Residential Tuesday 2007.0130

Tue Jan 30 13:48:56 PST 2007

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.  

Much is written on housing affordability, amd more generally, housing
costs and pricing.  Not much takes as balanced and thoughtfully 
realistic approach to its universal dimensions as this from Auckland:

	"Let's get one thing straight about housing affordability:
	the more successful an economy is, the more expensive its
	desirable urban housing becomes.

	"That's the typical pattern worldwide. Cities can have it
	all - success and liveability - but it comes at a price. If
	residents want both, they usually have to pay for them by
	devoting more of their incomes to housing.

	"Of course, communities can make good decisions to ease the
	cost burden and ensure they get a fulfilling urban
	lifestyle. To do so, they need a clear idea of their civic
	goals, good policies and strong investment in amenities and
	infrastructure to achieve them. ..."

	No Quick Fix for Auckland Blues, by Rod Oram - Stuff, 2007.0128
	http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/3942860a1865.html

Residential Design and Building News
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USG Profits Pressured by Weaker Housing Demand - Chicago Tribune, 2007.0129
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-070129usg-results,0,5876429.story?coll=chi-business-hed

Housing Shortage Facing Los Angeles and Ventura Counties - BIA Press Release, 2007.0129
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-29-2007/0004515300&EDATE=

New 'House' Built on Old Foundation - Czech Business Weekly, 2007.0129
http://www.cbw.cz/phprs/2007012904.html

Remodeling Expo Draws 24,706 - Pacific Business News, 2007.0129
http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/01/29/daily7.html

Blixseth Building "World's Most Expensive Home" - AP at Billings Gazette, 2007.0129
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/01/29/news/state/39-home.txt

New 'Home Show' Brings in Earth-Friendly Products and Buyers - Register-Guard, 2007.0128
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2007/01/28/b1.bz.greenbiz.0128.p1.php?section=business

Merging the Old with the New in a Washington Suburb - New York Times, 2007.0128
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/realestate/28nati.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Net-Zero Homes: The Future Lives Here - Burlington Free Press, 2007.0128
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070128/NEWS01/701280310/1009&theme=

Suburban Property Setbacks Don't Make Sense Anymore - San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0127
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/HOGBQNOAQU1.DTL

Solar Home in Virginia Getting High Marks - Washington Post, 2007.0127
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/27/AR2007012700441.html

Rethinking the Suburban Home - San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0127
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/27/HOGE0NNTVK1.DTL

Engineered Wood Offers Ease, Style - Deseret News, 2007.0126
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650224646,00.html

'Pull-a-Part' Homes Selling Like Hotcakes - Sacramento Business Journal, 2007.0126
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2007/01/29/focus2.html?b=1170046800%5e1407801

Turning a Mill into Condos - Providence Journal, 2007.0125
http://www.projo.com/ri/bristol/content/EB_BRISROBINRUG25_01-25-07_I442TBQ.1a833f5.html

Holbeck Urban Village - from Wasteland to Wonderland - FindaProperty, 2007.0125
http://www.findaproperty.com/displaystory.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&storyid=10519

Stal Tre Hus - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0124
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0124/index.html

Home Buyers Assemble Lawyers - Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 2007.0123
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/BUSINESS/701230577

A Paparazzi-Proof Condo - New York Times, 2007.0121
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/21/realestate/21post2.html?_r=1&ref=realestate&oref=slogin

Product News - Encycle(tm) modular carpet backing from Mohawk
     http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0124/products_update.html

People and Places -
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0124/people_and_places.html

Classic Home 20 - Classic Colonial by Frederick L. Ackerman
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0124/classic_home.html

This Week'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/2007/0124/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	About how much does one yard (27 cubic feet, or 0.76
	cubic meters) of loose rock weigh? About how much does
	one yard of the same type of rock weigh when compacted?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0124/answer.html

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