A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure (lattice-shell) based on a geodesic polyhedron. The rigid triangular elements of the dome distribute...
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Buckminster Fuller (redirect from Wizard of the Dome)
known geodesic dome; carbon molecules known as fullerenes were later named by scientists for their structural and mathematical resemblance to geodesic spheres...
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(non-segmented, non-openable) dome, a record previously held by the Caesars Superdome, and the world’s largest geodesic dome. WWE Elimination Chamber (2022)...
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Hilton Hawaiian Village (section Geodesic dome)
village was the site one of the earlier geodesic domes constructed in the United States, named the Kaiser Aluminum Dome. It was used as a music and entertainment...
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Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home, located at 407 S. Forest Ave. in Carbondale, Illinois, is a geodesic dome house which was the residence of...
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2020. "Desert Dome". Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. Archived from the original on 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2023-08-31. "Largest glazed geodesic dome". Guinness World...
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domes have circular bases and horizontal sections and are a type of "circular dome" for that reason. Geodesic domes are the upper portion of geodesic...
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Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station (redirect from Antarctica Geodesic Dome)
Fuller geodesic dome 160 feet (50 m) wide by 52 feet (16 m) high, with 46 by 79 feet (14 m × 24 m) steel archways. One served as the entry to the dome and...
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The ASM International Headquarters and Geodesic Dome, at the Materials Park campus in Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio, United States, are the headquarters...
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dome in the world by volume at the time of its opening; the Superior Dome in Marquette, Michigan, opened in 1991 with a larger-diameter geodesic dome...
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In geometry, a geodesic (/ˌdʒiː.əˈdɛsɪk, -oʊ-, -ˈdiːsɪk, -zɪk/) is a curve representing in some sense the shortest path (arc) between two points in a surface...
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Montreal Biosphere (category Geodesic domes)
grounds of Parc Jean-Drapeau on Saint Helen's Island. The museum's geodesic dome was designed by Buckminster Fuller. The structure was originally built...
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is a kinetic structure patented by Chuck Hoberman that resembles a geodesic dome, but is capable of folding down to a fraction of its normal size by...
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of Nagoya, Japan. The dome has the capacity of 36,418 for sports and 49,000 for concerts. It is an example of a geodesic dome. It has served as HQ for...
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for theaters that would show its movies. They would be based on the geodesic dome developed by R. Buckminster Fuller, would cost half as much as conventional...
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RMS Queen Mary (redirect from Queen Mary Dome)
Long Beach for decades unseen by the public, was installed in a huge geodesic dome adjacent to the liner in 1983, attracting increased attendance. Wrather...
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be the geodesic domes, hemispherical architectural structures designed by Buckminster Fuller, which geodesic polyhedra are named after. Geodesic grids...
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The Dome over Manhattan was a 1959 proposal for a 3-kilometer-diameter geodesic domed city covering Midtown Manhattan by the architects Buckminster Fuller...
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hexagons and black pentagons. It can be found in the application of geodesic dome structures such as those whose architecture Buckminster Fuller pioneered...
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acres (21,000 m2) and has a volume of 16,135,907 cubic feet. It is a geodesic dome constructed with 781 Douglas fir beams and 108.5 miles (174.6 km) of...
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Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium (redirect from Desert Dome)
rainforests, and the "Desert Dome" is one of the world's largest indoor deserts, as well as the largest glazed geodesic dome. The zoo's mission includes...
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Climatron (category Geodesic domes)
enclosed in a geodesic dome that is part of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. Initiated by then Garden director Frits W. Went, the dome is the world's...
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The Gold Dome, a geodesic dome in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a landmark on Route 66. It was built in 1958 and is located at the intersection of NW 23rd...
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Livgren composed all of the album's tracks, and the hidden track "Geodesic Dome" is his first and only lead vocal on a Kansas song. Somewhere to Elsewhere...
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Spaceship Earth (Epcot) (category Geodesic domes)
Earth" was popularised by Buckminster Fuller, who also popularized the geodesic dome. Construction took 26 months. Extending upwards from the table are "quadropod"...
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An ellipsoidal dome is a dome (also see geodesic dome), which has a bottom cross-section which is a circle, but has a cupola whose curve is an ellipse...
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Air-supported structure (redirect from Air-supported dome)
technique to rockets, using tank pressurization for rigidity. Domed city Geodesic dome Inflatable building Collado Baíllo, Isabel. "Walter Bird y las primeras...
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large geodesic dome next to the Queen Mary ship exhibit in Long Beach, California. The large dome facility became known as the Spruce Goose Dome. The very...
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Matrimandir (category Geodesic domes)
The Geodesic dome is covered by golden discs and reflects sunlight, which gives the structure its characteristic radiance. Inside the central dome is a...
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Dymaxion house (category Geodesic domes)
"unfinished" design to be used. Dymaxion car Dymaxion map Fly's Eye Dome Futuro house Geodesic dome Lustron house Monsanto House of the Future Prefabricated home...
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