A Minimum Dymaxion Home project (Elevation, axonometric, and plan)
R. Buckminster Fuller
American, 1895–1983
1927
A graphite drawing by Buckminster Fuller proposing a compact, hexagonal “Minimum Dymaxion Home,” showing an elevated, lattice-wrapped dwelling meant to test highly efficient, prefabricated living.
What strikes you is the clinical precision of fine pencil lines and triangular tessellation—elevation, axonometric, and plan stacked on the page—making the house read as a hovering, geometric machine against the warm, creased paper.
The drawing records Fuller’s early experiments in modular, systems-based architecture that anticipated his Dymaxion and geodesic innovations and helped shift thinking toward lightweight, industrialized solutions for modern housing.
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
32 7/8 × 19" (83.5 × 48.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation
Accession
1193.2000
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
