Residential Tuesday 2007.0501
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Tue May 1 12:47:38 PDT 2007
Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,
Residential Tuesday brings you fresh housing news and analysis
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In Auckland, local authorities have established a minimum size of
35 square meters (380 square feet) for new apartments, stopping the
practice of building shoeboxes as small as 12 (130 square feet):
Thinking Bigger on Apartment Design - New Zealand Herald, 2007.0430
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=76&objectid=10436907
In Toronto, a new 9000-square-foot (840-square-meter) penthouse sets
their record apartment price up to $16 million:
Toronto's Most Expensive Condo - National Post, 2007.0430
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/financialpost/homebuyers/story.html?id=bfc61faf-2902-4a39-8cf4-067d9ecccc70&k=70462
And, "In Clark County, which encompasses Las Vegas, one of every 30
homes began the process toward foreclosure last year."
House Flippers Flop as Market Cools - Houston Chronicle, 2007.0429
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/4759602.html
Residential Design and Building News
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Engineer Touts His Concrete Home - Clarion Ledger, 2007.0430
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070430/NEWS/704300328/1001/news
'Smart Growth' in South Carolina - New York Times, 2007.0429
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/realestate/29nati.html?ref=realestate
A New Law May Hurt More Than It Helps - New York Times, 2007.0429
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/realestate/29Home.html?ref=realestate
Home Packs 'Will Damage' Old Buildings - Telegraph, 2007.0429
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/29/nhi29.xml
Hundreds of Quake Homes Damaged in Kent - BBC News, 2007.0429
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6605095.stm
Earth Tremor Hits Kent - Reuters, 2007.0429
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL2861575520070429
U.S. Housing Pinch Means Less Money Going Home to Mexico - Seattle Times, 2007.0429
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003685704_mexremit29.html
Ban on Homes Close to Pylons Would Cut Child Leukaemia - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0428
http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,,2067556,00.html
Bright, Young and Developing Nicely - Telegraph, 2007.0428
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/04/28/pthrusters128.xml
When State Laws Do Not Apply - New York Times, 2007.0427
http://homefinance.nytimes.com/nyt/article/mortgage-column-by-bob-tedeschi/2007.04.27.29mort/?ref=realestate
Edwin Lutyens's Marsh Court Reflects an Age of Optimism - Telegraph, 2007.0427
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/04/28/pedwardian128.xml
Home Sales Doubletake - The Slatin Report, 2007.0426
http://www.theslatinreport.com/story.jsp?StoryName=0426homey.doc
What You Get for ... $400,000 - New York Times, 2007.0425
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/realestate/25GH-what.html
A Basketball Coach's Ulltramodern Milan Loft - New York Times, 2007.0425
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/realestate/greathomes/25GH-Milan.html
Sales of Existing Homes Plunge Steeply - New York Times, 2007.0425
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/business/25econ.web.html?em&ex=1177646400&en=1c8874b5b5cd9024&ei=5087%0A
Components Home - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0425
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0425/tools_1-1.html
Bell Travers Willson, a London-based architecture and
design studio, has launched a method that harnesses
digital design technology and low-volume custom
production methods to build a sustainable alternative to
traditional housing.
Housing Tango - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0425
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0425/design_1-1.html
Eight vibrantly colored steel and glass towers dance
around a landscaped courtyard, exposing most of the
living rooms to the outdoors, with a wall of bedrooms
wrapped around three sides of the block. Each of the 27
apartments has a unique character, the block is
self-sufficient in energy, and many functions -- from
heating to door locks -- can be individually controlled by
personal computer.
How to Make the Best of a Studio Flat - Telegraph, 2007.0424
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/04/24/proomplan124.xml
In Las Vegas, Too Many Hotels Are Never Enough - New York Times, 2007.0424
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/business/24vegas.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
"Housing Market Collapse" Fear Is an Excuse to Avoid Planning - Audacity.com, 2007.0424
http://www.audacity.org/IA-23-04-07.htm
Product News - Low-Maintenance Composite Decking from Weyerhaeuser
http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0425/products_update.html
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It is hard to determine exact numbers, but it has been
estimated that commercial and residential buildings
consume about 65 percent of all electricity used in the
United States and about 40 percent of all raw materials.
These buildings account for about what percentage of
greenhouse gases?
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0425/quiz.html
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"Whatever a man does, that is who he is." These words
were posted on a sign over the home of which famous
architect: Frank Lloyd Wright, Andrea Palladio, Thomas
Jefferson, or Ludwig Mies Van de Rohe?
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