"Feats of Building & Engineering"

the Dymaxion House at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI

Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village

In which #7 and #13 go up to Michigan to see the Dymaxion House.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Feats of Building & Engineering, Supplement

Tags: architecture Dearborn, MI Dymaxion House field trip Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village R. Buckminster Fuller

Published: April 8, 2024

the cover of Forbes Magazine, April 1946, depicting workmen marveling at R. Buckminster Fuller's 1946 Dymaxion House prototype

Fuller Houses

R. Buckminster Fuller and his various Dymaxion Houses

It was a marvel of modern technology that promised to create freedom by liberating the mind... so why aren't you living in one right now?

Categories: Arts & Culture, Feats of Building & Engineering, Series 13

Tags: architecture Dearborn, MI Dymaxion House Presented by #13 R. Buckminster Fuller World War I World War II

Published: March 25, 2024

The Republic statue from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

The White City

an interview with Michael Finney of the Chicago 1893 Project

We're talking with Michael Finney about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, what it meant to the city and the nation, and resurrecting it augmented reality.

Categories: Arts & Culture, Feats of Building & Engineering, Series 10

Tags: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition Chicago, IL

Published: May 2, 2022

The Ancient and Esoteric Order of the Jackalope