| Arcosanti - An experimental town in the desert of Arizona, built to embody Paolo Soleri's concept of arcology - the fusion of architecture with ecology. Theory, worksops, events, images, visitor information.
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| Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts - Atelier de Recherche - Multi-disciplinary space for research and creation aiming to face the city's problems and to define appropriate solutions. News, projects, guests and tutors.
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| Curvilinear Surfaces - Aleksandra Kasuba explains how to install curved fabric structures (under tension) in environmental and architectural projects. Examples of her installations. Biography, bibliography.
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| Copenhagen Substitute - An interactive tour of Utopian designs by various architects. Devised by Dellbruegge and de Molls, it formed part of the exhibition "models of resistance" in Copenhagen May/June 2000.
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| Just-In-Time Infrastructure Prototype - Igor Kebelour presents a concept of domestic, working, public and mobile institutions merged into one. Includes model, analysis and discussion.
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| Corrugated Construction - Architecture students at the Auburn University Rural Studio are designing and building what may be the first house out of bales of waste waxed corrugated board, commonly known as cardboard.
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| Kunsthaus Graz - London architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier explain their "friendly alien" design for a new exhibition hall in Austria. Plan, computer models, construction schedule.
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| Architects Design in Cyberspace - Illustrated article by Alfredo Andia and Claudia Busch on the designs by New York based architectural firm Asymptote on a virtual New York Stock Exchange.
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| Modular Dwellings - Mobile, low cost and functional - a new species of pre-fabricated structures designed by Edgar Blazona.
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| Tent Design - Russian architect Anvar Khairoylline enthuses about the possibilities of tent structures. His profile, illustrated summary of his thesis and examples of projects using the principles of tent construction.
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| Boase - The winning project of the competition "The Future Home", promoted by the Danish Building Research Institute. The novel settlement will be built as an experiment.
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| The Translucent House - A prototype by Alfons Soldevila. Photograph parades show the building process from design to finish, and other buildings using translucence. A detailed description and theoretical background.
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| Architecture and Planning Studio, University of the West of England - Innovatory technologies, notably 'glued brickwork' and panels of compressed straw bales, turn a campus building into a teaching resource.
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| A Rook-House for Bobby Fischer - The former world chess champion expressed a desire for a rook-shaped house. This is a design for such a house. Plans and 3D computer reconstructions.
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| The Steel Research House - An experiment in modern house design using light steel framing at the University of Nottingham, UK. Context, project outline and progress. Feedback form for comments.
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| Zomes Concept - Creating homes from a harmonious family of geometric forms. Includes definitions, symbolism, images, and construction.
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| The Futuro House - Finnish architect Matti Suuronen designed this UFO shaped dwelling in 1968, initially for use as a ski-cabin or holiday home. Desxcription, photographs and QuickTime movie clips.
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| Live Architecture Festival October 2004 - Over 4 days in Paris designers, architects, artists, and landscape planners will share architectural experiments with the public. Descriptions, goals and participants.
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| Pouchulu - The former head of the Munich Experimental Design Unit, Argentinian architect Patricio Pouchulu, displays his portfolio of futuristic designs, including those for major competitions.
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| Civil Engineering Magazine: Great Hall - Malcolm Turpin describes the distinctive new City Hall, London, shaped like a great tilted egg, which is also a model of energy-efficient design.
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| The Machine Age - A housing project at Lille. Yung-Yin Yen of Atelier Pochoy explains the concept of transforming traditional terraced housing into habitable cargo containers, customised and transportable.
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| Archi Libre - Takes a look at vernacular and self-educated strands in architecture. Materials and techniques, fantastic architecture, domes, and zomes.
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