shoji sadao (贞夫翔二, december 20, 1926 – november 2, 2019) was a japanese american architect. he was best known for his work with r. buckminster fuller and isamu noguchi. during world war ii he was stationed in germany and was a cartographer for the united states army. in 1964 sadao co-founded the architectural firm fuller &amp; sadao inc., whose first project was to design the large geodesic dome for the u.s. pavilion at expo 67 in montreal. he was born in los angeles, california.