Hear, Read, See More Dymaxion

The following are links to an assortment of  resources which further our knowledge of Buckminster Fuller’s life and his projects:

By: Tara Seaver

General

This page is a series of lectures produced by Buckminster shortly before his death: http://death: https://archive.org/details/buckminsterfuller

The Buckminster Fuller Institute: https://www.bfi.org/

What We Can Learn From Buckminster Fuller: https://www.wired.com/2008/07/pl-arts-9/ Dymaxion Homes

Dymaxion Homes

Link to Library of Congress HABS- Dymaxion: https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.mi0681.sheet/?sp=1&st=gallery

Arch Daily: AD Classics  The Dymaxion House/Buckminster Fuller: https://www.archdaily.com/401528/ad-classics-the-dymaxion-house-buckminster-fuller

Historic Preservation Education Foundation (1995): Preserving the Recent Past, Chapter 4 features an article by Christian Overland who assisted in the conservation of the Dymaxion Dwelling Machine for exhibition at the Henry Ford Museum: https://s3.amazonaws.com/hpef-digitalpublications/prp/HPEF-1995-Preserving+the+Recent+Past-ConfNotebook.pdf

Katrina Mrkonjic  “Environmental Aspects of Use of Aluminum for Prefabricated Lightweight Houses: Dymaxion House Case Study.” Journal of Green Building 4, Vol. 2 (2007) 130-136.

A second article discussing conservation of the Dymaxion Dwelling Machine prior to the exhibition at the Henry Ford: Karen Trentelman,  James Ashby, William T. Donlon. “The Characterization and Conservation of Aged Aluminum Alloys: Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House.” Paper presented at Symposium II Material Issues in Art and Archaeology, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2001.

Dymaxion Deployment Units

THE NECESSITY OF RUINS: The Lost Dymaxion Deployment Units of Buckminster Fuller

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3015

The Dymaxion Car

https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/this-working-replica-of-bucky-fullers-dymaxion-car-is-s-1699976057

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-dymaxion-car-produced

https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-test-drive-of-the-death-trap-car-designed-by-buckminster-fuller-1429890152

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dymaxion-car-at-the-national-automobile-museum