From Wired Magazine

Sure, he's famous for giving us the geodesic dome - the super-lightweight building that gets stronger as it gets bigger - but Buckminster Fuller's legacy extends way beyond the soccer-ball structure. He was an avid futurist who tinkered in mathematics, engineering, environmental science, architecture, and art, all the while keeping notes in a mad-scientist-style filing system he called the Dymaxion Chronofile.

There was nothing mad, however, about Fuller's objectives: He just wanted to invent devices that would help humankind and protect the planet (which he dubbed, no kidding, "Spaceship Earth").

Here is Fuller's sketch for the US Pavilion at the 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montreal. It was one of almost 100 pavilions at Expo 67 - and one of Fuller's later projects - but he maintained his trademark style, and love for, geodesic domes. A small train passed through the pavilion, and the interior was devoted to the effective use of creative energy. It is currently a museum dedicated to water and the environment called The Biosphere of Environment Canada.



Courtesy of the R. Buckminster Fuller estate

Ed Note: You can read any of his numerous books or skip to the end and read "Critical Path".

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