concrete made of sandstone

http://www.next100.com/2010/11/sandstone-highway.php

suburban organic farming communities

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-farm-communities-20101129,0,5049879.story

Dan Phillips TED talk on recycled home building

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_phillips_creative_houses_from_reclaimed_stuff.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-11-30

the Dionysian view, too

Seattle pyramid skyscraper apartment, from NY Times

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/10/20/garden/21WHOss-2.html

thong-burqa continuum

http://www.thehumanist.org/humanist/10_sept_oct/Voss.html

Art and Mystery in a Public Space | Planetizen

Art and Mystery in a Public Space | Planetizen

Baghdad gardens article

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/world/middleeast/01baghdad.html