca, NY,
USA (1957) |
218 |
| 444 |
-Involute Plydome
by T C Howard of Synergetics Inc, Raleigh, NC, USA (1957) |
" |
| 445 |
"Shingled
Watershed" Plydome Garage, Des Moines, IA, USA (1957) |
" |
| 446 |
42'-Diam
"Shingled Watershed" Plydome Barn, Des Moines, IA, USA (1957) |
" |
| 447 |
39'-Diam
"Shingled Watershed" Plydome Chapel for Columbian Fathers use in
Philippines, Korea, S Pacific Isles |
" |
| 448 |
1st Version of
Plydome "Playdome",
Southern California, USA (19__) |
219 |
| 449 |
2nd
Version of Plydome
"Playdome", Southern California, USA (19__) |
" |
WORLD-AROUND
GEODESIC DOME STRUCTURES
| 450 |
Dome to Serve as
Bachelor Officers' Quarters, US Air Force, Korea (1955) |
220 |
| 451 |
48-hr Assembly of
100'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion for Trade Fair, Kabul, Afghanistan (Aug
1956) |
221 |
| 452 |
Night View of
100'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion Dome for Trade Fair, Kabul, Afghanistan (Aug
1956) |
" |
| 453 |
Close-Up View of
100'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion Dome for Trade Fair, Kabul, Afghanistan (Aug
1956) |
" |
| 454 |
Interior View of
100'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion Dome for Trade Fair, Kabul, Afghanistan (Aug
1956) |
" |
| 455 |
Construction View
of 100'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion for Trade Fair, Bangkok, Thailand (Jan
1957) |
222 |
| 456 |
Exterior View of
100'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion Dome for Trade Fair, Bangkok, Thailand (Jan
1957) |
" |
| 457 |
Construction View
of 100'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion Dome for Trade Fair, Tokyo, Japan (1957) |
" |
| 458 |
Exterior
View of 100'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion Dome for Trade Fair, Tokyo, Japan
(1957) |
" |
| 459 |
Exterior View of
114'-Diam Strut & Tent Pavilion Dome for Trade Fair, Poznan, Poland (1958) |
" |
| 460 |
Exterior View of
Involute-Evolute Parabolic Geodesic Dome at "Dome Farm", Raleigh, NC, USA
(1957) |
223 |
| 461 |
Interior View of
Involute-Evolute Parabolic Geodesic Dome at "Dome Farm", Raleigh, NC, USA
(1957) |
" |
| 462 |
Gran Premio Award
Winning US Department of Commerce Pavilion Dome at Triennial, Milan, Italy
(1957) |
" |
| 463 |
18'-Diam
Corrugated Aluminum Dome by Students of the University of Natal, Durban, S
Africa (May 1958) |
" |
| 464 |
Interior View of
100'-Diam Geodesic Theater Pavilion Dome by the Calico Co, Bombay, India
(19__) |
" |
KAISER GEODESIC
DOMES
| 465 |
Aerial View of 145'-Diam Dome
Manufactured in Oakland, CA, & Erected in 22 hrs in Honolulu, HI, USA (Feb
1957) |
224 |
| 466 |
Elevation View of 145'-Diam
Aluminum Dome, Honolulu, HI, USA (Feb 1957) |
" |
| 467 |
Erection of 145'-Diam
Aluminum Dome Using Top-Down Method Honolulu, HI, USA (Feb 1957) |
" |
| 468 |
Interior view of
145'-Diam Aluminum Dome During Concert, Honolulu, HI, USA (Feb 1957) |
" |
| 469 |
Elevation View of
145'-Diam Kaiser Geodesic Municipal Auditorium Dome, Virginia Beach, VA, USA
(1957) |
225 |
| 470 |
Front
View of 145'-Diam Kaiser Geodesic Municipal Auditorium Dome, Virginia Beach,
VA, USA (1957) |
" |
| 471 |
Interior View of
145'-Diam Kaiser Geodesic Municipal Auditorium Dome, Borger, TX, USA (1957) |
" |
| 472 |
View of Pneumatic
Doughnut Balloon Used to Erect a Kaiser Dome |
226 |
| 473 |
View of All
Components of Dome Laid Out Ready to be Assembled |
" |
| 474 |
Interior View of
Partially Completed Geodesic Dome |
" |
| 475 |
Completed
145'-Diam Equipment-Manufacturing Plant Dome, Abilene, KS, USA (1958) |
" |
| 476 |
Exterior View of
145'-Diam Casa Manana Theater-in-the-Round Dome, Fort Worth, TX, USA (1958) |
227 |
| 477 |
Interior
View of 145'-Diam Casa Manana Theater-in-the-Round Dome, Fort Worth, TX, USA
(1958) |
" |
| 478 |
Exterior View of
145'-Diam Citizens State Bank Dome, Oklahoma City, OK, USA (ca March 1958) |
" |
| 479 |
Interior
View of 145'-Diam Citizens State Bank Dome, Oklahoma City, OK, USA (ca March
1958) |
" |
| 480 |
Exterior View of
200'-Diam US Pavilion, Sokolniki Park, Moscow, Russia (1959) |
" |
| 481 |
Proposed
407'-Diam Sports Palace, city?, OK, USA |
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UNION TANK CAR
CO GEODESICS
| 482 |
Aerial View of
384'-Diam, 116'-High,
All-Steel, Car-Rebuilding Dome in Baton Rouge, LA, USA (Oct 1958) |
228 |
| 483 |
Interior View of
384'-Diam, 116'-High,
All-Steel, Car-Rebuilding Dome in Baton Rouge, LA, USA |
" |
| 484 |
Pneumatic Cushion
Lift Erection of 354'-Diam Second Dome at Wood River, IL, USA (1-25-59) |
229 |
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR
METALS GEODESIC STRUCTURE
| 485 |
250'-Diam, Hex-Pent,
Wire-Wheel Truss, Double Skybreak Dome, Cleveland, OH, USA (April 1959) |
230 |
LARGE-SCALE
PLANS
| 486 |
Proposed Triton Floating
Cities Can be up to 4 Acres in Area & House as Many as 5,000 People |
231 |
| 487 |
Proposed
Floatable, 2-Mile-Sided, Hollow Tetrahedronal, Octet Truss City would House
1 Million People |
232 |
| 488 |
Proposed 2-Mile
Diameter Tensegrity Geodesic Dome for the City of New York, NY, USA |
234 |
| 489 |
Proposed Cloud Nine
1-Mile Diam Sky-Floating Tensegrity City Domes |
235 |
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