| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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(j ´´ d s´ k, –d´sk) (KEY) , structure that roughly approximates a hemisphere. Popular in recent years as economical, easily erected buildings, geodesic domes are geometrically determined from a model and may be constructed from limited materials. The architect Buckminster Fuller was an early proponent of geodesics for housing and other functions. Among the best-known examples of geodesic domes have been the United States Pavilion at Montreal’s Expo 67 and Biosphere II, an experimental recreation of the ecosystem in Arizona. |
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