R. Buckminster FullerAmerican, 1895–1983Airplane Hangar, project
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Airplane Hangar, project” now? Collection: The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Not on view at present. Checked September 22, 2026.
New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 560.1960
In the catalog
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- The Museum of Modern Art
- Image: The Museum of Modern Art — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of R. Buckminster Fuller
The whole life1954
Begins working with the architect Shoji Sadao
In 1954 Fuller began working with the architect Shoji Sadao; together they later designed a hypothetical Dome over Manhattan and founded the architectural firm Fuller & Sadao Inc.
1954
Patent for the geodesic dome
In 1954 Fuller was awarded U.S. patent 2,682,235 for the geodesic dome. His application made no mention of the self-supporting dome created and patented in Germany on 19 June 1925 by Walther Bauersfeld: Fuller undoubtedly popularized this type of structure, but he is mistakenly given credit for its design.
1955
The Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture
In the 1950s Fuller attended seminars and workshops organized by the Institute of General Semantics, and in 1955 he delivered the annual Alfred Korzybski Memorial Lecture; Korzybski's ideas of general semantics influenced him.
