Glossary · G
Geodesic dome
Also called geodesic, geodesic domes
A dome framed with a network of triangles lying on great circles of a sphere, generated by subdividing the faces of an icosahedron; patented by Buckminster Fuller in 1954.
See also: Frequency
Rules that use the word
Enclose the most with the least: the geodesic dome. Frame a sphere by subdividing the triangular faces of an icosahedron and projecting the points onto the sphere; the triangulated net of short struts spreads loads through the whole surface and encloses the greatest volume for the least material.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Frame and Skin, The Contemporary.
Nearby in the glossary
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