Residential Tuesday 2007.1023

Wed Oct 24 07:33:49 PDT 2007

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	"It's all dictated by the weather," said San Diego Fire
	spokesman Maurice Luque. He said the combination of the
	driest conditions in 200 years and the Santa Ana winds
	were "a recipe for disaster."

New evacuees join nearly 1 million displaced by fires...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/24/fire.wildfire.ca/index.html

Residential Design and Building News
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Calif. Fires Destroy Hundreds of Homes - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1023
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7018623,00.html

Levitt Home-Building Unit Gets Loan Default Notices - Reuters, 2007.1022
http://www.reuters.com/article/fundsFundsNews/idUSWEN182220071022

Let's Take the Politics Out of Housing Policy - Guardian Unlimited, 2007.1022
http://society.guardian.co.uk/communities/comment/0,,2196753,00.html

N.H. Home a Study of Ways to Fight Mold - Philadelphia Inquirer, 2007.1021
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/real_estate/20071021_Breaking_the_mold.html

At Home with Your Heritage - Houston Chronicle, 2007.1021
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/5229571.html

A Struggle to Get Housing in Order - Los Angeles Times, 2007.1021
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-housing21oct21,1,7841354.story?coll=la-mininav-business

About the House: The Integral Urban House Book - Berkeley Daily Planet, 2007.1019
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=10-19-07&storyID=28276

Startup Home Builders Find Top Concern Isn't Downturn - Houston Chronicle, 2007.1019
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/5229795.html

San Diego's Downtown Has a Sunnier Disposition - New York Times, 2007.1019
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/travel/escapes/19sandiego.html?ref=realestate

Levitt & Sons Suspends Home Building - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2007.1019
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2007/10/19/levitt_1019.html

Home Building at 14-Year Low - Reuters, 2007.1017
http://investing.reuters.co.uk/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&storyID=2007-10-17T155952Z_01_N11410292_RTRIDST_0_BUSINESS-USA-ECONOMY-DC.XML

Building Materials CEO under Fire - CNN, 2007.1017
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/30fe986182816a6889d8d2efd77ef361.htm

America's McMansion Problem - Columbia Free Times, 2007.1017
http://www.free-times.com/index.php?cat=1992912064227409&ShowArticle_ID=11461610070683149

A Victorian, Blown Up, Can Be a Modern Town House - New York Times, 2007.1016
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/16/a-victorian-blown-up-can-be-a-modern-town-house/

Home Sales, Prices Dip Again in September - San Diego Union-Tribune, 2007.1016
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20071016-9999-bn16housing.html

Home Packs Take a Month to Compile - Telegraph, 2007.1015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/13/nhip113.xml

Modern Architecture Rediscovered, Preserved - Morning Call, 2007.1014
http://www.mcall.com/business/local/all-modern.6084801oct14,0,2346710.story

Self-Builders Feel the Strain - Telegraph, 2007.1013
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2007/10/13/pselfbuild113.xml

Steep Sloped Roofs Lasted through Katrina Better Than Low Sloped Roofs - ScienceDaily, 2007.1013
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071010171345.htm

Precast Concrete Walls Stand Up to Scrutiny - St Petersburg Times, 2007.1013
http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/13/Homes/Precast_concrete_wall.shtml

Subprime Mortgages Blanketed the Nation - Sarasota Herald Tribune, 2007.1012
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20071012/REALESTATE/710120319/1201

Welcome to the Engaging, Lively Suburbs; No, Really - Minneapolis St. Paul Star Tribune, 2007.1011
http://www.startribune.com/south/story/1479833.html

Building on the Edge - Los Angeles Times, 2007.1011
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-briski11oct11,0,7404496.story?coll=la-home-middleright

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/news_1-1.html

	Kisho Kurokawa ― Arquitectonica in Los Angeles,
	California ― gkkworks and DLR Group in Tustin, California
	― Carrier Johnson in Santa Ana, California ―
	Communitecture in Portland, Oregon ― Alliance Architects
	in Arlington, Texas ― Cannon Design in Los Angeles,
	California ― Perkins + Will, Shimoda Design Group, and
	James K.M. Cheng Architects Inc. in Dallas, Texas ―
	Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates in Branson, Missouri.
	... short stories online:
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2007/1017/news_1-1.html

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	creating a single, easily installed system to replace
	traditional framing, insulation, and sheathing components. The
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	plus contribute points toward LEED certification.
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This Week's Quiz -	
	Steel heated to about 752 degrees Farenheit (400 degrees
	Celsius) turns a red that is visible in the dark. At 975
	degrees Farenheit (524 degrees Celsius), the same steel
	would glow visibly during the daylight. At what
	temperature would the steel turn white with heat?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/quiz.html

Architecture Answer - for last issue's quiz...
	About how much land in the United States is covered with
	impervious surfaces (buildings, paving, etc.), and about
	how much is covered in non-agricultural grass (lawns,
	golf courses, etc.)? Answer in units of square miles (or
	square kilometers).  
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/answer.html

Classic Home 034 - Davis House, by Howard Davis, Architect
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/classic_home.html

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Contents, RSS, and Surface of the Week - 
     Weathered painted brick wall (WA-101)
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2007/1017/contents.html

Five years ago in ArchitectureWeek:
    Solar Houses Shine, by Kim A. O'Connell
    http://www.architectureweek.com/2002/1016/index.html

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