Residential Tuesday 2007.0529

[ArchitectureWeek Editors]

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 we've got more about housing in New York than you want to
know - unless you're in the market there!

And this, from New York too, but about south Florida:

	As dozens of condominium towers conceived during
	Florida's real estate boom near completion, investors who
	snatched up units in the preconstruction phase in hopes
	of turning a quick profit are increasingly trying to
	break contracts, even walking away from fat deposits.
	
	Gregg Covin says 45 of 200 preconstruction buyers in his
	condo tower in Miami have resold their units. "Motivated"
	sellers are flooding online forums like Craigslist with
	advertisements for condo units still months or years from
	being finished. And lawyers have been inundated with
	calls from people hoping to avoid closing on units they
	bought during the speculative craze of 2004 and 2005.

As Condos Rise in South Florida, Nervous Investors Try to Flee - New York Times, 2007.0526
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/us/26condo.html?ref=realestate


Residential Design and Building News
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Sanibel 'Spider' - The News-Press, 2007.0527
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/LIFESTYLES/305270007/1075

Lofts at Risk under New Planning Proposals - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0527
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2088471,00.html

Fighting Off Foreclosure - New York Times, 2007.0527
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/realestate/27cov.html?ref=realestate

When the Desert Calls - New York Times, 2007.0527
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/realestate/27Nati.html?ref=realestate

A Slice of Relaxed Life, Sandwiched by Parks - New York Times, 2007.0527
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/realestate/27livi.html?ref=realestate

In a City Known for Renters, Record Number Now Own Homes - New York Times, 2007.0527
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/nyregion/27owners.html?ref=realestate

It's Spring. Somebody Tell the Buyers. - New York Times, 2007.0527
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/realestate/27njzo.html?ref=realestate

Putting Out the Welcome Mat - New York Times, 2007.0527
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/realestate/27post.html?ref=realestate

Housing Answers Sought - The Desert Sun, 2007.0527
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070527/BUSINESS04/705270303

UK Housing Market Hits Tipping Point - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0527
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2088805,00.html

Bird's Eye View from a Home Up Among the Branches - The Independent, 2007.0527
http://money.independent.co.uk/property/homes/article2586537.ece

Architects Think inside the Box - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.0527
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,2088478,00.html

Dotcom Stars Have Designs on Your Home - U.K. Times, 2007.0527
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article1844451.ece

Labour Raps Hodge over Call to House 'Britons First' - Independent Digital, 2007.0526
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article2584174.ece

Existing Homes Building Up - Chicago Tribune, 2007.0526
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-sat_homeslump_0526may26,0,849898.story?coll=chi-bizfront-hed

Warehouse with the 'Wow' Factor - Telegraph, 2007.0524
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/05/24/lpcanvas124.xml

AIA Presents Housing and Community Design Awards - Multi-Housing News, 2007.0524
http://www.multi-housingnews.com/multihousing/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003590210

HIPs to Be Delayed - Reuters, 2007.0523
http://uk.reuters.com/article/personalFinanceNews/idUKHIL54157220070523

To Preserve a House, a Plan to Move It - New York Times, 2007.0523
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/23/arts/design/23rudo.html

Aedas Designs Tallest Residential Tower in the World in Dubai - World Architecture News, 2007.0518
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=1080


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     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0523/classic_home.html

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	Recycle quiz: 
	a) Recycled aluminum requires about 5, 20, or 35 percent 
	of the energy required to produce virgin aluminum from bauxite?
	b) Recycling one ton of paper saves what volume of landfill? 
	c) Construction and demolition waste constitute about
	what percentage of the total solid waste stream in the
	United States - 20, 40, or 60 percent?
	 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0523/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	The Danziger Studio (1965) in Hollywood, California is a
	modern and simple artist's studio and residence
	consisting of linked cubes. This is an early work by a
	designer who has since become famous for decidedly
	un-cubic architecture. Who is this architect?
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