Crystal House, Century of Progress Exposition

Chicago’s 1933-34 world’s fair was devoted to visions of the future, and especially to the role of technology in everyday life. George Keck’s “Crystal House” was one of several "laboratory houses that were designed not primarily to be different or tricky but to attempt seriously to determine whether better ideas and designs for living could be found.” Intended to be mass produced, Keck’s house was exhibited with Buckminster Fuller’s famous Dymaxion Car parked within, offering a compelling model of a new world soon to come.