It’s Back! British Architect Builds Bucky Fuller’s Dymaxion Car
image: Foster + Partners Buckminster Fuller ‘s 1933 Dymaxion car was a marvel. Architect Norman Foster tells Jonathan Glancy of the Guardian: “The Dymaxion had the same engine and transmission as the Ford Sedan of the time,” says Foster, who worked with Fuller, his design hero, from 1971 until his death 12 years later. “However, at three times the volume, with half the fuel consumption and a 50% increase in top speed, it not only did more with less, but anticipated the ‘people mover’ of several decades later.” Foster loved it so much t… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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