St. Louis Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1976) Winner
Richard Buckminster Fuller
リチャード・バックミンスター・フラー
Richādo Bakkaminsutā Furā
Aliases:
Buckminster Fuller / R. Buckminster Fuller / Bucky Fuller
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1895-07-12 （Milton, Massachusetts）
- Died
- 1983-07-01 （Los Angeles, California） age 87
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unitarianism
- Residence History
- Bear Island, Maine → Greenwich Village, New York → Chicago, Illinois → Carbondale, Illinois
Career
- Occupations
- Architect, Systems theorist, Writer, Designer, Inventor, Philosopher, Futurist
- Active Years
- 1920-1983
- Affiliations
- Black Mountain College, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Memberships
- Mensa International, Phi Beta Kappa
- Influenced By
- Margaret Fuller, Alfred Korzybski
- Influenced
- Stewart Brand, Norman Foster, Kenneth Snelson
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | — | Adams House | — | 除籍 | United States |
Harvard University
Adams House
Period:
除籍
Country:
United States
Expelled twice
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | — | — | President of the United States | 受賞 |
| 1970 | AIA Gold Medal | — | — | American Institute of Architects | 受賞 |
| 1960 | Frank P. Brown Medal | — | — | Franklin Institute | 受賞 |
Presidential Medal of Freedom
1983
Organization:
President of the United States
Result:
受賞
AIA Gold Medal
1970
Organization:
American Institute of Architects
Result:
受賞
Frank P. Brown Medal
1960
Organization:
Franklin Institute
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
1968 Non-fictionTreats Earth as a spaceship and advocates design science for sustainability.
Spaceship EarthEphemeralization
Nine Chains to the Moon
1938 Non-fictionDiscusses humanity's future and technological innovation.
DymaxionSynergetics
Critical Path
1981 Non-fictionAnalyzes world resources and humanity's fate.
SustainabilityDesign science
Bibliography
- Nine Chains to the Moon (1938)
- Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (1968)
- Critical Path (1981)
- Synergetics (1975)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- NeologismsRun-on sentencesThinking out loud
- Recurring Motifs
- Spaceship EarthEphemeralizationSynergeticsTensegrity
Health
-
Extreme hyperopia生涯Wore thick-lensed spectacles
Legacy
Inventor of the geodesic dome, pioneer of sustainable design.
Archives
- Stanford University
In Popular Culture
- Buckminsterfullerene named after him
Quotes
-
You belong to Universe.
Source: 1927 epiphany (1927) -
Do more with less.
Source: Ephemeralization
Trivia
- Practiced Dymaxion sleep
- Wore three watches
- Dymaxion Chronofile 270 feet