Geodesic dome, Parco Sempione, X Triennale, Milan
RIBApix ref no |
RIBA63629 |
Architect/Designer | Fuller, Richard Buckminster (1895-1983)
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Country | Italy |
City | Milan |
Subject Date | 1954 |
Image Date | 1954 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Modern Movement |
Medium | Photoprint |
Library Reference | AP 645 Triennale 1954 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
Credit |
Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Collections
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Notes |
NOTES:
This structure consists of large diamond-shaped units, cut, folded and stapled from heavy packing-card, forming box girders. Weather protection was by means of a vinylite tent which wqas pulled over the frame.
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Subject tags
Exhibitions, exhibition buildings, geodesic domes