Helpful Links for Students


School of Architecture & Built Environment	www.newcastle.edu.au/school/architecture-built-environ/index.html
a5 Homepage	www.a5.org.au
NCC Newcastle City Council	www.ncc.nsw.gov.au
NSW Government, Dept. for Planning	www.planning.nsw.gov.au

Newcastle City Council
City Snapshot from the NCC Community Plan	www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/services/community/social/pdfs/inner_city.pdf
Policies and Strategic Plans	www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/council/plans/research/floorspace.cfm
Civic and Cultural Precinct master plan	www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/majorprojects/ccp/index.cfm
NCC Environmental Initiatives	www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/services/environment/index.cfm
NCC DCP Development Control Plan 2005	www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/council/plans/development/ndcp2005.cfm
Newcastle Urban Strategy	www.ncc.nsw.gov.au/council/plans/future/urban.cfm

Research
Space Laboratory for Architectural Research and Design	www.slab.com.au
Centre for Interdisciplinary Built Environment Research	www.ciber.org.au
Ning's site	www.design-ning.net
The Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment, Uni Newcastle	www.newcastle.edu.au/centre/tfi/
Australian Architecture Association	www.architecture.org.au
RAIA Royal Australian Institute of Architects	www.architecture.com.au
SONA Student Organised Network for Architecture	www.sona.com.au

Online Communities
News, Reviews, Community, Blogs, Jobs	www.archinect.com
News & Reviews	www.arcspace.com
BBC World News	www.bbcworld.com
Community	www.pushpullbar.com
Online Magazine	www.architectureweek.com
News	www.worldarchitecturenews.com
The Worldwatch Institute - Sustainability	www.worldwatch.org
Worldwide Metropolitan Governance Issues	www.citymayors.com
Architects for Peace	www.architectsforpeace.org

Digital Architecture
Kas Oosterhuis ONL	www.osterhuis.nl
Lars Spuybraek NOX	www.noxarch.nl
Mark Goulthorpe dECOi	www.decoi.org
Hani Rashid ASYMPTOTE	www.asymptote.com
Greg Lynn FORM	www.glform.com
Neil Denari	www.nmda-inc.com
Mark Burry SIAL @ RMIT	www.sial.rmit.edu.au
Cecil Balmond, NLSO	www.arup.com
Zaha Hadid	www.zaha-hadid.com
Peter Wilson & Julia Bolles	www.bolles-wilson.com
MVRDV	www.mvrdv.nl
UN Studio Ben van Berkel	www.unstudio.com
Kazuyo Sejima SANAA	www.sanaa.co.jp
Foreign Office Architects FOA	www.f-o-a.net
Jakob + Macfarlane	www.jakobmacfarlane.com
Bollinger + Grohmann	www.bollinger-grohmann.de

Other Resources
Bureau of Meteorology; source for climate data	www.bom.gov.au
Building Code of Australia Online Student link	www.newcastle.edu.au/service/library/database/bca.html
BASIX Assessment Tool	www.sustainability.nsw.gov.au/information/index.jsp
Timber Building in Australia	www.oak.arch.utas.edu.au
Tasmanian Timber	www.tastimber.tas.gov.au/
Great Buildings Online	www.greatbuildings.com/gbc/buildings.html
Sustainable Building Products	www.ecospecifier.org
National Timber Industry website	www.timber.org.au
ArchiCAD resources & Community	www.graphisoft.com
Free Image Libraries	www.freefoto.com
BBC Image Library	www.bbcresearchcentral.com
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA)	www.nrel.gov
Free textures for ArchiCAD	www.mayang.com/textures
Free textures for ArchiCAD	www.stormvision.net/index.cfm/act/free_textures
Free objects for ArchiCAD	www.archicado.free.fr
Second hand books	www.abebooks.com

Commentary
Writings on Architecture	www.hughpearman.com
Commentary on a range of social issues	www.monbiot.com
Commentary on Urban Poverty Issues	www.squattercity.blogspot.com

Magazines
Architecture Australia and sister Publications	www.archmedia.com.au
Architectural Record Online	www.archrecord.com/default.asp
Japan Architect Magazine	www.japan-architect.co.jp
Domus Italian Architecture & Design Magazine	www.domusweb.it
Australian Architectural Publication	www.umemagazine.com
El Croquis, Spanish Architectural Magazine	www.elcroquis.es
The Architectural Review	www.arplus.com
Architecture + Urbanism	www.japan-architect.co.jp/english/2maga/au/au_frame.html
Rudi Resource for Urban Design	www.rudi.net

Podcasts
By Design, Radio National weekly podcast	www.abc.net.au/rn/bydesign/default.htm
BBC Radio 3 Architecture Show	www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/architecture/index.shtml
The Science Show, Radio National weekly podcast	www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/default.htm
The Architects weekly RRR radio program, streamed on the net	www.rrr.org.au/onair.php?pid=78
Interviews with Great Architects	www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/professions/architects.shtml

Online News
The Sydney Morning Herald	www.smh.com.au
The BBC Online	www.bbc.co.uk
Guardian Unlimited	www.guardian.co.uk
New York Times	www.nytimes.com
Listing of Online Newspapers from around the world	www.world-newspapers.com

Urban Design
	www.undp.org
	www.unhsp.org/programmes/ump
	www.unchs.org/programmes/guo/default.asp
	www.worldbank.org/wbi/urban
	www.unchs.org
	www.unhabitat.org
	www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/
	www.sustainabledevelopment.org/blp
	www.citynet-ap.org/

This list was compiled with the help of student Ben Egan, Nov. 2006.