Richard Buckminster Fuller
Architect, Inventor, and Systems Theorist
July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983
Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, and inventor, renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world’s problems. For more than five decades, he developed pioneering solutions that reflected his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does “more with less” and thereby improves human lives. He published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as “Spaceship Earth,” “ephemeralization,” and “synergetic.” He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome. Carbon molecules known as fullerenes were named after Buckminster due to their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres.
