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Biography
Richard Buckminster Fuller Jr. was an American architect, systems theorist, writer, designer, inventor, philosopher, and futurist. He styled his name as R. Buckminster Fuller in his writings, publishing more than 30 books and coining or popularizing such terms as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion", "ephemeralization", "synergetics", and "tensegrity".
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Awards & recognition
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1983
- John Scott Award · 1979
- St. Louis Literary Award · 1976
- Fellow of the American Institute of Architects · 1975
- AIA Gold Medal · 1970
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- Humanist of the Year · 1969
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 1968
- Royal Gold Medal · 1968
- Frank P. Brown Medal · 1960
- Toynbee Prize
