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Waiting on the Word with Malcolm Guite

Trinity Forum Conversations

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The Dream of a Factory House

Bucky Fuller came up with the idea for industrialized houses during World War II. He convinced an airplane company in Kansas to let him use their factory to build a prototype of the house he's been dreaming of for years. But nothing ever happens, right? The company does not go into mass production. Alex says there are a few reasons for this: Bucky was just kind of a pain to work with. Not a great guy to run a big company. These were weird-ass, round metal houses.

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