Residential Tuesday 2008.0617
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Thu Jun 19 02:22:40 PDT 2008
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New home-building projects begun in the US last month slid
3.3% to the lowest level since 1991, in a further sign of
weakness in the battered US housing sector. At the same
time, producer price inflation rose faster than expected,
according to government figures today...
The data "left no doubt that the housing crunch is still in
full swing," said Dimitry Fleming at ING. "Home builders
have now cut production 60% since the peak early 2006, but
despite these drastic measures, the overhang - as measured
by the months of available supply - is still enormous and is
even approaching the highs of the early '80s crash. Two
years into the housing crunch, companies have deployed every
available trick to lift sales, but with next to no result."
US Home Builds Fall to 17-Year Low - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0617
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jun/17/subprimecrisis.useconomy?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
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Home Building Starts Drop as Rates Bite - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.0617
http://business.smh.com.au/home-building-starts-drop-as-rates-bite-20080617-2s13.html
Commerce Department: 17-Year Low in Home Building - Financial Planning, 2008.0617
http://www.financial-planning.com/asset/article/608881/commerce-department-17-year-low-home-building.html?pg=
Woolwich Withdraws 2-Year Fixed Home Loans - Telegraph, 2008.0617
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/17/nwoolwich117.xml
Ailing Builders Getting Back into Land Game - CNN, 2008.0617
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200806171455DOWJONESDJONLINE000550_FORTUNE5.htm
Woman Who Refused to Sell Tiny Ballard Home Dies - Seattle Times, 2008.0617
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008002522_webedithobit17m.html
Dubai House Prices Up 42% in Quarter - Gulf News, 2008.0617
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Real_Estate_Property/10221882.html
Justifying the Decision to Build a New Home - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0617
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121337927084472435.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Insurance a Poor Deal for Home Builders - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.0616
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/insurance-a-poor-deal-for-home-builders/2008/06/15/1213468240482.html
Is America's Suburban Dream Collapsing into a Nightmare? - CNN, 2008.0616
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/16/suburb.city/?iref=mpstoryview
Builders Ask for Homebuyer Tax Credit in Housing Bill - National Journal, 2008.0616
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/cdp_20080616_1119.php
Why Buying New Could Be Your Best Option - Easier Property, 2008.0616
http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/Northamptonshire/article-185578.html
Des Moines Levee Breach Threatens Neighborhood, High School - Chicago Tribune, 2008.0614
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-iowaflooding-desm,0,7605850.story
Earthquake Shakes Japan, Killing at Least 6 - Washington Post, 2008.0614
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/14/AR2008061400927.html
Does Building Your Own Home Make Sense? - This Is Money, 2008.0613
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/mortgages/article.html?in_article_id=442970&in_page_id=8
Historic U.S. Places at Risk - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0611
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0611/news_1-1.html
Floods' Damage May Be $126M - Indianapolis Star, 2008.0610
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/BUSINESS/80610029/1003/BUSINESS
Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums - New York Times, 2008.0609
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/world/asia/09gated.html
Maverick Mayor: 'Eco-Architecture Not Ego-Architecture!' - CNN, 2008.0606
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/06/06/jaime.lerner/
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True or false (for lumber in the United States):
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B. A "two-by-four" is typically half an inch less deep
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3.5 inches and 7.25 inches, respectively).
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Place the following Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in
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A. William H. Winslow House, River Forest, Illinois.
B. Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan.
C. Robie Residence, Chicago, Illinois.
D. Larkin Building, Buffalo, New York.
E. Unity Church, Oak Park, Illinois.
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