Pilkington

Glass! :)
http://www.pilkington.com/

Environmental Products

Construction resources is Britain's first ecological builders merchants which supply state of the art building products and systems for sustainable design solutions.
http://www.constructionresources.com/

RIBA Product Selector

This website lists companies which manufacture, supply and design products related to the construction industry classified under subject listings. It also has a key to identify if the website of the company involved has catalogues, technical documents, keyfiles, NBS links etc.
http://www.ribaproductselector.com/

Emaar

Emaar is another of Dubai's large scale developers with many residential projects already complete. It is also constructing Burj Dubai which will become the worlds tallest building, over 800m, when finished. Its form was inspired from the harmonious structure of a local flower, the quality of the structure is shown through the worlds most sought after designers using the finest concrete and steel complementing the luxurious interior materials and finishes. At the base of the tower there is a development of the worlds largest shopping mall which will occupy 12.1 million sq ft and house 1,200 shops.
http://www.emaar.com/
http://www.downtownliving.ae/
http://www.burjdubai.com/

Nakheel

Nakheel is one of Dubai's largest developers which has transformed the fabric of the city with numerous superscale landmarks, they have already added 1,500km of the beachfronts' coastline. They are responsible for famous projects such as the world, the palm islands, jumeirah developments and many more. These projects, most of which are complete, were only conceptual visions in 2001.
http://www.nakheel.com/

SuDoku

Found this which is quite funny.
http://www.spilsbury.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=30001&storeId=10001&productId=21610&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=11111&categoryId=11111&ref=perf&itemNo=2&totalNo=19

DesignBoom

I came across this website a few years ago, it mainly concentrates on industrial and product design competitions. Participants from around the world submit 3 images of their designs on a specific category, and it is then judged by a panel of architects and designers. The prize for each competition ranges between 1000-5000 euros. If you go to the competition section and look under the results for each of the competitions you can find the archives of all previous entries, very interesting. Another section on the site has informal interviews with around 100 top architects and designers which is also very interesting as it breaks away from the commonly asked questions in interviews and reveals their real personalities.
http://www.designboom.com

Hassan Fathy

Here is an online link to Hassan Fathy's book 'Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture'. It covers topics concerning architecture in hot and arid climates and has examples of how to utilize natural energy sources in vernacular architecture.
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80a01e/80A01E00.htm

There is also another site with an online digital library which contains a biography, images, plans, sections, elevations and pdf reports on his works.
http://archnet.org/library/parties/one-party.tcl?party_id=1

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I havent had time to post recently but i will be up and running by next week.
Khalid.