New views on R. Buckminster Fuller / edited by Hsiao-Yun Chu and Roberto G. Trujillo.

Title & Author:

New views on R. Buckminster Fuller / edited by Hsiao-Yun Chu and Roberto G. Trujillo.

Publication:

Description:

xii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-217) and index.
Paper mausoleum : the archive of R. Buckminster Fuller / Hsiao-Yun Chu -- 1927, Bucky's annus mirabilis / Barry M. Katz -- R. Buckminster Fuller : America's last genuine utopian? / Howard P. Segal -- Thinking and building : the formation of R. Buckminster Fuller's key concepts in "lightful houses" / Joachim Krausse -- "Spirit-House" and "Steppenwolf" avant-garde : American origins in the Dymaxion house concept / Claude Lichtenstein -- Energy in the thought and design of R. Buckminster Fuller / David E. Nye -- Necessary beauty : Fuller's sumptuary aesthetic / Jonathan Massey -- Backyard landing : three structures by Buckminster Fuller / Maria Gough -- R. Buckminster Fuller : a technocrat for the counterculture / Fred Turner -- Fluid geographies : politics and the revolution by design / Felicity D. Scott -- Fuller's futures / Reinhold Martin.

Summary:

In this book, leading scholars in architecture, design, history, and communications discuss the work of R. Buckminster Fuller in the context of the larger social and cultural patterns of the twentieth century.

ISBN:

9780804752091 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0804752095 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780804762793 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0804762791 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 Influence.
Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
Engineers United States.
Architects United States.
Inventors United States.
Ingénieurs États-Unis.
Architectes États-Unis.
Inventeurs États-Unis.
Architects.
Engineers.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Inventors.
Ingenjörer.
Arkitekter.
Uppfinnare.
United States.

Added entries:

Chu, Hsiao-yun.
Trujillo, Roberto G., 1951-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 262444
Call No.: BIB 193547
Status: Available

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