Buckminster Fuller: Dallime mes rishikimesh

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v Olsi zhvendosi faqen Buckminister Fuller te Buckminster Fuller pa lënë një përcjellim
përmirësime teknike, zëvendësova: Maj → maj, Korrik → korrik (2) duke përdorur AWB
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'''Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller'''
'''([[12 Korrikkorrik]] [[1895]] - [[1 Korrikkorrik]] [[1983]])'''
 
'''Bucky''' ishte një vizionar, dizajner, arkitekt dhe shpikës i ShBA. Ai ishte njëkohësisht profesor në Universitetin e Illinois-it Jugor dhe shkrimtar.
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==Majormajor Design Projects==
Fuller was most famous for his [[geodesic dome]]s, which can be seen as part of military [[radar]] stations, civic buildings, and exhibition attractions. Their construction is based on extending some basic principles to build simple [[tensegrity]] structures ([[tetrahedron]], [[octahedron]], and the closest packing of [[sphere]]s). Built in this way they are extremely lightweight and stable. The patent for geodesic domes was awarded in [[1954]], part of Fuller's decades-long efforts to explore nature's constructing principles to find design solutions. The next section, discussing Practical Achievements, reports the largest examples among the thousands of geodesic domes that have been constructed.
 
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* Union Tank Car Maintenance Facility: Baton Rouge, LA USA, 384 feet
* Lehigh Portland Cement Storage Facility: Union Bridge, MD USA, 374 feet
 
 
Fuller's development of the dome and his roles as a philosopher and as a gadfly within the design and architectural communities left an important legacy. He introduced a number of concepts, and if every one wasn't entirely new, we can still say that he honed each one well.
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Fuller was sent to [[Milton Academy]], in Massachusetts. Afterwards, he began studying at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] but was expelled from the university twice: firstly, for entertaining an entire dance troupe; and secondly, for his "irresponsibility and lack of interest." By his own appraisal, he was a non-conforming misfit in the fraternity environment.
 
Between his sessions at Harvard, he worked for a time in Canada as a mechanic in a textile mill, and later as a laborer working 12 hours a day in the meat-packing industry. He married in 1917, and he also served in the [[US Navy]] in [[World War I]]. In the Navy he was employed as an aboard-ship radio operator, as an editor of a publication, and as a crash-boat commander. After discharge, he again worked for a period in the meat-packing business, where he acquired management experience. In the early 1920s he and his father-in-law developed the Stockade Building System for producing light-weight, weatherproof, and fireproof housing - though ultimately the company failed.
 
In [[1927]] at the age of 32, [[bankruptcy|bankrupt]] and jobless, living in inferior housing in [[Chicago]], he saw his beloved young daughter Alexandra die of pneumonia in winter. He felt responsible, and this drove him to drink and the verge of [[suicide]]. At the last moment he decided instead to embark on "an experiment, to find what a single individual can contribute to changing the world and benefiting all humanity." For the next half-century Buckminster Fuller contributed a wide range of ideas, designs and inventions to the world, particularly in the areas of practical, inexpensive shelter and transportation. He documented his life, philosophy and ideas scrupulously in a daily [[diary]] and in 28 publications.
 
Fuller financed some of his experiments with inherited family money, sometimes augmented by funds invested by his professional collaborators, one example being the Dymaxion Car project.
 
His international career took off after the success of his huge [[geodesic dome]]s in the [[1950s]]. Fuller taught at [[Southern Illinois University]] in Carbondale from 1959-1970 (Assistant Professor 1959-68, full Professor in 1968) in the School of Art and Design. Working as a designer, scientist, developer, and writer, for many years he also lectured all over the world on design. In [[1965]] Fuller inaugurated the [[World Design Science Decade]] (1965-[[1975]]) at the meeting of the [[International Union of Architects]] in [[Paris]]. This was (in his own words) devoted to ''applying the principles of science to solving the problems of humanity.''
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* [http://www.usps.com/communications/news/stamps/2004/sr04_043.htm USPS Press Release] - Information about Fuller's commemorative postage stamp
* [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64155,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5 Wired News Article]
 
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