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A collection of interesting links with related topics:
English
Mother Earth News , "the original way of living wisely" as they say
Shelter Publications , famous!
Natural Building Network.org
CalEarth.org
Earthship.org
German
SanfteStrukturen.de , german site about organic structures and forms
Archadom.ch , swiss company dedicated to new space aesthetic, tipi, yurt and domes (geodesic- & bow-based)

Literally Natural Buildings

Sanftestrukturen.de , using alive willow tree to build dome like structure
Naturbauten.com , using alive trees and bushes in order to form buildings

Solid Yurts

Solid Yurts (courtesy of Oregon Yurtworks)

Yurtworks.com , wooden yurt formed houses (not tents)
Yurtworks.com.au , dito

Strawbale Houses

Austrian Strawbale Network (ASBN) (german), useful informations
German Strawbale Building Association (german & english), useful informations
Ontario Straw Bale Building Coalition , check "Resources" -> "Documents" with collection of PDFs
Nawaro: Nachwachsende Rohstoffe (german), detailed information on wool, hemp, straw, gypsum, etc.

Free & Natural Forms

Sean Sand: Papercrete House (see the report )

Peter Vetsch AG , swiss architect doing organic earth covered houses
Flying Concrete , "structural & sculptural forms in light weight concrete"
Green Home Building: Lightweight Concrete , part of a site about "natural building", very information also the rest of the site
Papercrete.com , shredded recycled paper with sand and cement: papercrete, see also Mother Earth News 2000/4: Paper Houses (Papercrete)
Padobe.com , another paper mixed into concrete

Thin Shell / Monolithic Domes

Monolithic Domes, Aguilar, Colorado

International Thin-Shell Association (ITSA) , organic forms as houses, with its photo gallery
Monolithic Dome Institute , with its bulletin board system (bbs)
MountainViewDome.com , very informative since it has a lot of photos and descriptions

Inflatable Shelters

Pneumocell Dome

Inflatable Tents
ASATI.com , large scale air domes
Pneumocell.com , austrian company providing cushion based inflatable shelters
LuftundLaune.ch , swiss company doing igloos and domes with inflatable cushions

Tensile Structures

BirdAir.com , tensile architecture

Communities
Communities with interests into temporary shelters:

Non Traditional Housing , Tribe.net online community

Book References

"Shelter", by Lloyd Khan , 1973, ISBN 0-936070-11-0
Mostly b/w, lot's photos & textual information for builders with sketches, last part of the book out of date
"Home Work, Handbuilt Shelter" by Lloyd Khan , 2004, ISBN 0-936070-33-1
Very inspirational, lot's of photos, few sketches

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