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Andy Murphy

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R. Buckminster Fuller was chair of the Design program here at my school for many years

 

So the campus was, at one point, pretty much covered with geodesic domes. They (including Bucky's own house in town) were not extraordinarily robust, so most are now gone.

 

Here's an interior shot of one of the last of them:

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Because of all the seams, they leak badly after a time, and even Bucky's house was shingled over...

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