Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Cloud Structure
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Accession Number:
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112851
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Order Title:
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Buckminster Fuller (112843-112873)
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Type of View:
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drawing / sketch
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View Title:
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conceptional drawing of spheres floating over the Grand Canyon
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Image Rights:
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copyrighted
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Source Institution:
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NCSU Libraries
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Collection:
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Design Library Image Collection
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Culture:
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American
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Subject:
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floating buildings
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Subject:
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geodesic domes
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Subject:
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unbuilt projects
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Subject:
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utopias
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Subject:
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shell structures
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Work Types:
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Geography; settlements; cities; ideal cities
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Preferred Title:
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Cloud Structure
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Agent Display:
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R. Buckminster Fuller (American architect, 1895-1983)
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Date:
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ca. 1960 (design)
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Materials:
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open-frame aluminum geodesic sphere with polyethylene curtains
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Alternate Title:
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Cloud Nine
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Locations:
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Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States
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Location Type:
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(creation)
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Style/Period:
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Modern
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Classification:
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Architecture
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