R. Buckminster Fuller Collection

R. Buckminster Fuller was born on July 12, 1895, in Milton, Massachusetts. He attended both Harvard and the United States Naval Academy. As a distinguished engineer, mathematician, inventor, designer, mechanic, writer, and philosopher, he became one of the most controversial personalities of the machine age. His creations included the Dymaxion House (1927), the Dymaxion Steel Igloo (1935), and a three-wheeled automobile with rear engine (1940). He designed geodesic structures for the U.S. Armed Forces and Ford Motor Company. In the 1960s he designed the New York World's Fair Pavilion Dome and the U.S. Pavilion for Expo '67 in Montreal, Canada.

Author of numerous books, Bucky Fuller lectured at leading schools of architecture and design throughout the country, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, and University of California. Lecture topics included his revolutionary new ideas regarding lightness and economy in construction and housing as a crucial world engineering problem, among others. His numerous honors included the Award of Merit from the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (1952), the Centennial Award from Michigan State University (1955), the Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects (1960), and the Creative Achievement Award from Brandeis University (1964). R. Buckminster Fuller died in Los Angeles, California in 1983.