Resources: Green Building, Natural Building, Urban Retrofitting, Urban Planning and Designing Public Spaces.

Architecture, Planning, Development, Eco Design

Eco City Builders is non-profit organization dedicated to reshaping cities for the long-term health of human and natural systems.
www.ecocitybuilders.org/

New Urbanism Creating livable sustainable communties: also featuring 10 solutions to the peak oil and global warming twin crises.
http://www.newurbanism.org/index.html

Archipelo - professional architects specialising in ecological design and consultancy

BSHF - Building and Social Housing Foundation
Chartered architects practice and environmental design consultants committed to sustainable design.

Eco Arc
Spiritual and Sustainable Habitats.

Aberdeenshire Sustainability Research Trust is a steering group responsible for a practical demonstration project on environment friendly housing layouts.
Aberdeenshire Sustainability Research Trust

A directory of eco professionals and links to information for the sustainable development, eco-village, eco building, healthy home and environmental health communities.
EcoABC.com

UK Environmental Directory
Greenfase

Connects ecology, sociology, creativity and spirituality in different languages.
Holon Network

Practical Action aims to demonstrate and advocate the sustainable use of technology to reduce poverty in developing countries.
Intermediate Technology Development GroupInternational Institute for Sustainable


Books


The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American Dream by Peter Calthorpe, Peter. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.1993.

Superbia: 31 Ways to Create Sustainable Neighbourhoods by Dan Chiras and Dave Wann Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers.2003

The Creative City : A Toolkit for Urban Innovators by Landry, Charles. 2000. London: Earthscan Publications.

Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities by Christian, Diana Leafe. Gabriola Island, New Society Publishers. 2003

Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck. New York: North Point Press. 2000

The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America’s Man-Made Landscape. by James Howard Kuntsler. New York: Simon & Schuster. 1993

Ecocities: Building Cities in Balance with Nature. Register, Richard. Berkeley: Berkeley Hills Books. 2002. (http://www.berkeleyhills.com/)

Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes (CPULs): Designing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities. by Andre Viljoen, Katrin Bohn and Joe Howe. Oxford: Architechtural Press. 2005

(Taken from Cascadia Permaculture)

A Better Place to Live. Corbet, Michael. Rodale, 1981; “NewDesigns for Tomorrows Communities,” the planning behind Village Homes, lots of ties to Ebenezer Howard’s Garden Cities movement from earlier in this century.

Bioshelters, Ocean Arks, and City Farming. Jack and Nancy Todd

Build It With Bales. Myhrman & Mac Donald Out on Bale,1997

The Cob Builders Handbook. Becky Bee Groundworks PO Box14194, Portland, Or. 97293

Earth Building & The Cob Revival, and The Cobbler’s Companion. Ianto Evans, Michael Smith. PO Box 123 Cottage Grove, Or 97424

Handbook: Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Building. John Reynolds

The Hand-Sculpted House. Ianto Evans, Linda Smiley, Michael Smith. Philosophy and practice of building with cob; highly recommended!

The Natural House Book. David Pearson Fireside Books Simonand Schuster,1989

The Owner-Built Home. Ken Kern. Scribner’s, 1972. A classic on innovative design and techniques for building your own house.Any of Kern’s books (Owner-Built Homestead, Pole-Frame House) is well worth finding.

A Straw Bale Primer. S.O. MacDonald How to Build w/ great illustrations

How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand strategy for constructing adaptive buildings: design, materials,budgeting to allow for continuous adjustment and maintenance.


And More..

