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Vitra Dome

Vitra Dome

Year

2000

Style

Contemporary

Type

building

This aluminum geodesic dome is a built demonstration of Buckminster Fuller's lifelong argument that a sphere of triangles encloses the most space with the least material. It was fabricated in 1975 by Charter Industries in the United…

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Vitra Dome
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  1. 2000

    Original construction

    Richard Buckminster Fuller

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