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:

Architecture
Design
People
Student Life

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:

1949

Description:

Student team working with Buckminster Fuller on project to design an automated cotton mill using the oct-tet space frame and geodesic dome. Architecture students present are Ralph Knowles, Jeff D. Brooks III, Ligon Flynn, Al Cameron, Ralph Knowles, Richard Leaman, Bruno Leon, T.C. Howard, John T. Caldwell, Forrest Coile, Paul Shimamoto, Fred Taylor, and Sherman Pardue.

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