Residential Tuesday 2007.0515

Tue May 15 14:34:15 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. 

This week, important code revisions are discussed for California
wildfire, New York City house fire, and skyscraper safety.

While at Planetizen, in the sometimes-contentious context of 
residential rent control, another kind of security issue is cited:

	No matter how one wanted to organize the ideal city,
	housing security would be part of it. No community can
	function effectively if large numbers of its residents
	are regularly displaced or perpetually at risk of being
	displaced. That's why the United Nations includes
	"insecurity of tenure" in its definition of a slum.

Rent Regulation: The Right Tool for the Right Job - Planetizen, 2007.0514
http://www.planetizen.com/node/24451

Residential Design and Building News
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Housing Boom Bust for Some - Saskatoon Star Phoenix, 2007.0515
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=e330ddd9-3955-4233-b817-65bd2ab1dff8&k=77329

Bayside Home Picks Up Second Award - Petone Herald (New Zealand), 2007.0515
http://www.localmedia.co.nz/petoneherald/ph160507/page36-NEWS-canna+pic.htm

The Bear-Market House - Market Watch, 2007.0514
http://www.elliottwave.com/features/default.aspx?cat=mw*aid=3067*time=pm

Tougher Building Codes Planned to Cut Threat of Calif. Wildfires - Fire Rescue 1, 2007.0514
http://www.firerescue1.com/wildland/articles/286325/

Reconstructing New York's Building Code Overhaul - Gotham Gazette, 2007.0514
http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20070514/200/2181

Finding the Right Balance - New York Times, 2007.0513
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/realestate/13hunt.html?ref=realestate

Prefab Building Saves on Costs - Inside Bay Area, 2007.0513
http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_5887469

Thinking 2d Home? Hold on, Investors - Philadelphia Inquirier, 2007.0513
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/real_estate/20070513_On_the_House___Thinking_2d_home__Hold_on__investors.html

What a Carve-Up: Butcher Shops Converted into Quirky Homes - U.K. Times, 2007.0513
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/new_homes/article1771868.ece

Are Architects to Blame for Soulless Housing Estates? - Building Design, 2007.0511
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3086694

We Will Not Repeat 60s, Architects Tell Lammy - Building Design, 2007.0511
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=426&storycode=3086869&c=1&encCode=0000000001302d0e

Product News - 	Translucent Roofs for "Green" Houses by Centerpoint
     http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0509/products_update.html

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     Irving, Devens, Charlotte, Redwood City:
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0509/people_and_places.html

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Classic Home 074 - Straw Bale House, by Arkin Tilt Architects.
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0509/classic_home.html

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	In a wide concert hall with high ceilings, the center of
	the orchestra section often has good sight lines but poor
	acoustics. In fact, if you don’t mind using binoculars,
	you may get better sound in the back balcony. Why is this
	so and how can it be fixed?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0509/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	The Roman Colosseum is an amphitheatre begun by Vespasian
	in AD 70 and completed by Domitian 12 years later. How
	many people could it seat: 15,000? 30,000? 50,000?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0509/answer.html

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