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Dynamic Architecture - http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net
David Fisher presents his design for a rotating tower in Dubai. Between its independently rotating floors are wind turbines, generate electric energy for itself as well as for other buildings. Includes description, video and press articles. |
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Design Museum: Archigram / Architects (1961-1974) - http://www.designmuseum.org/design/archigram
Formed by a group of young London architects, Archigram magazine dominated the architectural avant garde in the 1960s with its playful, pop-inspired visions of a technocratic future. Exhibition at the Design Museum, London. |
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Symphonic House - http://symphonichouse.com
A resonant house built on a Lake Michigan beach as a joint experiment between David Hanawalt, architect, and Bill Close, sonic installation artist. Includes photographs and video with music. |
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Emergent - http://www.emergentarchitecture.com
Tom Wiscombe researches issues of globalism, technology, and materiality through built form. Projects and publications on experimental architecture of complex geometry, informed by contemporary models of biology and business. |
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Research Institute for Experimental Architecture - http://www.riea.ch/
A non-profit institution with the purpose of advancing experimentation and research in the field of architecture, based in Bern, Switzerland, and New York City, US. Biographies of Lebbeus Woods and Guy Lafranchi, news and publications. |
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Decodeine - http://www.decodeine.org
Margot Kasojevik presents dynamics, simulation and animation design processes in architecture. Includes animations. |
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Pouchulu Architects - http://www.pouchulu.com/
Argentinian architect and academic Patricio Pouchulu displays his portfolio of futuristic designs, including those for major competitions. |
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Architects Design in Cyberspace - http://members.tripod.com/wwwandia/art/100.html
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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Zomes Concept - http://www.zomes-concept.com/
Creating homes from a harmonious family of geometric forms. Includes definitions, symbolism, images, and construction. |
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Archi Libre - http://archilibre.org/
Takes a look at vernacular and self-educated strands in architecture. Materials and techniques, fantastic architecture, domes, and zomes. [French, English, Spanish] |
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Diaphan Architectural - http://www.diaphanarch.ch
Sabine von Fischer explores space in material and thought, in the form of drawings and texts – from concept and criticism to construction. Projects focus on sensorial and invisible boundaries such as "sonic barriers", and on completely collapsed objects in the "event horizon" series. |
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The Translucent House - http://arquitectes.coac.net/lacasatranslucida/
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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Curvilinear Surfaces - http://www.curvedsurfaces.com
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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The Steel Research House - http://www.foursteelwalls.co.uk
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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Electronic Democracy Spaces - http://www.dixtio.net
University diploma project on two parallel networks (physical and digital) that host and encourage political participation. Dimitris Papadopoulos and Iannis Orfanos. |