SELECTED IDEAS OF BUCKMINSTER FULLER
ICOSAHEDRA: LARGE
SUPERTENT DOMES
Large portable geodesic dome tents can be built by attaching

 a flexible interior skin dome to an exterior

 rigid skeleton geodesic dome framework.
The tent skin will not flap even in 120 mile per hour winds &,

 of course, they are earthquake proof.

For additional information see:
Catenary Geodesic Tent R Buckminster Fuller US Patent #2914074 11-24-59
Geodesics Edward Popko figs 21, 23, 25, 28-30 & 103 1968
Domebook 2 Pacific Domes pp 41 & 48-9 1971
The Dome Builder's Handbook John Prenis, ed pp 18, 25-30 & 38 1973
The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller R Marks & R B Fuller 186, 189, 191, 193, 204-7, 221-3 1973
Inventions R Buckminster Fuller pp 162-6 1983

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