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R. Buckminster Fuller : world man / Daniel López-Pérez, editor ; with contributions by Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Stan Allen.
Fine Arts Library NA2543.G46 R2 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zaera, Alejandro, author of preface.
- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983, author.
- Series:
- Kassler Lectures
- The Kassler Lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983.
- Architecture and globalization.
- Architecture--Environmental aspects.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Economic aspects.
- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983--Criticism and interpretation.
- Fuller, R. Buckminster.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 143 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- World man
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was one of the most innovative and influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Best known as the inventor of the geodesic dome, Fuller sought out long-term, technology-led solutions to the world's most pressing social and environmental problems. His prodigious creative output-from visionary architectural works and experimental structures to expressive drawings and poetic musings-foreshadowed today's green design and prefab housing movements. R.Buckminster Fuller: World Man documents his never-before-published 1966 Kassler lecture at Princeton University School of Architecture. Delivered at the height of his career (Fuller had appeared on the cover of Time magazine in 1964), he used the lecture to reflect on and synthesize his most significant concepts. In addition to a faithful facsimile of the lecture's typewritten transcript, the book includes an introductory essay on Fuller's work, a glossary of key terms and phrases, and an interview with Robert Geddes, the dean responsible for bringing Fuller to teach and lecture at the school"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Preface / Alejandro Zaera-Polo
- Introduction / Daniel López-Pérez
- World Man / R. Buckminster Fuller
- Glossary / Compiled by Daniel López-Pérez
- Postscript: R. Buckminster Fuller and Louis I. Kahn / Stan Allen.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781616890940
- 1616890940
- OCLC:
- 852681887
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