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

University Archives Photograph Collection. College of Design (UA023.010)
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Title:
Buckminster Fuller and architecture students working on project to design an automated cotton mill using the oct-tet space frame and geodesic dome
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.
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:
to
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