Residential Tuesday 2007.0410

Tue Apr 10 18:29:13 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.  

Amid several dimensions of coverage this week around density and 
quality, John King nicely delineates both the promise of livability 
and the shortcomings of placemaking in some typical new-built urban 
villages:

	There's a disconnect between the way that an increasing
	number of Bay Area suburbanites would like to live, and the
	buildings that we see as a result.

	These people crave a sense that they're part of the action
	and a lifestyle that is at once convenient and cosmopolitan.
	They want easy access to districts that offer diversity and
	surprise, where shops and housing and civic activities are
	all close by...

Instant Urbanism - San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0409
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/09/MNGPBP56AD1.DTL

Residential Design and Building News
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L.A.'s Housing Crisis - Los Angeles Times, 2007.0409
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-dustup9apr09,0,6276621.story?coll=la-opinion-center

Few Can Afford 'Affordable Housing' - Examiner, 2007.0409
http://www.examiner.com/a-663577~More_Bay_Area_families_face_struggle_to_find_affordable_housing.html

Survey: Most Home Buyers Unhappy [in China] - CCTV, 2007.0409
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20070409/100968.shtml

New Rule for Homes That Share Single Lot? - Herald Net, 2007.0409
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/04/09/100loc_a1homes001.cfm

Home Builders Vow to Fight New Roads Law - Star-Exponent, 2007.0409
http://www.starexponent.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CSE/MGArticle/CSE_MGArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173350642194

House Demolition Marks End of Neighborhood Battle - MSNBC, 2007.0409
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18028478/

Minneapolis May Rein in 'Monster Houses' - Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2007.0408
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1108118.html

A Touch of Artistic License - New York Times, 2007.0408
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/realestate/08sketch.html?ref=realestate

Housing Slump Pinches States in Pocketbook - Tampa Tribune, 2007.0408
http://www.tbo.com/news/nationworld/MGBO58HU80F.html

Bitter Owners Forced to Demolish House - IOL, 2007.0408
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=124&art_id=vn20070408083108960C430332

Homes Ready to Roll - Sacramento Bee, 2007.0408
http://www.sacbee.com/103/story/150760.html

New Ideas Aim to Protect the Old - Houston Chronicle, 2007.0408
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4697828.html

Home-Grown Rise in Revenue - MSNBC, 2007.0408
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18019472/

Eye on the Skyline - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2007.0408
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/17047604.htm

Group Buys Lots to Build Historic-Style Houses - Star-Telegram, 2007.0407
http://www.star-telegram.com/226/story/60951.html

Who Needs an Architect? - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2007.0407
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07097/775862-30.stm

The Housing Squeeze - Boston Herald, 2007.0407
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/04/07/the_housing_squeeze/?p1=MEWell_Pos5

Housing Slump Pushes Brokers to Work Harder - News & Observer, 2007.0407
http://www.newsobserver.com/126/story/561573.html

The Subprime Meltdown and the Ownership Society - Washington Post, 2007.0406
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/06/AR2007040601522.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

Policy Upturn Hands Streets to Designers - Building Design, 2007.0405
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3084463&c=1&encCode=00000000012cbb45

New Rules Concerning Fire Safety Design in Buildings - Norwich Union, 2007.0404
http://www.nurs.co.uk/news/articles/cms/1175700272212694732832_1.htm

City Will Discuss New Housing-Density Zoning - Contra Costa Times, 2007.0403
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/17019056.htm

Richard Rogers Pritzker Prize - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0404
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0404/news_1-1.html
	Rogers first came to international attention in the 1970s
	for his work with Italian architect Renzo Piano on the
	Centre Pompidou in Paris. Since then he has gained
	recognition for the Lloyds Building and the Millennium
	Dome, both in London, Barajas New Area Terminal in
	Madrid, designed with Estudio Lamela Arquitectos, and,
	most recently, the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff.

Product News - 	Norman Foster Chair from Emeco
     http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0404/products_update.html

People and Places This Week - St. Louis, New York, Giljon, 
    West Hollywood, New York, Boston, San Diego:
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0404/people_and_places.html

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This Week's Quiz -	
	Did the Russian revolution during the early part of the 
    20th century stimulate or inhibit Architecture?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0404/quiz.html

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	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/2007/0404/answer.html

Classic Home 014 - House with gambrel roof and porches, by George W. Repp
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0404/classic_home.html

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