Buckminster Fuller and architecture students working on project to design an automated cotton mill using the oct-tet space frame and geodesic dome

Item information

Title:

Buckminster Fuller and architecture students working on project to design an automated cotton mill using the oct-tet space frame and geodesic dome

Topics:

Design
People

Subjects:

Architectural models
Classrooms
College students
Cotton mills
Design -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Design teachers
Geodesic domes
Geometry in art

Original Format:

Black and white print (photograph)

Extent:

8 x 10 inches

Item identifier:

0000101

Photographer:

Mills, Ralph more info on Mills, Ralph 

Producer:

North Carolina State College. Visual Aids Department more info on North Carolina State College. Visual Aids Department 

Created Date:

1952 to 1954

Description:

Architecture student team working with Buckminster Fuller (center) on project to design an automated cotton mill using the oct-tet space frame and geodesic dome. In photo, starting with the man in the middle standing under the hanging object, clockwise: Ralph Knowles; Richard Leaman; Bruno Leon; T.C.Howard; John Caldwell; Forrest Coile; Paul Shimamoto; Fred Taylor; Sherman Pardue; Buckminster Fuller; Jeff D. Brooks III; Ligon Flynn; Al Cameron.

Names:

Fuller, R. Buckminster more info on Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 
North Carolina State University. College of Design more info on North Carolina State University. College of Design 
North Carolina State University -- Students more info on North Carolina State University -- Students 
Flynn, Ligon B. more info on Flynn, Ligon B. 
Howard, T. C. (Thomas C.) more info on Howard, T. C. (Thomas C.) 
Caldwell, John T. (John Tyler), 1911-1995 more info on Caldwell, John T. (John Tyler), 1911-1995 
North Carolina State University -- Faculty more info on North Carolina State University -- Faculty 

Location:

Raleigh (N.C.)

Digital Project:

University Archives Photographs