Welcome to the pleasure dome

2008-10-10T00:00:00

Buckminster Fuller won the 1968 RIBA Gold Medal with this 20-storey geodesic dome, at the World’s Fair in Montréal, also known as Expo ‘67.

His eye-catching dome at the 1967 Montréal Expo almost certainly nudged the RIBA into honouring Buckminster Fuller the following year

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