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The '''Workshop for Non-Linear Architecture''' ('''WNLA''') was the group name which was given to a group of experimental artists and [[Psychogeography|Psychogeographers]]. The group was active in parts of [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] (sections that existed in bothand [[Glasgow]] and [[London]]) during the 1990s. Informed to a large degree by the urban practices of the [[Paris]]-based [[Lettriste Internationale]] (1952–1957), the workshop focused its practice on developing the [[Letterist]] theory of [[Unitary Urbanism]]. The development of the theory was done through physical research and behavioralbehavioural intervention.

The artist [[Ralph Rumney]] (1934-2002), who had known many of the original Parisian leaders, participated in one of the groups derived in London in 1995. He is credited with bringing the activities of the workshop to a wider audience. The workshop in question appears to have disbanded shortly after the release of the fourth and final issue of its journal ''Viscosity''. The journal is now infamous for having been selected by the [[K Foundation]] to announce their 23-year ban on all artistic practices.

British cultural commentator and activist Stewart Home became a champion of their unrestrained adventurism, including excerpts from the journal and an alluring taste of the type of works undertaken. These were present in a series of edited collections published by Serpent's Tail.