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Arkitekter utan gränser, Sveriges nystartade gren av arkitekternas världssamvete.

Muungano, nätverk av ingenjörer, filosofer, ekonomer, designers och arkitekter som undersöker design som en social och estetisk verksamhet.

Byggbrigaden, alla-kan-bygga-rörelse för unga och gamla amatörer.

Läsförslag

Christopher Alexander: Pattern Language, Oxford University Press, 1977

Henri Lefebvre: The Production of Space, Basil Blackwell 1974

Peter Lundevall: Stockholm - den planerade staden, Carlssons 2006

Ragnar Uppman: I arkitektens öga, Carlssons 2006

Ingrid Sommar: Funkis, Bokförlaget Forum 2006

Lars Mikael Raattamaa: Politiskt Våld, Modernista 2003

Architecture For Humanity: Design like you give a damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises, Metropolis Books, 2006

Alex Steffen (red), Al Gore (förord), Bruce Sterling (introduktion) m fl: Worldchanging, Harry N. Abrams, Inc 2006

Claes Caldenby och Fredik Nilsson: Om arkitektur, Arkus 2005
20 december 2006

Rotation i Dubai

Ett roterande 30-våningars bostadstorn ligger i härnäst i pipelinen i de skenbara underverkens Dubai. Byggnaden skall rotera med 5mm i periferihastighet per sekund, vilket ger en rotation på 360 grader över en sjudagarsperiod. Unikt är att rotationen skall drivas helt med solenergi.

Dubai Property Rings talesman säger:
"We didn't want to build just another building or tower, we wanted to create something unique - a precious place to live - a genuine contender to be one of the great buildings in the world,"
Ja, det är lite det Dubai går ut på.

Men efter Dubai väntar en ännu storslagnare plan för investeringsbolaget UK Property Group som står bakom Dubai Property Ring. Planen är att uppföra ytterligare 23 likadana roterande ton, ett i varje tidszon.

Tornet har ritats av brittiska kontoret, Glenn Howells Architects och Palmer & Turner, som gjort stadsplanen för City of Arabia i Dubai. Ansvarig ingenjör är Nick Cooper, på Bennett Associates, det brittiska kontor som designade borrmaskinen som borrade kanaltunneln under Engelska Kanalen.

(Via Gulfnews)

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At 01 oktober, 2007 14:49, Anonymous Anonym säger:

Dubai properties and real estate
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