Transcription: From the 1920s to the 1970s, architects tried thousands of inventive technologies to create an affordable house. Geodesic domes, concrete tinker toy systems, and plywood panelization, just to name a few. The history books are filled with abandoned technologies of all sorts. What Donald McDonald has done is what Buckminster Fuller didn't. He has developed a low-cost house using conventional technology. The secret? Miniaturization. The lesson to be learned here is that the capital cost to develop new technologies and train a labor force is simply too great. By using conventional building techniq ...
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