Residential Tuesday 2008.0226

Wed Feb 27 21:57:49 PST 2008

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	Home Depot and rival Lowe's Cos. have had tolls taken
	on their financial results and share prices by
	retrenching housing markets, which have slowed
	building and demand for home-related materials.

	Home Depot said in January it was cutting 10% of its
	headquarters staff to devote a greater proportion of
	resources to initiatives such as store remodeling and
	customer-experience improvement after it lost market
	share to Lowe's and other rivals. 

Housing Malaise to Cost Home Depot: Analysts - Market Watch, 2008.0225
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/housing-malaise-cost-home-depot/story.aspx?guid=%7B0F92B5C7-B0DE-4A8B-A90E-F25E11AD4D33%7D

Residential Design and Building News
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Little House on the Prairie - Canadian Architect, 2008.0226
http://www.canadianarchitect.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?story_id=214920093015&issue=01012008&PC=

U.K. Hometrack House Prices Decline for a Fifth Month (Update4) - Bloomberg, 2008.0225
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aphOyyMBGLzk&refer=uk

All the World's a Playground - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0225
http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/architecture/story/0,,2259675,00.html

U.S. Economy: Home Resales Fall to Nine-Year Low - Bloomberg, 2008.0225
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aVamiymZfK8E&refer=home

Builders Told to Make New Homes Age-Friendly - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0225
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/feb/25/housing.housinginretirement

More Signs of Home Sales Weakness - CNN, 2008.0225
http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/25/news/economy/existing_home_sales/?postversion=2008022511

Exhibition Offers New Views of Suburbia - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0225
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-suburban25feb25,0,4719933.story

Government Failed to Tell Builders of Gutter Rule - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.0225
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/government-failed-to-tell-builders-of-gutter-rule-opposition/2008/02/24/1203788147718.html

Backing Out of a Home Purchase? Don't Expect Your Deposit Back - Silicon Valley, 2008.0225
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_8361322

Home Building Stocks Defiantly Buoyant - The Globe and Mail, 2008.0225
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080225.RBELL25/TPStory/Business

Bringing Modern Back - Daily Press, 2008.0224
http://www.dailypress.com/features/home/dp-gl_homekrisel_0224feb24,0,774024.story

Disneyland's Upgrading to "House of the Future" 2.0 - Seattle Times, 2008.0224
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2004195688_disneyfuturehome24.html

Developing New Options - Boston Globe, 2008.0224
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/house/articles/2008/02/24/developing_new_options/

Suburbia's March to Oblivion - New York Times, 2008.0223
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/23/business/23online.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Built to Scale - News & Observer, 2008.0223
http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/960877.html

Big Is Back at the International Builders Show in Florida - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2008.0223
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08054/859672-30.stm

Council Admits Suburban Sprawl Blunders - Inverness Courier, 2008.0222
http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/5218/Council_admits_suburban_sprawl_blunders.html

Trading the World for a Cabin in the Woods - New York Times, 2008.0222
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/travel/escapes/22cabin.html?ref=realestate

Photovoltaic Home System - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0220
http://www.architectureweek.com/2008/0220/building_1-1.html
	Installing a full-scale intertie photovoltaic (PV)
	system on a home is the king of solar investments. To
	allow good time for decision-making, expect the entire
	process to take 90 days or more. With a really serious
	focus on conserving and altering energy consumption
	patterns, expect the process to take six months. 
	Here's a list of the things that need to be done:

AIA Honor Awards 2008 - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0220
http://www.architectureweek.com/2008/0220/index.html
	The recently announced recipients of the American
	Institute of Architects 2008 AIA Honor Awards, divided
	into the categories of architecture, interior
	architecture, and urban design, range from small
	single-family homes to museums to regional plans.

Dismantle Tax on House Construction: Urban Housing Ministry - Economic Times (India), 2008.0219
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Economy/Dismantle_tax_on_house_construction/articleshow/2793499.cms

Off the Set, into the Desert - New York Times, 2008.0215
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/travel/escapes/15Away.html?scp=3&sq=building+AND+construction+AND+architecture&st=nyt

People and Places  - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0220
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0220/news_2-1.html
	Architects | Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker in San
	Diego, California - Eppstein Uhen Architects in
	Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Jordan & Bateman Architects in
	Doha, Qatar - NBBJ and LS3P Associates Ltd. in
	Charleston, South Carolina - Callison in Shanghai,
	China - Rees Associates, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia -
	VIA Concepts, LLC in Jacksonville, Florida - SmithGroup
	in San Francisco, California - GKV Architects in
	Brooklyn, New York...

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	The permeability of materials to water vapor is measured
	in perms. Materials with higher perm ratings are more
	breathable than those with lower perm ratings. These
	ratings vary by material and density. Materials used as
	vapor barriers have low perm ratings. True or false: a
	material with a perm rating greater than 1 is considered
	a "breathable" material?
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