Culture | Designs for living

Buckminster Fuller was a prophet of technology

Alec Nevala-Lee gives him his due in “Inventor of the Future”

The architect stands in front of his creation, a geodesic dome which acts as the US pavilion at the 1967 World's Fair

Inventor of the Future. By Alec Nevala-Lee. Dey Street Books; 672 pages; $35 and £25

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