Residential Tuesday 2008.1007
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Tue Oct 7 22:57:53 PDT 2008
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When we get around to rebuilding an industry... eventually... how
can we build it to build better?
For years, while Washington slept, most of the serious work
on climate change has occurred in the states, and no state
has worked harder than California. The latest example of
California's originality is a new law - the nation's first -
intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by curbing urban
sprawl and cutting back the time people have to spend in
their automobiles.
Passenger vehicles are the biggest single source of carbon
dioxide in California, producing nearly one-third of the
total. Meanwhile, the number of miles driven in California
has increased 50 percent faster than the rate of population
growth, largely because people have to drive greater
distances in their daily lives.
The new law has many moving parts, but the basic sequence is
straightforward. The state's Air Resources Board will
determine the level of emissions produced by cars and light
trucks, including S.U.V.'s, in each of California's 17
metropolitan planning areas. Emissions-reduction goals for
2020 and 2035 would be assigned to each area. Local
governments would then devise strategies for housing
development, road-building and other land uses to shorten
travel distances, reduce driving and meet the new targets.
Cut the Sprawl, Cut the Warming - New York Times, 2008.1007
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/opinion/07tue2.html
Residential Design and Building News
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Australia Construction Sector Slumps in September - MSN, 2008.1007
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=642615
Government Set to Miss New Home Building Targets - In The News, 2008.1007
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/money/reviews/pakistan/government-set-miss-new-home-building-targets-$1243589.htm
Redefining Urban Living Spaces - Malaya, 2008.1007
http://www.malaya.com.ph/oct07/livi1.htm
Condomania Interruptus, but Not for Long - New Haven Independent, 2008.1007
http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2008/10/condomania_inte.php
Stocks Approach a Grim Milestone - New York Times, 2008.1006
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/stocks-approach-a-grim-milestone/
Rescue Legislation Contains Palliatives, No Cure - Bloomberg, 2008.1006
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_wasik&sid=aSagF5zLd2hc
Thoroughly Modern, Amid the Traditional - New York Times, 2008.1005
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/realestate/05habi.html
The Suburbs as a Museum Piece - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2008.1005
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08279/917575-155.stm
'McMansion' Comes Tumbling Down - Buffalo News, 2008.1005
http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/story/455239.html
Home-Building Stimulus: Testing Out Impact Fees - The Ledger, 2008.1005
http://www.theledger.com/article/20081005/NEWS/810050316/1003/NEWS01?Title=Home_Building_Stimulus__Testing_Out_Impact_Fees
Home Building Target 'Out of Reach' - Press Association, 2008.1005
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4sZ5-Amu1qmmLmTiwPcFp9IUJxw
Housing Industry Gives Helping Hand - Calgary Herald, 2008.1004
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/newhomes/story.html?id=696e071f-3d54-449a-8af6-f9bbe08287e4
Rentals Remain Robust - New York Times, 2008.1004
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/realestate/05njzo.html?scp=2&sq=construction+home+residential&st=nyt
House Building 'at Lowest Level for 50 Years' - Telegraph, 2008.1003
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/houseprices/3126788/House-building-at-lowest-level-for-50-years.html
Number of New Homes Being Built Plunges to 50-Year Low - Independent Digital, 2008.1003
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/number-of-new-homes-being-built-plunges-to-50year-low-949709.html
Prizewinning Affordable Housing - Green Building Elements, 2008.1002
http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/10/02/prizewinning-affordable-housing/
Adding Livability in Milan - International Herald Tribune, 2008.1002
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/02/properties/remilan.php
No McMansions in Cornwall - Litchfield County Times, 2008.1002
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20147273&BRD=2303&PAG=461&dept_id=478976&rfi=6
U.K. Government Fails on Pledge for Good Design - BD, 2008.1002
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3124065&origin=BDbreakingnews
Boundary Issues - New York Times, 2008.0928
http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/09/28/style/t/index.html#pageName=28cloepfilw
This Old Recyclable House - New York Times, 2008.0928
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/magazine/28house-t.html?scp=2&sq=building+AND+construction+AND+architecture&st=nyt
Shower Design for Aging in Place - ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0924
http://www.archweek.com/2008/0924/building_1-1.html
People and Places by Nancy Novitski
Perkins + Will in Maple Grove, Minnesota - Stanton
Williams in Berlin, Germany - HMS Architects in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana - Highland Associates in New York, New
York - John Ochsendorf in Chicago, Illinois - S333
Architecture + Urbanism in Plymouth, England, United
Kingdom - Race Cottam in London, England, United
Kingdom - Ofis Arhitekti in Nova Gorica, Slovenia -
Cope Linder Architects in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Douglas Fredrikson Architects in Indian Wells,
California - Ellerbe Becket in Providence, Rhode Island
- HOK and Studio JTA in New York, New York - Parallax
Associates in Chatsworth, California...
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Autodesk Releases Revit for 64-Bit Windows Systems - Autodesk Press Release, 2008.0930
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