Area less than one acre Phone +1 618-549-3663 Added to NRHP 9 February 2006 | NRHP Reference # 06000012 Architectural style Modern architecture Architect Buckminster Fuller | |
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Location 407 S. Forest Ave., Carbondale, Illinois Address 407 S Forest Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA Similar Bucky's Dome, Dymaxion house, Montreal Biosphère, Santa's Village AZoosme, Magic Waters Profiles | ||
The R. Buckminster Fuller and Anne Hewlett Dome Home, located at 407 S. Forest Ave. in Carbondale, Illinois, is a geodesic dome house which was the residence of Buckminster Fuller from 1960 to 1971. The house, inhabited by Fuller while he taught at Southern Illinois University, was the only geodesic dome Fuller lived in as well as the only property he ever owned. Fuller, a prolific architect and engineer, popularized the geodesic dome as a building design, and his house was one of the first geodesic dome residences to be constructed. The home was built and designed by Al Miller of the Pease Woodworking Company. While living in the home, Fuller was awarded nine patents, published eleven books, and designed the Montreal Biosphère, one of his most famous works.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 2006.