 Richard Buckminster Fuller, (born July 12,
1895, died July 1, 1983).
 He was an American engineer, architect, and
futurist who developed the geodesic dome the
only large dome that can be set directly on the
ground as a complete structure and the only
practical kind of building that has no limiting
dimensions.
 Fuller was attracted by spherical shapes due to
the space gained with minimum use of the
surface area.
R. Buckminster Fuller
The first geodesic dome was designed after
World War I by Walther Bauersfeld, chief
engineer of the Carl Zeiss optical company, for
a planetarium to house his planetarium
projector.
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An initial, small dome was patented and
constructed by the firm of Dykerhoff and
Wydmann on the roof of the Zeiss plant in
Jena, Germany.
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He adapted this idea from nature things like
snowflakes, flowers and honeycombs.
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Walther Bauersfeld