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Buckminster Fuller pictured in front of a geodesic dome, c. 1960. The surface of a geodesic dome is formed out of short rods arranged in triangles, a structure which allows large spaces to be enclosed using the minimum of materials. Buckminster Fuller patented the design in 1954.
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View of the geodesic dome at the Park of La Villette, Paris, France. The geodesic dome is a lightweight structure of standardized, interlocking units which allows large spaces to be enclosed efficiently and relatively cheaply. It was invented by US architect and designer Buckminster Fuller.
Hemispherical dome, a type of space-frame, whose surface is formed out of short rods arranged in triangles. The rods lie on geodesics (the shortest lines joining two points on a curved surface). This type of dome allows large spaces to be enclosed using the minimum of materials, and was patented by US engineer Buckminster Fuller in 1954.
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