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Buckminster Fuller

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Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr. was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing more than 30 books and coining or popularizing such terms as Spaceship Earth, Dymaxion, ephemeralization, synergetics and tensegrity.

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1. Buckminster Fuller (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia 'Buckminster Fuller': infobox birth_date, checked 2026-09-27
  • In Group: Bridge and Structural Engineers, Intro
    Fuller developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome;
  • In Field: Architectural Engineering, Introduction
    Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr. (; July 12, 1895, July 1, 1983) was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist.
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