Through his extensive research, inventions and structural experiments, Buckminster Fuller created the term tensegrity to describe "self-tensioning structures composed of rigid structures and ...

In fall 1948, Snelson returned home to Oregon, where he enrolled in physics classes and created his first model based on what Fuller called "tensegrity," a fusion of the words "tension" and ...

In 1975 Buckminster Fuller first defined the term tensegrity, a portmanteau of "tensional integrity." It refers to structural systems that derive their stability from various elements acting ...

It’s a term that was coined by the architect Buckminster Fuller in the early 1960s–and it has a fascinating history. What Is Tensegrity, and Who Discovered It?

Tensegrity—a portmanteau of “tensional integrity”—is a structural principle that, according to Buckminster Fuller, who coined the term, calls for “continuous tension members and ...

Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983). The Triad: Twelve Degrees of Freedom; Six Part Push/Pull Tensegrity; and Geodesic Tensegrity Sphere, 90 Strut, Edition 5 of 10, 1980. Stainless steel rods and coated ...

Buckminster Fuller, designer of the geodesic dome, holds a geometric object that he calls tensegrity in 1983. (Suzanne Vlamis/AP) The dome also holds history.

Fuller immediately adopted the word “tensegrity,” though he never fully credited Snelson for the concept.

The inspiration comes from an unlikely source: architecture. In the 1960s, architect and engineer Buckminster Fuller introduced a theory called tensegrity, short for “tensional integrity.” ...