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VAULTED HOUSE

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

VAULTED HOUSE

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

VISITING

LIFE AND TIMES    KCET transcript
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PHOTO GALLERY

Castles Made of Sand    Dwell Magazine
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KHALILI'S MESSAGE

Cal-Earth's good news: The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2004 is given to "Sandbag Shelter Prototypes" (Superadobe) of architect Nader Khalili/Cal-Earth
See http://www.akdn.org/ for general information   
or go directly to "Sandbag Shelter Prototypes" for the Jury Citation, photos and video.

EMERGENCY SHELTER

The Spirit Behind the Aga Khan Awards    Washington Post
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ECO-DOME

Design Down-to-Earth Housing From the Mojave to Mars    Washington Post
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MORE NEWS ARTICLES

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

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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