Residential Tuesday 2008.0722

Tue Jul 22 21:16:14 PDT 2008

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	A beat-the-deadline rush to file permits for apartment
	construction in New York City lifted housing starts to
	unexpectedly high levels in June, but it was no cause for
	rejoicing. Construction of single-family homes nationwide
	fell to the slowest pace in 17 years.

	Builders started work on single-family homes at an annual
	rate of 647,000 units last month, a drop of 5.3 percent from
	the previous month, the Commerce Department reported
	Thursday. It marked the slowest pace for singe-family
	activity since January 1991, another period when housing was
	going through a severe downturn.

	That decline in single-family construction was in contrast
	to a 42.5 percent surge in apartment building, an increase
	that was attributed to a change in New York City building
	codes that triggered a rush by builders to take out
	applications before new regulations took effect on July 1...

Single-Family Building Dips to Slowest in 17 Years - Associated Press, 2008.0717
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsanM66tszKz1zFq0LOG4XvWS7zAD91VRV700

Residential Design and Building News
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FEMA Releases Draft National Disaster Housing Strategy - FEMA Press Release, 2008.0721
http://home.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=45190

Newfound Respect for the Prefabricated House - International Herald Tribune, 2008.0723
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/23/arts/dwelling.php

A Sea-Can Condo? - Northern News Services, 2008.0722
http://nnsl.com/northern-news-services/stories/papers/jul22_08ntl-nun.html

New House, Available for Delivery, Convenient to Museum - New York Times, 2008.0722
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/arts/design/22pref.html?_r=1&ref=design&oref=slogin

Portland Expected to Dodge Building Bullet - Daily Journal of Commerce, 2008.0722
http://www.djcoregon.com/articleDetail.htm/2008/07/22/Portland-expected-to-dodge-building-bullet-2009-national-construction-slowdown-expected-to-bypass-lo

Accordia Residential Masterplan Shortlisted for Stirling Prize - World Architecture News, 2008.0722
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=10129

Self Sufficient 'Smart Homes' Promised by 2010 - Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0721
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/21/greenbuilding.ethicalliving

Restored to Glory - The Star (Malaysia), 2008.0721
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/7/21/lifeliving/1541934&sec=lifeliving

Financing Dries Up for Home Builders - Post Tribune, 2008.0721
http://www.post-trib.com/news/1065548,lcbuild.article

Hatley House of 1940s Has Green Features -- And Lots of History - Statesman, 2008.0720
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/statesmanhomes/07/20/0720enfield.html

Accolades for Architecture - Sydney Morning Herald, 2008.0720
http://www.smh.com.au/news/design/accolades-for-architecture/2008/07/20/1216492252922.html

Changing Skyline: Setting Up House - Philladelphia Inquirer, 2008.0718
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_design/20080718_Changing_Skyline__Setting_up_house.html

HausWork*: Week 4 - Wallpaper, 2008.0718
http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/hauswork-week-4/2520

The Newest Cottage Industry - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0718
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121633957931763985.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Rimrock Ranch Fuses Urban Design with the Rugged High Desert - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0717
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-rimrock17-2008jul17,0,3502226.story

Single-Family Housing Starts and Permits Decline in June - NAHB Press Release, 2008.0717
http://www.nahb.org/news_details.aspx?sectionID=0&newsID=7503

Home Is Where the Head Is - New York Times, 2008.0717
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/garden/17emotional.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=building+AND+construction+AND+architecture&st=nyt&oref=slogin

Home Builders Index Hits Another Record Low - Market Watch, 2008.0716
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/home-builders-index-hits-another/story.aspx?guid={77342D09-15DC-4D58-8886-114022526E39}&dist=msr_3

Living Steel 2008 - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0716
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0716/index.html

Innovative, Fire-Resistant Oakland Hills Homes - San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0712
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/12/HOUK11EI97.DTL

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Say Goodbye to the Computer Mouse - BBC News, 2008.0717
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