Design

In Quebec, Buckminster Fuller's Domed Dreams Live On

A show in Montreal focuses on the province’s forgotten history with the geodesic dome leading up to Expo 67.
Buckminster Fuller's Biosphere as it appeared during Montreal's Expo 67. Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary

Around the world, if you’re talking about geodesic domes, you’re talking about Buckminster Fuller. But in Quebec, that conversation should also include Jeffrey Lindsay.

A new show at the University of Quebec at Montreal’s Center of Design dives into the province’s history with the distinctly postwar architectural form and centers it around the Montrealer who founded and directed the Fuller Research Foundation Canadian Division.