Inspirational Design Examples

• Nina Maritz's Habitat Research & Development Centre in Windhoek, Namibia.  Case study explains how the building takes plentiful scraps to create a beautiful, sustainable building for an arid region.  ArchitectureWeek article features strong images.
• Samuel Mockbee started the Rural Studio to give poor Alabama people hope through artistic buildings.

Intentional Communities

• Fellowship of Intentional Communities - includes searchable directory, Resources > Reference Articles
• The Cohousing Association of the United States
• Canadian Cohousing Network
• Cohousing-L Listserv of Cohousing information.  Search for real quotes from real people
• Graham Melzer's Cohousing Case Studies shows how to present a set of communities in a consistent way - emphasis on social aspects of environments

Green Cities

• Sustainable Communities Network - includes case studies, Creating Community (how-to), Smart Growth Principles, and sustainable topics such as Agriculture.
• Partners for Livable Places

Earthships

• Paula Kinzer's Bend Oregon Earthship (65180 76th St.)
• Michael Reynold as Garbage Warrior- well-produced 3 minute trailer clip expresses his vision.

Green Design References

• BuildingGreen.com (via UO login for full access) by the publishers of Environmental Building News includes informative articles with detailed LEED point coverage.
• Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Design Construction & Operations,1996 (1.3mb .pdf file) by Public Technology and USGBC introduces critical issues such as economics, pre-design, siting, building design
• The Living Building Challenge by Cascadia Green Building Council - a vision for going beyond LEED Gold

Graphic Tips

• Nancy's occasional archgraphics blog shows how to improve photos & create a multi-page PDF file