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School of Architecture, Washington University

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Also known as Old Man River : an environmental domed city : a concept design for E. St. Louis, IL.

Privately printed by the author (James Fitzgibbon).

Record of a concept design for an environmentally sustainable domed city in East St. Louis, Illinois, designed by architect R. Buckminster Fuller. Includes copies of newspaper articles, architectural drawings, implementation plans and costs. "The Old Man River's City project was an architectural design created by Buckminster Fuller in 1971. Fuller was asked to design the structure by the city of East St. Louis. Old Man River's City would have been a truly massive housing project for the city's 70,000 residents. The total capacity of the building, a circular multi-terraced dome, would be 125,000 occupants. Each family would have approximately 2,500 square feet (230 m²) of living space"--From Wikipedia, viewed August 29, 2024.

Document Type

Book

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7936/mgz1-5r17

Language

English (en)

Publication Date

1972

Publisher

The Parsimonious Press : School of Architecture, Washington University

City

Saint Louis, Mo.

Disciplines

Architecture | Urban, Community and Regional Planning

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© 1972 James W. Fitzgibbon & R. Buckminster Fuller No claim is made to copyright on public domain and third-party materials.

Print copy available for library use only at Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library. Permanent URL for this record: https://catalog.wustl.edu:443/record=b10435843~S2

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