Buckminster Fuller: Now and Tomorrow

Synopsis

A booklet and audio CD on Richard Buckminster Fuller who died in 1983. The booklet covers his visionary ideas for habitation, geodesic domes and dymaxion designs and explanations of what he aimed to achieve. Gives an overview of continuing work in different fields which he inspired. The CD contains reminiscences of contacts with Fuller by Zunz, Sadao, Applewhite, Foster, Grimshaw, Meller and Pawley, with a few words from Fuller himself taken from a 1980 Pidgeon recording.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; PC Windows version only.

Year of production

2001

Availability

Sale; 2001 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Architecture

Keywords

architecture - English; Buckminster Fuller, Richard; modern architecture

Credits

Contributor

Amiyo Ruhnke; Monica Pidgeon

Production Company

Name

Architone

Distributor

Name

World Microfilms

Contact

Stephen Albert

Email

microworld@ndirect.co.uk

Web

http://www.microworld.uk.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7586 4499

Fax

020 7722 1068

Address

PO Box 35488
St John’s Wood
London
NW8 6WD

Notes

World Microfilms distributes the Audio Forum collection of CDs for language learning and the Sussex Tapes library of video and audio material for sixth form and undergraduate teaching. The Sussex Tapes collection concentrates on the areas of English, history and music. Architecture programmes from the Masters of Architecture and Pidgeon Digital (qv) series of slides are sold on DVD as well as being accessible online via subscription.