The browser.An excellent portal to world architectural sites is based in Dublin; a quick guide to the architecture of Asia. Archiseek: Architecture Directory http://www.archiseek.com Archiseek is an excellent website: up-to-date, regularly maintained and more comprehensive in its links than any other architectural portal we have investigated so far. Based in Dublin, and with an understandable slight Irish bias, the site is mainly a directory to others in the English speaking world. But it also has some primary information (for instance it covers current international competitions, which are very well described). Among other headings are, of course, architects and practices: a wide-ranging directory of sites, mostly in the northern hemisphere, with all the usual suspects and more. The 'past masters' section includes, confusingly, Norman Foster and Sverre Fehn Sverre Fehn (born August 14 1924) is a Norwegian architect. Fehn was born in Kongsberg, Buskerud. He received his architectural education shortly after World War II in Oslo, and quickly became the leading Norwegian architect of his generation. as well as Wright and Lissitzky, but the living 'past masters' are featured as Pritzker prize-winners and Foster at least crops up in several other places. The 'history' section is amazingly eclectic and numerous, with entries as disparate as Gehry's Bilbao Guggenheim, Castles of Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. , and the Islamic Architecture of Isphahan. A related section is a directory to electronic town and city guides: nothing like it is to be found elsewhere, with addresses of sites as different as those of Burnham's Chicago plan and Portmeirion by Clough n. 1. A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. 2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. 1. (Com.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff. Williams Ellis. Archiseek's architectural associations and organizations list is certainly worth consulting, as is its guide to publications, both electronic and on paper. There are useful sections on photography (photographers, libraries, agencies), computers (people who can help architects get on to the web and so on). The 'education' department is a bizarre mix of directions to educational buildings (not only those for architecture, but any other subject as well), and links to architectural school sites. Notice boards and other inter-user areas clearly work, but could be imaginatively expanded. Clearly, the site is refreshed re·fresh v. re·freshed, re·fresh·ing, re·fresh·es v.tr. 1. To revive with or as if with rest, food, or drink; give new vigor or spirit to. 2. thoughtfully and regularly. Of course, it is quirky quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. and neither totally objective nor comprehensive. So is any publication, electronic or conventional. Go to the site, encourage its organizers, and ask for more. Architecture Asia www.architectureasia.com Architecture Asia is an ambitious attempt to provide an electronic overview (in English) of architects, landscape architects, schools, products, builders, books and magazines for the whole of 'Asia', ranging from Australia and Bangladesh to Tibet and Vietnam. Central Asia is not covered not covered Health care adjective Referring to a procedure, test or other health service to which a policy holder or insurance beneficiary is not entitled under the terms of the policy or payment system–eg, Medicare. Cf Covered. . Sites can be looked up by country or by name. As yet there are no architects', builders' or product entries from for instance Tibet and Bangladesh, but as you would expect, the lists for Japan, Singapore, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and Korea are long and (in the case of products) detailed and thorough. Educational enquiries tend to direct the browser to particular national sites, from which (usually) individual university and foundation sites can be referenced. Architecture Asia carries continent-wide coverage of news items on buildings, contracts and opportunities. An intriguing in·trigue n. 1. a. A secret or underhand scheme; a plot. b. The practice of or involvement in such schemes. 2. A clandestine love affair. v. area is 'miscellaneous' which gives access to sites like 'Chinese Astrology astrology, form of divination based on the theory that the movements of the celestial bodies—the stars, the planets, the sun, and the moon—influence human affairs and determine the course of events. and Feng Shui' and 'Mirrors, the Aspirin of Feng Shui'. The site is clearly refreshed regularly, and it is worth a visit for all Asian questions, but as usual with such a portal, the information you get out is only as good as what a very diverse scatter scat·ter v. 1. To cause to separate and go in different directions. 2. To separate and go in different directions; disperse. 3. To deflect radiation or particles. n. of sources chooses to put in. |
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