Buckminster Fuller : Dymaxion Car - Couverture rigide

David Jenkins

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0956433936 ISBN 13 : 9780956433930

Editeur : Actar, 2010

Synopsis

In 1933, the visionary architect, engineer and designer Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) built a car that was at that time the world's most fuel-efficient car. The Dymaxion Car ran on 35 miles per gallon, while every other car on the road struggled to manage half that amount; zeppelin-like in appearance, it was streamlined to minimize wind resistance and was capable of carrying six to eight passengers. Fuller designed two more Dymaxion Cars over the following year, though none of the three saw production. In his book Everything I Know (1975), Fuller remembered: Many people said to me, after I built three of these cars, 'I'm sorry your car wasn't a success.' And I'd say 'What do you mean ' They said, 'Well you didn't get it into production.' I said, 'I wasn't going into business, I was producing a vehicle. And it was extremely successful. I learned an incredible amount.' Today the Dymaxion Cars look dynamic, beautifully designed and several paradigm shifts ahead of their time, and Norman Foster has taken up their legacy with a new vehicle of his own. This monograph reconstructs the history of Fuller's first three models for the Dymaxion Car through detailed plans and archival photographs, and relates the production process of Dymaxion #4, a new prototype produced by Norman Foster, which was launched on the street in 2010.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The book is a tribute to the futuristic vehicle designed by Richard Buckminster Fuller in the 1930s. The book, which is part of the Ivorypress Architecture collection, is a tribute from Norman Foster to this visionary and forward-thinking environmentalist with whom he worked during the last twelve years of his career. The book describes the essence of the American architects Dymaxion universe and relates the story of the three Dymaxion cars built by Fuller between 1933 and 1934.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Actar
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0956433936
• ISBN 13: 9780956433930
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224