SFMoMA Exhibit: "The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area"

1. Buckminster Fuller and Chuck Byrne, Building Construction/Geodesic Dome, United States Patent Office no. 2,682,235, from the portfolio Inventions: Twelve Around One, 1981; screen print in white ink on clear polyester film; 30 in. x 40 in. (76.2 cm x 101.6 cm); Collection SFMOMA, gift of Chuck and Elizabeth Byrne; © The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller, All Rights reserved. Published by Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati.

If you are in the Bay Area this weekend, we recommend you stop in at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and check out their current exhibit The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area. This exhibition is the first of its kind, featuring Buckminster Fuller’s most iconic projects as well a focus on his local design legacy in the Bay Area. Though he was never a resident, Fuller’s ideas inspired many local experiments in the realms of technology, engineering and sustainability. Continue reading for more information.

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Cite: Karissa Rosenfield. "SFMoMA Exhibit: "The Utopian Impulse: Buckminster Fuller and the Bay Area"" 06 Apr 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/224032/sfmoma-exhibit-the-utopian-impulse-buckminster-fuller-and-the-bay-area> ISSN 0719-8884

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