Residential Tuesday 2006.1205

Tue Dec 5 16:51:22 PST 2006

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Residential Tuesday brings you top housing news and analysis 
every week in this free email newsletter from the editors of 
ArchitectureWeek.

Interesting perspectives on urban/suburban development patterns,
standards, values, and impacts come together this week with rising
questions about housing affordability and how to improve it.

In the current UK housing policy debate, Richard Rogers, along 
with unveiling a new housing system, weighs in with an essay on 
the sustainability side:

	"The greatest danger is that the government might weaken its
	policy of giving priority to development on derelict
	brownfield sites. This sequential approach to land use is
	crucial to strengthening the social and economic vitality of
	the city and protecting the beauty of the countryside. ...

	"Good urban design is about paying attention to the spaces
	between buildings as well as the buildings themselves.
	Well-designed streets, parks, squares and pavements are the
	scene for the synthesis of urban life. If you make streets
	attractive to passersby, then you enhance quality of life
	and security: busy streets police themselves. Citizens
	should be able to enjoy well-designed public spaces at all
	scales, from small quiet gardens to squares, parks and
	countryside easily accessible on foot or public transport. ...

	"We must continue to choose a more sustainable urban form of
	development, which minimises car use and maximises access to
	local shops and services within walking or cycling distance
	- and provide good public transport to enable travel over
	longer distances."

- Lord Rogers in the Guardian Unlimited, 2006.1202
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1962170,00.html

Residential Design and Building News
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Six Hurt as House Explodes - San Luis Obispo Tribune, 2006.1204
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/state/16159770.htm

Zimbabwe: Student Designs Low-Cost House - All Africa, 2006.1204
http://allafrica.com/stories/200612041822.html

New Home Design Wins Top Award - Salisbury Journal, 2006.1204
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/journalnewsindex/display.var.1050854.0.new_home_design_wins_top_award.php

Residents Hold SmartCode Key - Gulfport Sun-Herald, 2006.1203
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/news/special_packages/renewal/long_beach/16152685.htm

Rogers Tries It the Ikea Way - The Times (London), 2006.1203
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-2484144,00.html

Designing Out Crime... - BBC News, 2006.1203
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/politics_show/6193304.stm

Illegal Immigrants Buying More Homes - The State (Seattle), 2006.1203
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/living/home/16151449.htm

Hurricane Victims Left without Relief - San Luis Obispo Tribune, 2006.1203
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/news/state/16154606.htm

Housing Summit Gets Big Turnout, Ideas for Solutions - Miami Herald, 2006.1203
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/16151710.htm

It Started with a Roof Deck - Boston Globe, 2006.1203
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2006/12/03/it_started_with_a_roof_deck/?p1=MEWell_Pos1

Survey Finds Shortage of Affordable Housing - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2006.1203
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/realestate/s_482012.html

How to Build Intelligent Suburbs - Guardian Unlimited, 2006.1202
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1962170,00.html

Big Apple's Housing Prices Leave a Sour Taste - Toronto Star, 2006.1202
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1164840610824&call_pageid=970599119419

Traditional Neighborhood Developments - Revitalization Online, 2006.1130
http://revitalizationonline.com/article.asp?id=1412

'Lofts' Picks Up Where 'Condos' Left Off - Michigan Live, 2006.1130
http://www.mlive.com/mbusinessreview/oak/index.ssf?/mbusinessreview/oak/stories/20061130_lofts.html

Designing Out Disability - 24Dash, 2006.1130
http://www.24dash.com/socialhousing/13708.htm

Better Homes Pledged in Shake-Up - BBC News, 2006.1129
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6157339.stm

Family Friendly Housing Is the Future for Cities - 24Dash, 2006.1129
http://www.24dash.com/socialhousing/13699.htm

The Suburbs Don't Have to Be Boring - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2006.1128
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/293797_architecture28.html

European Eclectic - LA Daily News, 2006.1124
http://www.dailynews.com/entertainment/ci_4716946

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     http://www.architectureweek.com/2006/1129/products_update.html

Classic Home 69 - Azuma House, by Tadao Ando
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2006/1129/classic_home.html

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