A scale model of his idea is now an exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich. Clearly, Fuller was on to something. Fast forward 80 years and that something is the "green building."
Technically, these edifices conform to a set of environmental design and performance guidelines established by the U.S. Green Building Council, and they come in various shades of green as arrived at by the council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. What they all have in common is an astonishingly low impact on the environment.