Residential Tuesday 2008.0701

Tue Jul 1 20:14:27 PDT 2008

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Talking infill and megahomes around Seattle...

	But after more than a year of debate, the city still hasn't
	resolved the thorniest questions such as how to regulate the
	size of new homes.

	"What we've tried to do all along is come up with solutions
	that address the real problems that don't go beyond that to
	interfere with people's rights to develop their property,"
	said Cheryl Kuhn, neighborhood outreach manager for the city
	of Bellevue.

	The city spent months drilling down into people's concerns
	about new construction clashing with neighborhood character.
	Most people objected not so much to large homes but the way
	developers cleared trees and sited houses in a way that
	blocked neighbors' views and sunlight, she said. In a second
	phase of regulations, the city could try to get at those
	concerns by altering setbacks and requiring builders to
	angle homes or step back higher floors to limit shadowing of
	neighbors, she said.

Bellevue Targets House Concerns - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2008.0630
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/369087_megaside01.html

Residential Design and Building News
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New Home Sales Weaken in May - News.com.au, 2008.0701
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,23950817-31037,00.html

It's a Downtown Parade for Richard Howe House - Akron Beacon Journal, 2008.0701
http://www.ohio.com/news/22749444.html

Crisis in Home Building - Herald Sun, 2008.0701
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23949233-662,00.html

Fastest U.K. Home Price Fall in 16 Years - Press Association, 2008.0701
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jlJq51c5aKia3ShA_iX5pCqbrcyw

Construction Spending Drops 0.4 Percent in May - New York Times, 2008.0701
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Construction-Spending.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=residential+construction&st=nyt&oref=slogin

Quantum Consortium Hits House Building Targets - 24Dash, 2008.0701
http://www.24dash.com/news/Housing/2008-07-01-Quantum-consortium-hits-house-building-targets

UK House Prices in Grip of Slump That Experts Expect to Deepen - Telegraph, 2008.0701
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/money/2008/06/30/bcnmortgage230.xml

Laws Attacks Leaky Home Plan - Stuff, 2008.0630
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4601530a11.html

New Zealand's Home-Building Approvals Declined 42% in May - Bloomberg, 2008.0630
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a4UPkmka7gzk&refer=australia

New-Wave Rocker Finds His Fortune in Kitchen Design - Chicago Tribune, 2008.0629
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/home/chi-peacock_kitchenjun29,0,7282959.story

Cranbrook Architect Bill Massie Designs a House - Detroit News, 2008.0628
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080628/LIFESTYLE01/806280401/1038

Construction Materials Costs Go through Roof - Dallas Morning News, 2008.0627
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/062708dnbusconstructioncosts.3fcfe3f.html

AIA/HUD Secretary Awards Recognize Four Outstanding Housing Projects - AIArchitect, 2008.0627
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0627/0627d_hud.cfm

Housing May Have Hit a Floor - Barron's, 2008.0627
http://online.barrons.com/article/SB121451498452208461.html?mod=googlenews_barrons

Home Builders Add Eco-Friendly Marketing Claims - Arizona Republic, 2008.0626
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2008/06/26/20080626biz-greenhomes0626.html

Auctions Are Aiding Sales in a Weakened Market - New York Times, 2008.0625
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/business/25auction.html?scp=5&sq=residential+construction&st=nyt

Home Building Down 37% in May from Year Ago - San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0624
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/23/BU0A11DR76.DTL

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BIM Goes Residential - Cadalyst, 2008.0701
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard: Apple's Secret Business Weapon? - InfoWorld, 2008.0701
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/07/01/27NF-mac-os-snow-leopard_1.html

AMD Announces New ATI Catalyst for Linux - AMD Press Release, 2008.0626
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Matrox Releases M-Series Graphics Cards - Matrox Press Release, 2008.0625
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MSC Software Acquires MacNeal Group - MSC Sofware Press Release, 2008.0624
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