Residential Tuesday 2007.0417

Tue Apr 17 16:02:58 PDT 2007

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Residential Tuesday brings you top housing news and analysis 
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ArchitectureWeek.  

	The couple realized the house would be a long-term project - 
	25 years was their estimate. They welcomed the challenge
	of undoing years of questionable design decisions: woodwork
	painted bright pink or blue, linoleum laid down over wood
	floors and plaster walls covered with faux wood paneling.

	Soon after closing on the place, they set up a Web site,
	Casa Decrepit, to document their progress. "We wanted to
	show our friends and family," Cragg said, "that we weren't..."

	"Lazy," Sercan chimed in, with a laugh...

	These days, almost anyone can maintain a free blog. And
	renovation blogs have become an increasingly popular way to
	share a story of sweat equity. Bloggers and readers are able
	to commiserate, educate and cheer each other on.

Have Hammer, Will Blog - San Francisco Chronicle, 2007.0414
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/HOGHFP5ND31.DTL

Residential Design and Building News
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Three-Storey Glory - Easier Property (UK), 2007.0416
http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/Cornwall/article-109484.html

Ecuador: A New House for $530? - Latin Business Chronicle, 2007.0416
http://www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=1107

Model Building Is Earthquake Tested - ScienceDaily, 2007.0416
http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20070416-14325900-bc-us-quakecontrol.xml

Allstate Must Pay $2.8M in Katrina Case - Dallas Morning News, 2007.0416
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/041707dntswallstate.21d3db8.html

Home Builder Index Slips on Subprime Fears - CNN, 2007.0416
http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/16/real_estate/home_builder_index.reut/index.htm?postversion=2007041614

The American Dream -- and It Came in a Box - News-Tribune, 2007.0416
http://www.thenewstribune.com/331/story/39413.html

Adopting City Mannerisms - New York Times, 2007.0415
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/realestate/15njzo.html?ref=realestate

Sinking Your Money into a Rental - New York Times, 2007.0415
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/realestate/15cov.html?ref=realestate

A Glut of New Houses -- And What That Means for You - Washington Post, 2007.0414
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/14/AR2007041400090.html?hpid=sec-business

Oh, Give Me a Home... (In NYC) - DMI (blog), 2007.0414
http://www.dmiblog.net/archives/2007/04/oh_give_me_a_home_in_nyc.html

Lacey [Washington] Tackles New Home Design - The Olympian, 2007.0414
http://www.theolympian.com/101/story/81530.html

Design for Living - Telegraph, 2007.0414
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/portal/2007/04/14/nosplit/fthamstead114.xml

One of Britain's Grandest Houses Is on the Market - Telegraph, 2007.0414
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/04/14/pdumfries14.xml

Shortcut to Home May Run through a Back Alley - The Globe and Mail, 2007.0413
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070413.VANLANEWAY13/TPStory/National

House on Red Hill - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0411
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0411/index.html
	The abstract expressionist painter Robert Motherwell once
	said, "Art is much less important than life, but what a
	poor life without it." Those words convey the inspiration
	behind much of the work of Christopher Harty and Chris
	Botterill.

Modular Modes - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0411
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0411/building_1-1.html
	Modular houses are composed of one or more sections that
	are factory built, transported by truck, and set on a
	foundation. Modular houses may be made of two modules, as
	is the Sunset Breezehouse shown here, or they can be
	assembled from a kit of prefabricated parts.

Housing Slowdown Avoids Bubble Burst: Economist - Toronto Star, 2007.0411
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/202128

A Word of Advice During a Housing Slump: Rent - New York Times, 2007.0411
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/realestate/11leonhardt.html?em&ex=1176609600&en=3e7c96c453dac4c5&ei=5087%0A

Product News - 	Flexible Trim for Curves and Arches
	ZaGO's Flexible Trims and Mouldings can be used in place
	of or as an accessory to wood. They are easily bent or
	shaped to fit around any circular architectural detail,
	curve, or arch. This versatile material can be molded or
	routed to add accents to cabinetry, furniture and display
	units.
     http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?70411/products_update.html

People and Places This Week - Fort Worth, New York, Krakow, 
    Port Aransas, Seagrove Beach, Pyrmont:
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0411/people_and_places.html

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Classic Home 073 - Red Hill House, by Christopherchris Architecture
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0411/classic_home.html

This Week's Quiz -	
	If your client is uncomfortable with their potential 
    contractor's ability to perform the construction job, 
    what type of bond would you suggest requiring of the 
    contractor?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0411/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	Did the Russian revolution during the early part of the 
    20th century stimulate or inhibit Architecture?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0411/answer.html

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Contents, RSS, and Surface of the Week - 
     Corner windows with sunshade in Deco stucco (WI-091)
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0411/contents.html

Five years ago in ArchitectureWeek:
    Glenn Murcutt Pritzker Prize, by ArchitectureWeek
    http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/0417/news_1-1.html

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