Interview with Shoji Sadao

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Interviewee	Sadao, Shoji
Interviewer	Schnapp, Jeffrey T. (Jeffrey Thompson), 1954-

Subject	Architecture > United States > History > 20th century
Subject	Sadao, Shoji
Subject	Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983
Genre	Interview

Biographical note	Currently Executive Director of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation, Inc., architect Shoji Sadao collaborated with both R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi on many important projects. Sadao met Fuller while studying architecture at Cornell University. In 1965 they formed Fuller and Sadao, P.C., whose first project was the large geodesic dome for the U.S. Pavilion at EXPO 67 in Montreal. Fuller introduced Sadao to sculptor Isamu Noguchi and the pair worked on garden and landscape projects in the 1960s. In 1971 they formed Noguchi Fountain and Plaza, Inc., which completed the sculptor's Philip A. Hart Plaza and Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain in Detroit.
Source ID	M1915_b1_05
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/ps279dw9755
Collection call number	M1915
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