Compression and Tension are good; Torque's a Killer

Plato, Fuller and the three little pigs   (continued)

The "Needle Tower" , an outdoor sculpture by Kenneth Snelson at the Hirshorn Gallery of the Smithsonican Museum in Washington, D.C.

Photographs by Chris Rywalt and taken from "Chris Rywalt's Synergetics Photo Page".

Buckminster Fuller's inspiration: structures without torque