Residential Tuesday 2008.0603

Tue Jun 3 22:38:07 PDT 2008

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Residential Tuesday brings you top housing news and analysis weekly
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Investing in home seismic safety becomes a personal matter for this
Wall Street Journal columnist:

	Our house was designed to conform to local and national building
	codes for an earthquake-prone area. But our architect says that
	we could raise the level of earthquake resistance by modifying
	the foundation connections and providing more than the minimum
	of shear wall locations, walls composed of braced panels – or
	extra wood and nails for extra support. That could add another
	$10,000 or so on to the overall cost. My husband and I will
	decide if we want to take this step over the next few weeks
	before framing starts.

	The cost may seem steep, but fully retrofitting a house for
	earthquake resistance – putting in the extra measures after a
	house is finished – can run between $40,000 and $60,000, says
	John Hopper, director of earthquake engineering for Seattle
	engineering firm Magnusson Klemencic Associates. And few
	insurance companies will provide earthquake coverage – those
	that do charge a premium. To add earthquake insurance to our
	policy would more than double our insurance payment per year. If
	we add in the extra resistance measures we would forgo the extra
	cost.

Living on Shaky Ground - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0602
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121242767893838441.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Residential Design and Building News
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A Crisis on the Home Front - Independent Digital, 2008.0603
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-a-crisis-on-the-home-front-838894.html

Economists React: ‘Severe Recession Has Been Averted’? - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0602
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2008/06/02/economists-react-severe-recession-has-been-averted/?mod=googlenews_wsj

Home Improvement Costs Soar by 20% - Press Association, 2008.0602
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jvAqaaGCwr_TgGuD9s4nhxI3aj5A

Construction Labour Force Stretched to Limit - Calgary Herald, 2008.0602
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=87a574c3-c4bc-4974-ae7a-bf63db99df1e

Living on Shaky Ground - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0602
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121242767893838441.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Builders Insurance Mails Letter to Policyholders - EarthTimes, 2008.0602
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/builders-insurance-mails-letter-to-policyholders,415134.shtml

Home Builders Up Against It Try to Unload Land - Financial Week, 2008.0602
http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080602/REG/806020318

Beechwood Victims Told to Wait - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.0602
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/beechwood-victims-told-to-wait/2008/06/02/1212258741690.html

Homebuilding Slump Hampers Construction Spending - AP, 2008.0602
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsanM66tszKz1zFq0LOG4XvWS7zAD9120B0G0

Redevelopment Efforts Draw Residents Close to Sites That House Chemicals - Dallas Morning News, 2008.0602
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/DN-toxic2main_02pro.ART.State.Edition2.465aef3.html

Wachovia CEO Pushed Out - BusinessWeek, 2008.0602
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2008/db2008062_401562.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_news+%2B+analysis

Home Mortgage 'Reset' Shock to Hit Suburbs - Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2008.0601
http://www.startribune.com/business/19428529.html?location_refer=Most Emailed:Homepage

Looking Skyward in Lower Manhattan - New York Times, 2008.0531
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/31/arts/design/31beek.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin

Reinventing Suburbia - Toronto Star, 2008.0531
http://www.thestar.com/News/article/434427

Crane Collapse Prompts Safety Conference - CBS News, 2008.0531
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/31/national/main4142447.shtml

Crane Collapse: Discussing the Intricacies of Construction Inspection - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0530
http://blogs.wsj.com/developments/2008/05/30/crane-collapse-discussing-the-intricacies-of-construction-inspection/

NYC Residential Building Permits Fall 50% - Seeking Alpha, 2008.0529
http://seekingalpha.com/article/79299-nyc-residential-building-permits-fall-50-housing-tracker?source=news_sitemap

2008 Twisters on Record-Setting Path - USA Today, 2008.0529
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/tornadoes/2008-05-29-tornadoes_N.htm

San Francisco AIA Awards 2008 - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0528
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0528/index.html
	With 40 different awards given, and only a few repeat
	winners among them, there were plenty of happy architects
	by the Bay this year.

At Least a Start on Housing's Revival - New York Times, 2008.0525
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/realestate/commercial/25sqft.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

Paying a Premium for a Wright Design - New York Times, 2008.0523
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/greathomesanddestinations/23mark.html?scp=7&sq=architecture+AND+design+AND+building&st=nyt

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0528/news_2-1.html
	Shah Kawasaki Architects in Oakland, California - Eckols &
	Associates in Austin, Texas - Nicholas Hare Architects in
	Strasbourg, France - Rafael Vinoly Architects in San
	Francisco, California - Cannon Design in Richmond, Canada -
	NBBJ in Gilbert, Arizona...
	... short stories continue online:
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/0528/news_2-1.html

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	patterns can be projected from stage lighting fixtures.
	Cycloramas are typically made from either cloth or
	plaster. Which of these materials is usually better for
	this application?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0528/quiz.html

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	What building type would you be designing if you were
	considering these three types of single-threaded helix
	combinations: "four-bay, side-by-side," "end-to-end,"
	and "camelback"?
     http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2008/0528/answer.html

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