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Episode 99: A Love Note to America
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FLY’S EYE DOME™ (1978-2014)
BUCKMINSTER FULLER
a commision by the Buckminster Fuller Institute
In 1965 Buckminster Fuller patented the Fly’s Eye Dome, an advanced structural system described as an “autonomous dwelling machine.” Prototypes began to be built by hand in 1977, and by 1983 three of the fiberglass spheres in various sizes (12-foot, 24-foot, 50-foot) had been produced. Fuller died before he was able ot realize his vision for the structure. However, almost 50 years later, the design, a Monohex variation of the geodesic dome, can clearly be…
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