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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]

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.

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.

Decodeine - http://www.decodeine.org
Margot Kasojevik presents dynamics, simulation and animation design processes in architecture. Includes animations.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Just-In-Time Infrastructure Prototype - http://www2.arnes.si/~sudikebe/jit/html/
Igor Kebelour presents a concept of domestic, working, public and mobile institutions merged into one. Includes model, analysis and discussion.

Pouchulu Architects - http://www.pouchulu.com/
Argentinian architect and academic Patricio Pouchulu displays his portfolio of futuristic designs, including those for major competitions.

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.

Tent Design - http://www.mi.ru/~anwar-da
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.

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.

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.

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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