Residential Tuesday 2007.0619

Tue Jun 19 12:41:36 PDT 2007

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Residential Tuesday brings you top housing news and analysis 
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	"Remember the 1970s, when the nascent environmental movement
	spawned an interest in 'natural food'? This initially
	referred to vittles that contained no artificial ingredients
	and were minimally processed. But soon the corporate food
	industry co-opted the term and started calling everything
	'natural,' whether or not it was laden with preservatives,
	fillers, taste-enhancing chemicals and God knows what else.

	"Thus the term 'natural food' lost much of its meaning. The
	same fate threatens 'smart growth.' Across the country,
	developers are starting to use 'smart growth' to define
	whatever it is they happen to be building."

Calling It 'Smart Growth' Doesn't Make It So - Hartford Courant, 2007.0617
http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/commentary/hc-plccondon0617.artjun17,0,4492441.story?coll=hc-headlines-commentary

Residential Design and Building News
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Fatal Floodwaters Recede in Texas - TVNZ, 2007.0619
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/1189075

Programming Affordable Futures - Midlands Housing, 2007.0618
http://www.midlands-housing.co.uk/features/programming-affordable-futures-628-21.html

Changes to Ease Battle on Housing - The Age (Australia), 2007.0618
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/changes-to-ease-battle-on-housing/2007/06/17/1182018938166.html

Concrete Gallery of Homes - Kansas City Star, 2007.0618
http://www.kansascity.com/living/home/story/147746.html

Homebuilder Index Lowest Since '91 - CNN, 2007.0618
http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/18/news/economy/home_builder.reut/?postversion=2007061817

Home Building's Benefits Debated - Cincinnati Community Press, 2007.0618
http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/NEWS01/706180313/1077/Local

Heavy Rain Floods Fort Worth-Area Mobile Home Parks - Dallas Morning News, 2007.0618
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8PR6GRG0.html

New Edge to South Boston - Boston Globe, 2007.0617
http://www.boston.com/realestate/community/articles/2007/06/17/new_edge_to_south_boston/

When Does a Housing Slump Become a Bust? - New York Times, 2007.0617
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/business/yourmoney/17view.html?ref=realestate

Not in My Front Yard - New York Times, 2007.0617
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/realestate/17cov.html?_r=1&ref=realestate&oref=slogin

The Wright Thing to Do - Chicago Sun-Times, 2007.0617
http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/430976,SHO-Sunday-fine17.article

Zero-Rating of Materials to Lower Cost of Building - Business Daily Africa, 2007.0615
http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1459&Itemid=4956

Housing Frustration - Rocky Mountain News, 2007.0615
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5587393,00.html

What's Selling in a Slow Market - Wall Street Journal, 2007.0615
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118186549313236122.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Renovators Face a Maze of Rules - Washington Post, 2007.0615
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/15/AR2007061500928.html

New-Home Building Jumps in Canada - Business Edge, 2007.0615
http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/15684.cfm

London's Cool New Courtyards - Telegraph, 2007.0614
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/06/14/lpcourtyard114.xml

A Room with an $18-Million View - Globe and Mail, 2007.0613
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070613.BCCONDO13/TPStory/National

AIA Maryland Design Awards - ArchitectureWeek, 2007.0613
http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/0613/news_1-1.html 

Product News - Mohawk's Synergy commercial carpet collection
     http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/0613/products_update.html

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     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0613/people_and_places.html

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	Cholorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons,
	hydrofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, ammonia, and propane
	can each be used to provide a similar role in a common
	construction product. What type of product are we
	referring to? And why would you choose one of them over
	another?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/0613/quiz.html

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	What is the difference between brass and bronze?
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