Buckminster Fuller on US stamps

Madera: the soul of wood, nobly expressed

Madera crafts the very essence of wood through the ingenious process of precomposed veneering, resulting in surfaces of captivating visual harmony and inherent sustainability. From flawlessly coordinated color palettes to intricate inlays that whisper stories, each door stands as a genuine tribute to the natural world.

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Engineer, architect and one of the most ingenious and eclectic inventors of the 20th century, Richard Buckminster Fuller is remembered as the creator of Dymaxion House, low-cost, light housing that exploited a number of tie beams hooked onto a central column with a geodesic dome, patented in 1954. This lightweight, self-supporting structure could be enlarged as desired, starting from a single module. The latest tribute to him is being made by the US postal system, which has dedicated a stamp to this brilliant inventor.

Bucky is immortalised in the unusual portrait of him produced by Boris Artzybasheff for the cover of Time in 1964. 60 million copies of the 37-cent stamp have been printed and it was presented officially on 12 July. E.S.

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In Barcelona, a new tower made of colored glass

A project by GCA Architects uses AGC’s Planibel Coloured glass to to realize the Torre Colonial, a 21-story building that now becomes part of the city’s skyline.