a. Description

The Radome was redesigned in 1955 to include a circular fiberglass hub. This node afforded teh structure greater compressive strength since the acute angles of the diamonds were blunted and focused on a dense, circular tangent. The pins were made shorter and stronger.

Fuller, R. Buckminster, The artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller: a comprehensive collection of his designs and drawings,

James Ward, ed., Garland, New York, 1984

Dome which results from the subdivision of the surface of a semi sphere into four irregular diamond faces, assembled together in an arrayed pattern around a number of circular vertex points, or hubs.

This case can result in uneven, non-oriented and discontinuous enclosures

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The Artifacts of R. Buckminster Fuller:

a Comprehensive Collection of his

Designs and Drawings,

James Ward, Ed.,

Garland, New York,

(1984)