From the desk of Buckminster Fuller The Boston Globe

Above, Fuller in 1981 with his Dymaxion Car and one of his ''Fly's Eye'' domes. Below, the ''One Ocean World Town Plan,'' from Fuller's 1928 manifesto ''4D Timelock.''


Above, Fuller's drawing of a never-built 4D Tower home – 12 hexagonal stories suspended from a central support column. Below, Fuller's sketch of the delivery of a 4D Tower via zeppelin.