Buckminster Fuller / Martin Pawley.

Main entry:

Pawley, Martin.

Title & Author:

Buckminster Fuller / Martin Pawley.

Publication:

Description:

192 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.

Series:

Design heroes

Notes:
Originally published: London : Trefoil, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-192).
Heroes of the design century -- Introduction -- Brief encounters -- The year of silence -- Dymaxion cars -- House of the century -- Triumph of the domes -- The giant projects -- Ephemeralization and history -- Bibliography.

Summary:

"Richard Buckminster Fuller is best known as the first pioneer of lightweight prefabricated housing and the inventor of the geodesic dome. The book combines a biography with a critical evaluation of his best work". - back cover.

ISBN:

0586088814 (pbk.)
9780586088814 (pbk.)

Subject:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Fuller, R. Buckminster.
Inventors United States Biography.
Architects United States Biography.
Inventeurs États-Unis Biographies.
Architectes États-Unis Biographies.
Architects
Inventors
United States.
Architecture
Design Fuller, R Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983

Form/genre:

Interviews.
Biographies.

Added entries:

Design heroes.

Holdings:

Location: Library main price 268189
Call No.: BIB 200057
Status: Available

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