I always enjoy your retro living room images, Storms. This one got me curious because of the roof, floor, and fake vista. Turns out it’s a Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion House.
“The Dymaxion House was completed in 1930 after two years of development, and redesigned in 1945. Buckminster Fuller wanted to mass-produce a bathroom and a house. His first “Dymaxion” design was based on the design of a grain bin. During World War II, the U.S. Army commissioned Fuller to send these housing units to the Persian Gulf.In 1945, science-fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein placed an order for one to be delivered to Los Angeles, but the order was never filled…”
I always enjoy your retro living room images, Storms. This one got me curious because of the roof, floor, and fake vista. Turns out it’s a Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion House.
“The Dymaxion House was completed in 1930 after two years of development, and redesigned in 1945. Buckminster Fuller wanted to mass-produce a bathroom and a house. His first “Dymaxion” design was based on the design of a grain bin. During World War II, the U.S. Army commissioned Fuller to send these housing units to the Persian Gulf.In 1945, science-fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein placed an order for one to be delivered to Los Angeles, but the order was never filled…”
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> you could still sense the elegance of a living room with a 33-foot window
awwww yeah