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Buckminster Fuller
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A New Landscape in Montreal Weaves Together Icons of the City’s Expo 67
Encompassing a Buckminster Fuller–designed geodesic dome and an Alexander Calder sculpture, the intervention shows how the city is rethinking its world’s fair treasures.
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A Geodesic Dome in Massachusetts Gets a Modern Makeover
Jess Cooney Interiors renovated the 1980s structure, which hews to one the 20th century's most recognized architectural concepts.
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Why Architects Need to Get Dirty to Save the World
The new book The Architecture of Closed Worlds: Or, What Is the Power of Shit? offers lessons for today by looking at Biosphere 2, Eden Project, and other microworlds.
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What I Learned About Experience Design From Buckminster Fuller
Edwin Schlossberg, president and principal designer of ESI Design, shares how his directorship of Fuller’s World Game continues to shape his work.
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Deborah Berke on Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion Map
For our inaugural "Noteworthy" column, in which an architect or designer reflects on an object that has inspired them, Deborah Berke discusses Buckminster Fuller's remarkable Dymaxion Map.
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In Contemporary Architecture, the Section Is the Generator
The founding partners of LTL Architects explain the utility of section drawings and their influence on 21st-century architecture.
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A Conversation with Buckminster Fuller’s Daughter, Allegra Fuller Snyder
Metropolis editor Mikki Brammer sat down with Buckminster Fuller’s daughter to discuss what Bucky would think of the world today.
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Profiles
Antennae to Experience: What Bucky Fuller Taught Me
Buckminster Fuller's daughter shares a previously unpublished essay and reveals a rarely spotlighted side to the revered thinker.
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Projects
Bucky’s Biosphere Gets A Friend
For the 50th anniversary of Expo 67, Dror has announced its proposal to give R. Buckminster Fuller's Biosphere a long-awaited companion.
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Object Lessons From the Failed Utopias of Our Radical Past
A new book treats the architectural failures of a radical past as a learning opportunity for an apathetic present.
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Black Mountain College, America’s Own Bauhaus
An eye-opening exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art/Boston explores the life and times of Black Mountain College.
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50 Books to Read This Fall
Our guide to essential reading for the rest of the year, spanning all scales of design, from graphics to cities
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Videos
Video: Animating Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Worldview
Period interviews with the genius engineer are brought to life in this colorful video short.
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Three Architects Redefining Architecture for the Climate Change Era
Architects tackling the unseen will shape the future of their profession.
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Viewpoints
Knud Lonberg-Holm: Bucky Fuller’s Mentor, Modernism’s Invisible Architect
An exclusive look at architect Knud Lonberg-Holm, the father of information design and one of Buckminster Fuller's greatest influences.
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Retailer Kinfolk’s New Brooklyn Store Draws on Bucky Fuller
Berg Design Architecture modifies a geodesic structure for Kinfolk’s math-obsessed founders.
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First Look: Knud Lonberg-Holm, Modernism’s Long-Lost Architect
Preview our exclusive June feature of this influential, but "invisible" designer.
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Five Architectural Highlights from the Pathé Newsreel Archive
Dig into British Pathé's 85,000-video archive with these architecture clips.
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Alastair Parvin Brings Open-Source Idealism to Architecture
The brain behind WikiHouse, an open-sourced platform that promises to remake the field. Is it a threat to the primacy of the architect, or a glimpse into our digital design future?
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Lord Foster Takes Bucky Fuller’s Dymaxion Car for a Spin
Norman Foster is not an easy architect to get on the phone. We’ve covered a number of Foster + Partners’ projects in the past, and requests for interviews with the boss were often met with “Lord Foster is traveling