Residential Tuesday 2007.0206

Tue Feb 6 15:13:13 PST 2007

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Residential Tuesday brings you top housing news and analysis 
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ArchitectureWeek.  

	"Some victims of the severe storms that hit central Florida
	complained of delays and red tape Monday as they sought
	disaster aid, despite assurances from federal officials that
	the government had learned from its response to Hurricane
	Katrina.

	"David Paulison, chief of the Federal Emergency Management
	Agency, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist have said the agency
	was quick to respond to the three tornados that killed 20
	people and left hundreds homeless in an area north of
	Orlando. But scattered complaints drifted in from the more
	than 670 people who had registered for help.

	"Allan Smith, 77, spent an hour in a makeshift tent talking
	with state and federal agencies about how to rebuild his
	home. He emerged with few answers, except that a FEMA
	building inspector would survey the rubble within two weeks.
	Until then, there is little he can do but wait. ..."

	Victims of Florida Storms Complain of Delays - International Herald Tribune, 2007.0205
	 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/05/america/NA-GEN-US-Severe-Weather.php

Residential Design and Building News
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Housing Shortage to Worsen in Counties - Ventura County Star, 2007.0206
http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/county_news/article/0,1375,VCS_226_5331777,00.html

Builders Try to Demolish Homeowner 'Rights' Bill - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0205
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/302442_housing05.html

Interest Curbs Home Front - The Age (Australia), 2007.0205
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/interest-curbs-home-front/2007/02/05/1170524026181.html

Home Builders to Gather under Cloud of Housing Slowdown - Palm Beach Post, 2007.0205
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/content/business/epaper/2007/02/05/m1bz_homebuilders_0205.html

Home-Grown Building - All Africa, 2007.0205
http://allafrica.com/stories/200702051265.html

Affordable Housing Failures Spur Action - Contra Costa Times, 2007.0204
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/alameda_county/16621121.htm

Nothing New under the Sun - Boston Globe, 2007.0204
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/02/04/nothing_new_under_the_sun/

House Raises Questions about 'Sustainable' - Aspen Daily News, 2007.0204
http://www.aspendailynews.com/archive_18022

A Lab for Living - Baltimore Sun, 2007.0204
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/realestate/bal-ml.design04feb04,0,843075.story?coll=bal-realestate-headlines-1

"Umbrella House" Design Embraces Seattle Gray - Seattle Times, 2007.0203
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/realestate/2003553315_umbrellahouse04.html

Green Homes: The Price Still Isn't Right - BusinessWeek, 2007.0202
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_07/b4021074.htm?chan=innovation_architecture_architecture

Affordable Housing Plan Takes Aim at Sprawl - Sun-Herald, 2007.0202
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/business/16603844.htm

Storms Lash Florida, Killing at Least 19 - ABC News, 2007.0202
http://abcnews.go.com/US/Weather/wireStory?id=2844022

Housing Plan Draws Critics' Ire - Boston Globe, 2007.0201
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/02/01/housing_plan_draws_critics_ire/

New Regeneration Body Will Be 'Greener Than Sum of Parts' - Edie (UK), 2007.0130
http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=12540&channel=0

Wanted: The Wright Buyer - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2007.0130
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/visualart/301583_architecture30.html

Product News - SLS(R) Fast, Durable Scale Models by AdvaTech
	http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0131/products_update.html

People and Places -
	http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0131/people_and_places.html

This Week's Quiz -	
	The following projects were completed two years apart during
	the same decade; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC;
	AT&T Building, New York; Thorncrown Chapel; and the Los
	Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Who is the designer of
	each, and which in decade were they built? If determining
	the decade is too easy, try ordering them from oldest to
	newest.
	 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0131/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	Protective coatings consist of pigments, binders, and
	solvents. Paints are typically classified according to their
	vehicles or binders. What are the two main types of paint?
	 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0131/answer.html

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	http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0131/contents.html

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