Residential Tuesday 2007.0403

Tue Apr 3 16:27:07 PDT 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.  

You've heard the news on New Century (or see below).  So let's look 
in a different direction this week...

	How much floor area does a person really need? This is a
	tricky question. Your own need for space depends on many
	variables and every individual has their own notion of
	what amount of space is enough. This notion is influenced
	by many factors. To a large extent it is cultural and is
	affected by the conditions you grew up in. The population
	density of places such as Tokyo and Hong Kong means that
	residents of these cities, for example, have lower
	expectations of living space than Australians might.

Floor Space Requirements - Sydney Star Observer, 2007.0329
http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=6380

Residential Design and Building News
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Housing Crisis Comes Knocking - Boston Globe, 2007.0402
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/04/02/housing_crisis_comes_knocking/

Planners Aim for Pride and Colour in Housing Project - Stuff, 2007.0402
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/sundaystartimes/auckland/4011304a6497.html

New Century, Biggest Subprime Casualty, Goes Bankrupt - Bloomberg, 2007.0402
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9e64Mkizp7I&refer=home

'Self-Healing' House: Building-in Earthquake Resistance? - ScienceDaily, 2007.0402
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070402153349.htm

Housing Hangover May Linger - Cincinnati Enquirer, 2007.0402
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070402/BIZ/304020001/1001

Average Seattle Worker Can't Afford to Live Here - MSNBC, 2007.0402
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17907912/

Agent's Restored Rudolph House on Market - Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 2007.0402
http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070402/BUSINESS/704020490/1439

Raising Old Barns to Make a New Village - New York Times, 2007.0401
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/realestate/01post.html?ref=realestate

Retirement Homes Go High-Rise and Urban - New York Times, 2007.0401
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/realestate/01nati.html?ref=realestate

The Battle for a Mortgage - New York Times, 2007.0401
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/realestate/01cov.html?ref=realestate

It's Not Just Flippers Squeezed by Housing Prices - Asbury Park Press, 2007.0401
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070401/BUSINESS/704010355/1003

>From Here to Pretoria - Des Moines Business Record, 2007.0331
http://www.businessrecord.com/Main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=3587

Construction Costs Culprits for Soaring Housing Prices - Verde Independent, 2007.0330
http://verdeindependent.1upsoftware.com/main.asp?SectionID=19&SubSectionID=23&ArticleID=21659&TM=21808.43

Area Home Building Bucks State Trend - Contra Costa Times, 2007.0329
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/16992099.htm

Casa Mauleen - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0328
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0328/design_1-1.html
	On a beach near an abandoned mine on Chile's former "coal
	coast," the Mauleen House merges historical industrial
	connections with the raw beauty and energy of the
	location. Concrete winch towers of the Schwager coal mine
	dominate the neighborhood's horizon and influence details
	of the house design.

Product News - 	Affordable Electric Snow Removal
    The EverClear Radiant SnowClear(TM) System offers a
	cost-effective snow- and ice-melting technology that
	combines easy installation using modular panels.
     http://www.ArchWeek.com/ad.cgi?70328/products_update.html

This Week's Quiz -	
	We are all familiar with the term "spaciousness" as
	describing a spatial quality. In designing a performance
	space for classical music, this word also describes an
	acoustic quality. Please define "spaciousness" as an
	acoustic quality and explain how it relates to
	spaciousness in the spatial sense.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0328/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	When designing an unheated facility the anticipated
	ambient temperature can influence your choice of lamp
	types. What is the minimum start-up temperature for a
	standard compact fluorescent?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0328/answer.html

People and Places This Week - 
    - New student union at Christopher Newport University 
    - Scott Lindall, AIA, in Vail Colorado joins the nameplate at 
       Gwathmey Pratt Schultz Lindall Architects, P.C. (GPSL)
    - Wilson Gifford Combs died in Berkeley on March 15, 2007
    - G.E.W. Lofts mixed-use renovation underway in St. Louis, Missouri
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0328/people_and_places.html

Classic Home 014 - House with gambrel roof and porches, by George W. Repp
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0328/classic_home.html

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Contents, RSS, and Surface of the Week - 
     Neoclassical stone-trimmed wndow (WI-125)
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0328/contents.html

Five years ago in ArchitectureWeek:
    Mount Vernon Conservation, by P. Gardiner Hallock
    http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/0327/culture_1-1.html

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