The visionary architecture of R. Buckminster Fuller. Take a
personal tour through "the house of the future." This
extraordinary dwelling was designed to be the strongest,
lightest and most cost-effective housing ever built. Restored to
its original 1946 condition, it's the only remaining prototype
in the world. The Dymaxion house is made of aluminum. This was
the newest of the alloys at the time and was strong and light
enough to be easily disassembled and moved. Bucky wanted his
houses to be mass-produced, easily shipped, hygienic, and able
to stand up to a Kansas tornado. Aluminum provided for all of
these criteria and was already used on the aircraft assembly
lines, allowing for easy transition after the war from airplane
production to Dymaxion House production. A Dymaxion House was
designed to be about 1,100 square feet or about the size of a
small Cape Cod-style bungalow. It was supposed to cost about
$6,500 in 1946, approximately the cost of a high-end automobile.
With just two bedrooms, it was most con