Temporary housing? Who was it?

[mikeschn]

I'd do a search, but I don't remember enough details to do one... who's the guy (I believe he was into airplanes) that was working on temporary housing, using an umbrella concept? I believe we are talking the early part of the 20th century.

Mike...

[guest(Guest)]

Are you thinking of Buckminster Fuller's dymaxion house?

[mikeschn]

YES!!! That's it!!! Thanks...  8-)

Now that I know what to search for... here's what I found...

http://www.hfmgv.org/dymaxion/

And that's just a hop and a skip for me to go visit it in person... one weekend real soon I hope!

Mike...

[Amanda_931]

Ooooh, how fun!

There's something about being in one of those famous buildings that brings the lessons home.

(I didn't "get" Frank Lloyd Wright at all until I toured the (little "Usonian," remodeled, but the remodel design was by Wright) house in Florence.)

[Yetanothermike]

Wow, that comment about the Usonian house brings back memories.  My love of architecture began the day I walked into a Usonian house replica that was part of a Wright exhibit.    It was an epiphany; that house was small and simple but there was something perfectly human and intimate about it.   Since then I've always wanted to build a Usonian and could never understand why they didn't catch on.

Someday...

-Mike