Residential Tuesday 2008.0708

Wed Jul 9 19:45:05 PDT 2008

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

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In London these days, according to the Times, "brutalist towers are worshipped by the young urban crowd..."

	These iconic structures from the Fifties, Sixties and
	Seventies are now sought-after living spaces for a
	discerning few with an eye for design and a nose for a
	bargain. Their brutalist style is worshipped by a young
	urban crowd, designers and architects....

	To those who find the architecture inherently overbearing,
	Gibberd says: "It is stark, yes, but the notion of feeling
	threatened comes from social associations we have with
	living on an estate. Once you understand the intention of
	architects like Goldfinger to take city living into the
	future, it becomes interesting and beautiful."

Brutalist Towers Are Worshipped by the Young Urban Crowd - The Times (UK), 2008.0704
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article4261154.ece

Residential Design and Building News
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Pending Home Sales Tumble in May - Reuters, 2008.0708
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN0825949520080708

Credit Squeeze Curbs Home Building, Despite Shortage - The Age, 2008.0708
http://business.theage.com.au/credit-squeeze-curbs-home-building-despite-shortage-20080707-34id.html

Fireman's Fund Offers Green Insurance for Homeowners - Greener Buildings, 2008.0708
http://greenerbuildings.com/news/2008/07/08/firemans-fund-green-insurance

Building Plan to Recharge Rural Wales - Wales Online, 2008.0708
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics-news/2008/07/08/building-plan-to-recharge-rural-wales-91466-21300693/

Building Permits Tumble 12.2% - Toronto Star, 2008.0708
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/455944

Ranch Days - Old House Journal, 2008.0707
http://www.oldhousejournal.com/ranch_style_homes/magazine/1508

Developer Bankruptcies Swell - Portland Business Journal, 2008.0707
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2008/07/07/story2.html?b=1215403200^1664118

Wrangling Neighbors, Building Condos - Daily Journal of Commerce, 2008.0707
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/07/07/Wrangling-neighbors-building-condos-Emericks-special-projects-group-takes-on-a-Southeast-Portland-ne

Can Green Designs Solve a Housing Crisis? - World Changing (blog), 2008.0707
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/008185.html

Suburb 'McMansion' Craze Creeps into the Boroughs - WCBS TV, 2008.0707
http://wcbstv.com/seenon/mcmansion.craze.suburbs.2.765626.html

Earthen "Fortress" Homes Join World Heritage List - Eview, 2008.0707
http://english.eviewweek.com/Earthen-fortress-homes-join-World-Heritage-list.shtml

Home Show's Focus Is Eco-Friendly Construction - Modesto Bee, 2008.0707
http://www.modbee.com/business/story/351456.html

Housing Braces for Further Pain - The Australian, 2008.0705
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23970722-5001942,00.html

One-Storey Wonder - Independent Digital, 2008.0705
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/interiors/design-onestorey-wonder-859530.html

Discovering Meaning in Modern - Washington Post, 2008.0705
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/07/04/ST2008070401759.html#

Australia in Sonoma - New York Times, 2008.0703
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/garden/03australia.html?_r=1&ref=garden&oref=slogin

Australia's Building Approvals Decline 6.5% on Rates - Bloomberg, 2008.0702
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=acsw7JtMCA6c&refer=australia

Building Approvals Fall, Return to Trend - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.0702
http://news.smh.com.au/business/building-approvals-fall-return-to-trend-20080702-30e3.html

House Prices Show Worst Fall for 16 Years - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0702
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/jul/02/houseprices.housingmarket

Robin Hood Gardens Will Not Be Listed - BD, 2008.0701
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=725&storycode=3117112&c=1&encCode=00000000017b90d0

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Linux - Still Chasing That Elusive 1% Market Share - ZDNet, 2008.0707
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Microsoft Criticizes EU's 'Unreasonable' Judgement - The Register, 2008.0707
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/07/microsoft_launches_ec_fine_appeal/

KOMPAS-3D V10 Is Coming Soon - Ascon Press Release, 2008.0707
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