Eden Project

A special visitor

This morning we’re welcoming Allegra Fuller Snyder, the only surviving child of Buckminster Fuller, noted architect and inventor of the geodesic dome. Allegra is visiting the Eden Project, probably the best contemporary example of her father’s geodesic dome design, for the first time.  Allegra is coming to Eden as part of a trip to the UK and has wanted to see the project ever since it was opened in March 2001, as it is one of the best realisations of her father’s revolutionary geodesic dome idea. She will be hosted by George Elworthy, Eden’s Phase Five Director, and will also meet Foundation Director, Tony Kendle.

Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was an American architect, author, designer, inventor, and futurist who, as well as developing the geodesic dome, wrote more than thirty books. Other notable geodesic domes include the pavilion for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York City, which is now used as an aviary at the city’s Queens Zoo.

Allegra Fuller Snyder, 82, is Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Buckminster Fuller Institute and Professor Emerita of Dance and Dance Ethnology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Welcome to the Eden Project Allegra.

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