Buckminster Fuller

American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

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Lived 1895–1983, aged 88United States

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#104
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1895–1983
Aged 88

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Updated 2026-05-29

Buckminster Fuller designed geodesic domes and convinced the world to think of Earth as a spaceship. The prolific architect-philosopher-inventor coined "synergetics" and "Dymaxion" while publishing 30+ books on making the future work better.

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Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr. was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing more than 30 books and coining or popularizing such terms as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion", "ephemeralization", "synergetics", and "tensegrity".

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