Biosphere (Biosphère)
Formerly: American Pavilion - 1967 World's Fair Built: 1967 Designed by: Richard Buckminster Fuller Type: Museum Maximum Height: 200 feet / 61 meters Location: 160 chemin Tour-de-l'Isle, Montréal, Canada
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• Of course, this building is not a complete sphere. It is 75% of a sphere.
• The building was so revolutionary that it became the symbol of the 1967 World's Fair.
• 1968 - The U.S. government donates the building to the city of Montreal.
• 1976 - A fire damages the outer clear skin of the building, and it is closed to the public.
• 1995 - The building re-opens to the public as a science museum.

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