Record #:

11577

Author(s):

Jenkins, Jay

Abstract:

The Raleigh-based design firm, Synergetics, creates prototypes for lightweight structures. Working under contract with geodesic dome designer, Buckminister Fuller, the firm has designed buildings for the U.S. Marine Corps as well as the 1959, 1962, and 1964 World's Fairs. Owner, James W. Fitzgibbon, previously taught at the North Carolina State School of Design. Other members of the Synergetics team include Bill Ballenger, Dale Blosser, Jim Quinn, Levette Teague, Pete Barnwell, and T. C. Howard.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 32 Issue 2, June 1964, p9-10, por

Subject(s):

Architecture; Synergetics