Ful‧ler, Rich‧ard Buck‧min‧ster /ˈfʊləʳ, ˈrɪtʃəd ˈbʌkmɪnstəʳ $ -tʃərd-/
(1895–1983) a US architect (=someone who designs buildings) and engineer, who believed that scientific and technical developments could be used to solve many of society’s problems, and who invented the GEODESIC DOME, a large, light, ball-shaped structure

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