AIA, Sustainable Design Resource Guide - USA
Architectural green solar network - Germany
Architecture Planning & Landscape Info. Gateway Sapling - UK
Architecture Web Resources - USA
ArchNet Islamic Architecture Community
ARCOSANTI a Prototype Arcology
Atlas on architecture of the future
Buckminster Fuller Virtual Institute
CalEarth - Earth Art and Architecture
City Farmer Community Gardens
Contemporary furniture design and sustainability in Canada
Creating an Environmentally Friendly Office - Canada
Creative Tools and Media for Spatial Design (Artifice, Inc.) - USA
Designing for Sustainability - The Green WebGuide
Design of Light Space, Architecture of Silence - NL
Design outlaws - ecological design
Dismantling the cities - Cities taking the lead
Earthship Architecture - comfortable temperatures in any climate
Eco Architecture - Archoo Links
Eco-Compass - Land Use, Planning, and Environmental Design
Eco-Design Links collected by Modern World Design
Eco-Design Reference - Independent Designers Network
EcoDesign Resource Society - Canada
Ecodesign The basic principles of eco-design - UK
Eco-Indicator Tool for designers (ECO- it)
Ecological design center - USA
Ecological Design The Unstoppable Wave - USA
Ecological Engineering and Sustainable Strategies
Ecological Sustainable Design in the Built Environment
Ecoprojects holistic ecologically sustainable homes - New Zealand
Ecotecture Journal of Ecological Design
EcoTopia - A design strategy for the new millennium
Environmental Building Design, Sustainable Architecture
Environmental Design Library
Environmental Sustainable Architecture
Environmentally Responsible Design (Brown University) - USA
Environment Design Guide (RAIA) - Australia
Fibonacci Numbers, the Golden section and the Golden String
Fibonacci Spirals Phi Formula Geometry
Free Life Cycle Assessment on the Internet - USA
Green Architecture Checklist - Residential Buildings
Green Architecture and Sustainable Living Websites
Green Cities: a Guide for Sustainable Community Development
Green Design & Building EcoIQ.com - USA
Green Design Sustainable Architecture Resources
Greener Design, Building & Architecture - UK
Greener by Design - Green Building
Holistic design for architects, builders and planners - New Zealand
Image Database - Architecture Visual Resources Library
Index UK for architects and the construction industry (Abacus)
ING-bank Architecture (Architects A. Alberts and M. van Huut)
International Ecological Engineering Society
Lizuna-house - Case Study - Japan
Threshold 21 Integrated Computer Develop...(Millennium Institute)
Map to Online Green Design Brown University - USA
Nature-friendly Experimental House - New Zealand
Ocean Arks International, ecological water purification
02 Global network for sustainable design
Palladio the Proportions of Rooms
Palladio's Italian Villas and Secrets
Planning for Community Redevelopment
Permaculture Design Principles, Observation Natural Patterns
Pythagoras Music and Space
Residential Environmental Design and Sustainable Architecture
Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI)
Royal Institute of British Architects - Architecture Links
Sun Angle - Calculations for Sustainable Design
Sustainability The Bruntland Report (1987) and more...
Sustainable Architecture, Building and Culture - USA
Sustainable Architecture and Building Design (SABD)
Sustainable Architecture - Eco Design and Landscaping
Sustainable Architecture, Planning (Broadway Architects) - Canada
Sustainable Architecture, Sustainable Buildings, Reuse... - USA
Sustainable Community Design Resources and Links - Canada
Sustainable Design - DOE Complex-Wide Program - USA
Sustainable Design and Development Resources
Sustainable Green architect.org
Sustainable Urban Design and Climate - Australia
Sustainable urban development in Europe (List of Cases)
Synergy International - Global energy and environmental design
The Ahwahnee Principles - USA
The Architects' Chicago Declaration
The Centre for Sustainable Design
The Design Society - a worldwide community
The EcoDesign Foundation - Sustainments Research and Education
The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
The Hannover Principles (WM+P)
The Holistic Architecture Net
The Journal of Sustainable Product Design
The 'Phi-Nest' Source to the golden section and divine proportion
The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center - Cyburbia
The Urban Planning Portal (Cyburbia) - USA
The Virtual Study Tour - In Memory of Architecture - New Zealand
Thoreau Center for Sustainability
Vitruvius (Cesare Cesariano, Como 1521)
Web Links Related to Islamic Architecture


