Minnesota Inventor Develops Geodesic Domes Construction Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 17, 2008 ;     269 words ......described for constructing geodesic dome structures. For example, a...connecting a set of panels to form a geodesic dome. The panels have surface contours...conform to a surface contour of a geodesic dome having a dimension larger than...

The birth of the geodesic dome; how Bucky did it. (R. Buckminster Fuller)

The Futurist;  November 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ...The Birth of The Geodesic Dome Although Buckminster Fuller invariably...efficient. That structure is the geodesic dome, which, because it approximates...for his invention. He selected geodesic dome because the sections or arcs of...

Cut your utility bills: Domes good for every climate; Utility bills may...

Charleston Daily Mail;  October 5, 1998 ;     565 words ......saw many extremely attractive large geodesic dome kit houses with unique windows, skylights...Ann E. A. Although some people think geodesic dome kit homes look a bit unusual, once...and very unique room architecture. Geodesic dome homes are ideal for every climate...

$enSible House

Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  December 5, 1998 ;     571 words ......saw many extremely attractive large geodesic dome kit houses with unique windows, skylights...Dear Ann: Although some people think geodesic dome kit homes look a bit unusual, once...and very unique room architecture. Geodesic dome homes are ideal for every climate...

DOME HOMES OFFER MANY BENEFITS

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  October 11, 1998 ;     567 words ......saw many extremely attractive large geodesic dome kit houses with unique windows, skylights...Dear Ann: Although some people think geodesic dome kit homes look a bit unusual, once...and very unique room architecture. Geodesic dome homes are ideal for every climate...

Efficient dome homes easy to build

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 25, 1998 ;     249 words ...Although some people think geodesic dome kit homes look a bit unusual, it's...skylights, lofts and unique layouts. Geodesic dome homes are ideal for every climate...to the natural efficiency of a true geodesic dome home design, which can save 50 percent...

Group wants religious dome to be landmark

Courier News (Elgin, IL);  March 9, 2008 ;     311 words ......the apex of the three-quarter-sphere. The geodesic dome sits on the Earth's 90th western meridian of longitude. Geodesic dome inventor R. Buckminster Fuller designed the Religious Center geodesic dome with his architectural partner, Shoji Sadao...

Buckminster Fuller: Designing for Mobility

The Architects' Journal;  June 15, 2006 ;     477 words ......being airlifted anywhere. When indeed a geodesic dome was airlifted by helicopter in 1954...staging post towards realising the geodesic dome. If the story had stopped at 1950...real significance. But then came the geodesic dome, with which his life entered the mainstream...

Minnesota Inventor Develops Geodesic Dome Construction Method

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 15, 2007 ;     250 words ......Techniques are described for constructing geodesic dome structures. For example, a method includes...another to form the geometries of a geodesic dome." An abstract of the invention, released...further include making the temporary geodesic dome structure permanent. The techniques...

Meredith Danluck

Artforum;  October 1, 2003 ;     428 words ......light, strong, and cost-efficient geodesic dome. A formal geometry-fundamental to both the geodesic dome and the mathematically generated sound...approximated an exploded section of a geodesic dome. On the walls, three "Energy Paintings...

United States Commemorative Postage Stamp to Honor R. Buckminster Fuller -...

PR Newswire;  June 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......for his most famous invention -- the geodesic dome, and next month the U.S. Postal Service...depicts Fuller's head in the pattern of a geodesic dome. Geodesic domes and a number of his...of the continents. After 1947, the geodesic dome dominated Fuller's life and career...

Geodesic domes can make fine homes

Capital (Annapolis);  March 10, 2007 ;     284 words ......Robert and Carol Hill decided to buy a geodesic dome home that was in foreclosure in Madera...the inside of a golf ball, he says. Geodesic dome homes were an innovation by Buckminster...outside, to form a dome shape. The geodesic dome home "became an icon symbol of the...

ENERGY SENSE A roundup of ideas about geodesic homes

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 2, 2005 ;     460 words ......have been thinking about building a geodesic dome home. Are they also energy- efficient...method uses triangular panels common to geodesic dome homes. The panels are made of thick...interior wall studs. The more traditional geodesic dome homes use standard lumber to build...

Fuller, Richard Buckminster

Who's Who in the Twentieth Century;      287 words ......architect, engineer, and inventor of the geodesic dome. Born in Milton, Massachusetts, Fuller...success of his postwar invention, the geodesic dome. Envisaged as a solution to a variety...application. Nevertheless, the 76-metre geodesic dome at the US pavilion at the 1967 Montreal...

HOME SWEET HOME

Boise Weekly;  July 26, 2006 ;     641 words ......external surface and your very own geodesic dome. Back in the late '40s, Buckminster...developed the concept and benefits of the geodesic dome (something about it being super easy...However, here in Boise is an example of a geodesic dome, and given its the size, it could ...