architecture

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related: le corbusier, frank lloyd wright


 * Architecture** is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings and other physical structures.

Recommended Listening
[|Change Makers: Richard Buckminster Fuller] - We explore the life and times of Richard Buckminster Fuller, the man behind the geodesic dome.

[|A very pointy future] - Future Tense looks at the future of skyscrapers. How high can they go? And what are the implications for those who choose to live in them?

[|The Conversation - Wiki House] - The wikipedia revolution is now changing the way we design and the cost of building. Now you can download plans available to everyone - you don’t need to be an architect or a builder to make it happen.

[|Duplitecture] - The best knock-offs in the world are in China and then there are entire knock-off cities. There are Venices with complete canals and replicas of the Doge’s Palace. A Paris with an Eiffel Tower and an Arc de Triomphe. In the suburbs of any Chinese city, there are endless examples of “duplitecture.”

[|Could open source architecture be the answer to housing affordability?] - Could better, and cheaper, houses be built if we all just shared our design and building knowledge?

Recommended Viewing
[|Sustainable Architecture]

Around the world
http://www.worldarchitecturefestival.com http://www.architecture.com.au http://colinbisset.com/2016/03/23/the-bland-leading-the-bland - @cdbisset

[|WikiHouse in New Zealand] https://wikihouse.cc

Flickr Groups
[|Frank Gehry's Architecture]

twitter
[|@worldarchfest] [|@cdbisset]

Buzzword Bingo

 * architecture** - [|birdshit architecture] - building - listen - open plan - people - scale

Headlines
[|15-casitas-sencillas-para-que-te-animes-a-construir-la-tuya]

Spotlight on Sustainable Sources
[|Sustainable Sources] [|Sustainable Sources Calendar] [|Green Building Professionals Directory] [|Green Real Estate] [|Sustainable Sources Bookstore] [|Green Building Solutions] [|A Sourcebook for Green and Sustainable Building] [|Green Events Calendar] [|International Strawbale Registry] [|Articles] [|Online Discussions] [|Outstanding Sites and Groups]

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gehry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Style_(architecture)

Castles
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201503240085

Straw http://thelaststraw.org

Quotes
[|Form follows function]. - Louis Sullivan

Look at that building. - Poi Dog Pondering

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