Fuller houses : R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion dwellings and other domestic adventures / Federico Neder ; translated from the French by Elsa Lam ; foreword by Mark Wigley.

Main entry:

Neder, Federico.

Title & Author:

Fuller houses : R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion dwellings and other domestic adventures / Federico Neder ; translated from the French by Elsa Lam ; foreword by Mark Wigley.

Publication:

Description:

239 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-238) and index.
Introduction -- Flying fish -- Aerodynamic corset -- Weightless body -- Industrial dance -- Control tower -- Collector's piece.
CCA mentioned in acknowledgements.

Summary:

"Buckminster Fuller's 1929-46 Dymaxion House initiated a series of dwelling prototypes that radically challenged housing norms, plunging the very nature of domestic space into crisis. Through a series of interwoven vignettes, Federico Neder unveils the conflicted spatiality of Fuller's houses. Neder tracks the transforming Dymaxion House as it moves through a universe where its materials and forms commingle with those of vehicles, clothing, and furniture. The journey invokes other landmark twentieth-century dwellings, tracing the ongoing influence of the Dymaxion prototypes. In the process, we discover how Fuller's visions of the dwelling environment transcend the boundaries of his house's gleaming shell, foreshadowing radical technological, social, and cultural changes in the art of living."--Jacket.

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ISBN:

9783037781418
3037781416

Subject:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Fuller, Richard Buckminster Architektur.
Dymaxion House
Dwellings United States Design and construction.
Prefabricated houses United States Design and construction.
Architecture, Domestic United States History 20th century.
Habitations Construction États-Unis.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture, Domestic.
Dwellings Design and construction.
Prefabricated houses Design and construction.
Byggnader design och konstruktion Förenta staterna.
Bostadshus design och konstruktion Förenta staterna.
Arkitektur historia Förenta staterna 1900-talet.
Prefabricerade hus design och konstruktion Förenta staterna.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Wigley, Mark
Centre canadien d'architecture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258957
Call No.: NA44.F967.25 D9 2008
Status: Available

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