Montreal's Geodesic Dreams: Jeffrey Lindsay and the Fuller Research Foundation Canadian Division / Montréal et le rêve géodésique : Jeffrey Lindsay et la Fuller Research Foundation Canadian Division

TITLE: Montreal's Geodesic Dreams: Jeffrey Lindsay and The Fuller Research Foundation Canadian Division / Montréal et le rêve géodésique : Jeffrey Lindsay et la Fuller Research Foundation Canadian Division

EDITOR: Cammie McAtee

SERIES EDITOR: Michelangelo Sabatino

SUBJECT : R. Buckminster Fuller’s U.S. Pavilion at Expo 67 has long been recognized as an icon of Montreal’s urban landscape. Yet this high point was only a part of the story of Canada’s contributions to developing the geodesic dome. Based on previously unpublished archival material, Montreal’s Geodesic Dreams sheds light on the pioneering explorations of Montreal designer Jeffrey Lindsay (1924-84) and the Fuller Research Foundation Canadian Division (1949-56). This ebullient period of collaborative creativity and technological optimism placed Montreal at the forefront of dome experimentation in the 1950s - a moment when geodesic domes seized the architectural and popular imagination and sprouted up across the country in virtually every conceivable program and context. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and documents. Bilingual text in English and French. Contains chapters by Carlo Carbone and Réjean Legault, and a series foreword by Michelangelo Sabatino.

SERIES: Canadian Modern

FORMAT: 8.5" x 8.5", softcover, 120 pages, b&w and colour images

PUBLISHED: November 2017

ISBN: 9780929112718

PRICE: $39.95 (CAD)      

REVIEWS: Graham Livesey, Canadian Architect, review of the Canadian Modern series, 2018

Esquisses, Printemps 2018

Allison Meier, "The Geodesic Dome Dreams of Quebec," Hyperallergic, 2018

Mark Byrnes, "In Quebec, Buckminster Fuller's Domed Dreams Live On," CityLab, 2017 (exhibition review)