Residential Tuesday 2008.0826

Tue Aug 26 16:17:31 PDT 2008

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

Residential Tuesday brings you top housing news and analysis weekly
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A fascinating whole-building test facility is commissioned this week 
in Canada:

	With hurricane season upon us, many wonder if the roof over
	their heads will hold firm in the face of high winds.  This
	week, inaugural tests at The University of Western Ontario's
	'Three Little Pigs' project at The Insurance Research Lab
	for Better Homes will begin to provide answers as
	researchers 'raze the roof'.

	The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes is the first of
	its kind in the world to subject full-scale houses to
	pressures that simulate the effects of winds as strong as a
	Category 5 hurricane - or 200 mph - all within a controlled
	environment.  Researchers at the $7-million facility will
	also be studying the destructive pathways of mould and water...

Building a Stronger Roof over Your Head - Science Daily, 2008.0825
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080825103529.htm

Residential Design and Building News
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Data Show More Multi-Family Housing Being Built in KC Area - Kansas City Star, 2008.0825
http://www.kansascity.com/business/story/758327.html

That Housing Recovery? Keep Waiting. - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0825
http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2008/08/25/that-housing-recovery-keep-waiting/

New Growth Industry: Green Home Building - Indianapolis Star, 2008.0825
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080825/BUSINESS/808250334

Therapists Helping Builders Cope During Housing Slump - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2008.0825
http://www.ajc.com/money/content/business/stories/2008/08/25/builders_therapists.html

Where Home Prices Are Likely to Rise - Forbes, 2008.0825
http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2008/08/25/housing-prices-rising-forbeslife-cx_mw_0825realestate.html

A Blueprint for Good - Boston Globe, 2008.0824
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/24/a_blueprint_for_good/

House of Worship - The Times (UK), 2008.0824
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/new_homes/article4580327.ece

An Architect Unshackled by Limits of the Real World - New York Times, 2008.0824
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/25/arts/design/25wood.html?scp=1&sq=residential+design+architect&st=nyt

Housing Stimulus Legislation Is Great News for Area Home Buyers - Star-Telegram, 2008.0824
http://www.star-telegram.com/119/story/850685.html

Home, Small Home: 250 Square Feet in SoMa - San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0823
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/23/BUTM12GQMI.DTL

Gehry House Is Work of Art - Arizona Republic, 2008.0823
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/home/articles/2008/08/23/20080823coolhome0823.html

Porsche's Kitchen for Men - Los Angeles Times, 2008.0823
http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-hm-neil23-2008aug23,0,5402641.story

Sombre Picture of New Residential Building - The Australian, 2008.0823
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24224186-25658,00.html

Shelter Calls for A#8bn for House Building Industry - Builder and Engineer (UK), 2008.0822
http://www.builderandengineer.co.uk/news/general/shelter-calls-for-8bn-for-house-building-industry-2514.html

New Old Houses on the March - Providence Journal, 2008.0821
http://www.projo.com/opinion/columnists/content/CL_brussat21_08-21-08_S7B8RHS_v16.41225cf.html

Downsizing in Los Angeles: From Mansion to $47 Million Condo - New York Times, 2008.0820
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/us/21condo.html?scp=2&sq=construction+home+residential&st=nyt

Lavish New York City Condo Project Contends with Lenders' New Demands - Wall Street Journal, 2008.0820
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121919449148255317.html?mod=2_1569_leftbox

Students Scramble to Design and Construct a New Orleans House - New York Times, 2008.0820
http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/08/20/arts/television/20arch.html?scp=1&sq=building+AND+construction+AND+architecture&st=nyt

Home Building to Fall - The Age, 2008.0819
http://business.theage.com.au/business/home-building-to-fall-20080819-3xvg.html

Single-Family Housing Permits Fall to 26-Year Low - MarketWatch, 2008.0819
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/single-family-housing-permits-fall-26-year/story.aspx?guid={EE2FBBD8-7BB9-42F6-ABDD-0EE890B2664B}&dist=msr_14

People and Places
    by Nancy Novitski
	Gresham, Smith and Partners in Shanghai, China - WWCOT
	in Woodland Hills, USA - RTKL in Washington, D.C., USA
	- H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture in Brooklyn, New
	York - CetraRuddy in New York, New York - Montroy
	Andersen DeMarco in New York, New York - HGA in Winona,
	Minnesota - Ratcliff in Emeryville, California - OMA,
	with Arup and ECADI in Beijing, China...
        ... short stories continue online:
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/0820/news_1-1.html

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IMSI/Design Offers Free Version of IDX Renditioner Express for Google SketchUp - IMSI Press Release, 2008.0821
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3D Systems Announces High-Definition 3D Printer - Stockhouse, 2008.0821
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Intel Moves to Free Gadgets of Their Recharging Cords - New York Times, 2008.0820
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Autodesk Adopts 'Flexible Software Delivery' for AutoCAD - TenLinks, 2008.0820
http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/AUTODESK/082008_flexible_model.htm

Pre-BIM Tool Simplifies Conceptual Design Process - AEC Cafe, 2008.0818
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