Bibliography: Dymaxion House
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Dymaxion House Bibliography
This bibliography was compiled by staff of the Benson Ford Research Center’s Archives and Library Department based on materials in our collections. If you have questions about these resources, please use our Submit a Question feature. If you are interested in duplication, please see our Duplication Resources FAQ.
Archival
- Acc. 186 Greenfield Village Building Boxes
- box 14 Dymaxion House
R. Buckminster Fuller’s “Dymaxion Dwelling Machine: A New Way of Living,”
thesis, Christian W. Overland, 1998
Excerpt from “The Historic Structure Report: for the Conservation & Re-Erection of a Dymaxion
House,” James Ashby, 1999 Student publication, University of Michigan, 1955 - box 15 Dymaxion House
Acquisition by museum, 1992-1994 and undated
Articles, 1929, 1946, 1983, 1992-1994, and undated (2 folders)
Buckminster Fuller, 1945-1946, 1960, 1973, and undated
Buckminster Fuller bibliography, 1994
Dymaxion Car, 1933 and 1942-1943
Kitchen, 1940 and undated
Installation instructions, 1990
Patent disposition, contract with Burgess, and status report, 1933 and 1945
Simmons intern report, 1996
Visitor experience information, 2000 and undated
- box 14 Dymaxion House
- Acc. E.I. 340 Dymaxion House Restoration Records
includes: photographs, slides, documents and drawings
Dymaxion House “as built” drawing sets (available on our Digital Collections website)
Set 1: 12 Measurement sketches, 18” x 24”
Set 2: 8 drawings, 24” x 36”
Photographs and Prototype Sketch
Foundation Plan, Central Footing Plan, Central Footing and Mast Details Elevation
Cage Plan, Cage Details, Carlin/Gore Plan, Deck Details
Elevation 1, Elevation 2, Elevation 3, Floor Plan
Cross-Sections (3)
Cutaway Axonometric
Wall Cross Section, Deck Street Elevation, Carlin Ring Detail
Sliding Wall
- Acc. E.I. 1929 Edison Institute Photographs
- box 85 Henry Ford Museum; Exhibits; Dymaxion House
- box 85 Henry Ford Museum; Exhibits; Dymaxion House
Periodicals
- Fortune Magazine, “Fuller’s House” April 1946, v.33, n.4, p.167
Oral Histories (materials may be restricted due to format, please contact reference staff in advance for access)
- Acc. 0.64 Collection, Research Center Unprocessed Recordings
- box 1 "Chet Richards: Buckminster Fuller and Dymaxion House" (undated). Single 60min audiocassette tape and 2 CD-R copies
- box 2 "Herman Wolf: Dymaxion House and Buckminster Fuller" 25 October 2001. Single 120min
audiocassette master, 3 audiocassette copies, 6 CD-R copies
Vertical File
- Fuller, R. Buckminster
- Henry Ford (Organization); Artifacts; Dymaxion House
Books
- Fuller Houses: R. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Dwellings and Other Domestic Adventures. Federico Neder.
728 F967 N371 2008 - Buckminster Fuller: Designing for Mobility. Michael John Gorman.
620.0092 F965 G671 2005 - Modernism Reborn: Mid-century American Houses. Michael Webb.
728.37 W367 2001 - The Artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller: A Comprehensive Collection of his Designs and Drawings. Buckminster Fuller.
R 620.0042 F967 1985 v. 1 - The Dymaxion World of Buckminster Fuller. Robert W. Marks.
624.17 F967 M346 1960 - True, the Man's Magazine. Vol. 40, no. 269 October, 1959.
624.17 F967 T866 1959
Blog Posts
Conservation blog posts
- “Tuning” the Dymaxion House, 2012
- A checkup turns into surgery - repairing the Dymaxion House, 2012
- Gauging the condition of the Dymaxion House, 2013
- The Dymaxion House: The Same and Improved, 2014
Webpages
*Original drawings of the Dymaxion House are housed at Stanford University as part of the R. Buckminster Fuller Collection