Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 18 December 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Sometimes a good idea doesn’t pan out in real life. Take Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic dome: It requires less energy to heat and cool, it’s cheap, and it’s durable enough to withstand a hurricane – but it’s also godawful ugly and that was its undoing.

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