Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Model for the United States Pavilion at Expo '67, circa 1967
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Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere.
Expo 67, held in Montreal, Canada, was the most attended world's fair of the 20th century. The United States pavilion, a 250-foot-diameter geodesic dome designed by visionary Buckminster Fuller and architect Shoji Sadao, was an interactive environmental exhibit. It remains the most iconic and fondly remembered of Fuller's built designs. This pavilion survives today as an attraction called the Biosphere.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
circa 1967
Subject Date
circa 1967
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.120.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10.125 in
Inscriptions
Typewritten sheet adhered on back: THE UNITED STATES PAVILION at the 1967 Canadian International / and Universal Exhibition in Montreal is designed by the noted American architect R. Buckminster Fuller. It is a 3/4 geodesic / dome or "skybreak bubble" -- an invention of Mr. Fuller -- 20 stories / high and 250 feet in spherical diameter. The lightweight space frame / structure is a lacy filigree of metal supporting a transparent skin. / The dome is filled with natural light by day and glows from internal / light by night. / The Pavilion houses a multi-level composition of platforms /supporting exhibits on lunar exploration, the fine arts, the / cinema, folk art, and the "American spirit". Exhibit architects / and coordinating designers are Cambridge Seven Associates, Inc., / of Cambridge, Massachusetts. / PHOTOGRAPH BY / Stephen F. Rosenthal / 17 Rutland Street / Cambridge, Mass. 02138 / PLEASE CREDIT
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