Building, Housing, Urban Development

Agenda Construccio' Sostenible (in Spanish) Spain
A Global Overview of Renewable Energy Sources (AGORES)
Alternative Energy Information (Tom Elliots Example House) - USA
Association for Environmentally Conscious Building
Austin Sustainable Building Coalition - USA
Australian Building Greenhouse Rating
Autonomus & Sustainable Housing Alberta's Eco Home - Canada
Best Practices Database (UN-Habitat)
Best Practices & Local Leadership Programme (UN-Habitat)
Building Energy Efficiency Related Sites - Hong Kong
Building Envelopes and Environmental Systems
BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT LINKS (RMIT)
Building Environmental Science & Technology (B.E.S.T.) - USA
BuildingGreen.com Environmental Building Topics - USA
Building Materials, Construction Tools and Products - USA
Building Today for Tomorrow Green Home Building - USA
Center for Construction & Environment (Powell) - USA
Cool Roofing Materials Data Base - USA
Danish Building Reasearch Institute - Denmark
Dismantling the cities - Cities taking the lead
Earthfuture The Solutions Project - Canada
Earth House Info. on Earth Sheltered Homes & Materials - USA
Earthship Biotecture Sustainable Housing - USA
Earthsong Eco-Neighbourhood Eco-homes - New Zealand
Eco-city links (Waitakere City Council) - New Zealand
Eco-Home Network ecological housing sustainable development
Energy Crossroads Green Buildings
Energy and Environmental Issues in the Building Sector - Canada
Environmental Design + Construction (EDC) - USA
Environmentally Responsible Design (Brown University) - USA
European Cities & Regions Networking for New Transport Solutions
European Green Building Forum (EGBF)
European Network for Housing Research
ForestWorld The Sustainable Forest Products Resource - USA
Global Village The Institute for Appropriate Technology
Green Building Alliance Smart Solutions for Built Environment - USA
Green Building Concepts Tools to build ... Efficient Lifestyle - USA
Green Building Council - Korea
Green Building Council - USA
Green Building Resource Guide - Canada
Green Buildings - Smart Communities Network
GreenHOME Making Environmentally-Responsible Homes... - USA
High-tech Dome City in India - New Oroville
Institute for Environmental Living (Apeiron Institute) - USA
International Initiative for Sustainable Built Environment
Life Cycle Assessment on the Internet - USA
Life Cycle Assessment (SimaPro) - Australia
Livable Cities for the 21st Century (The Priorities Institute) - USA
Minimising Construction Waste (on SITE) - Australia
Natural Building Resources - Strawbale Central
Nature-friendly Experimental House - New Zealand
Northwest EcoBuilding Guild - USA
Oikos Green Building Source, Green Building Materials
Rammed Earth Construction - New Zealand
Rammed Earth Homes by Green Earth Builders - USA
RICSonline - Information & services for surveying profession - UK
Seabird Sustainable Community Project (Broadway Arch.) - Canada
Sustainable Building Resource - Italy
Sustainable Building Sourcebook
Sustainable Building Sources
Sustainable construction CIB projects - Finland
Sustainable Development (Sumerset Trust) - UK
Sustainable Development The World Wide Virtual Library
Sustainable Homes Promoting Sustainable Action in Housing - UK
Sustainable Building Sources and Links
Sustainable Urban Housing in China Resources (MIT)
Technical Components Guide to the BioHome
The Duckpond Building our own Mudbrick Home - Australia
The Energy & Environmental Building Association - USA
The Eurocities Urban Information Database
The International Network for Urban Development
The New Earthbuilding.com
The Twin Cities Green Guide COMMUNITY Eco-Villages - USA
Urban Ecology Australia
Urban Environmental Management LINKS
West Stevenage New Urban Villages - UK
Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG) - USA
World Green Building Council