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Fly's Eye Dome

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The Fly's Eye Dome was a structure designed in 1965 by R. Buckminster Fuller. Inspired by the eye of a fly, Fuller designed the dome as his idea of the affordable, portable home of the future, with windows and openings in the dome to hold solar panels and systems for water collection, thus allowing the dome to be self sufficient. He built three prototypes of the design by hand up to his passing away in 1983, in three sizes:

  • A 12-foot prototype is currently owned by Norman Foster.
  • A 24-foot prototype is currently owned by Craig Robins.
  • A 50-foot prototype acquired by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas will be installed in 2017.

    • A new version of the Fly's Eye Dome standing at 24 feet was built in 2014 in Miami under guidance from The Buckminster Fuller Institute.

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    Fly's Eye Dome Wikipedia
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