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RUMI HOUSES: Earth turns to gold in the hands of the wise. – Rumi     L.A. Yoga Magazine

The Changing Role of Architects in Disaster Response: A Conversation with Nader Khalili     AIA Journal

LIFE AND TIMES     KCET transcript - www.dwellmag.com

Castles Made of Sand     Dwell Magazine - www.dwellmag.com

The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2004
goes to architect Nader Khalili/Cal-Earth
for "SANDBAG SHELTER PROTOTYPES"

The Spirit Behind the Aga Khan Awards    Washington Post - www.washingtonpost.com

Nader Khalili is featured in the award winning book:
Great Peacemakers: This book tells the inspiring true life stories of twenty great peacemakers from around the world.

Design Down-to-Earth Housing From the Mojave to Mars    Washington Post - www.washingtonpost.com

Architect battles to spread quake-safe adobe houses    Reuters Alertnet.org

Dirt-Cheap Houses from Elemental Materials     Architecture Week

'I can rebuild city with mud and barbed wire,' says architect     Independent.co.uk

MORE NEWS ARTICLES

State Department (English)
State Department (Farsi)   U.S. State Dept.

Space Friendly Architecture    Space.com

A Possible Solution to Emergency Shelter Construction    VOA news

Hamshahri     Hamshahri Newspaper

BBC Persian Online    (Farsi article)

Gimme Temporary Shelter    New York Times Magazine

SAFE HAVEN    ArchitectureMag.com

BUILDING STANDARDS
Focus on Alternative Building Materials

Housing Cure for Homeless?    San Bernadino Sun

Model "Eco-City" Could Soon Rise in Senegal    (Reuters)

Sandbag Homes May Be Shelter Breakthrough    (Reuters)

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

Dome, Sweet Dome: Inventor teaches world to build sturdy houses
Hesperia Star

Design: Bags of Potential
The Independent on Sunday - London, UK

Dome ImageLunar Colony Could Go Up Soon -- on Earth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The city fathers of a California town plan to build the world's first lunar colony, but they will skip the tricky part of going to the moon to do it.
DAILY PRESS
Khalili looks to Moon for "Superadobe" Huts.
BUILDING STANDARDS
Lunar and Terrestrial Building Technology
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES
Dirt Domes Designed for Emergency Housing    National Geographic

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