ArchWeek Residential 2009.0217
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Tue Feb 17 17:25:08 PST 2009
Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,
ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly
from the editors of ArchitectureWeek.
The Toronto Star profiles a creative architect who made a mark
on her community by masterminding a series of forward-looking
building rehabiliations:
Her first streetscape project, in 1965, was 13 row houses on
Belmont St., off Yonge St. north of Davenport Rd. Built in
the 1890s, the houses were first inhabited by brickyard
workers. Burt found them empty or leased to artistic types.
Plaster hung off the damp walls.
Burt persuaded a developer to buy the houses for $13,000
each. They gutted the interiors, fixed and painted the brick
and put fences around the tiny front yards.
To Burt's surprise, the buyers were professionals, "spirited
people" who wanted to move downtown from midtown - the
beginning of a trend that has helped see housing prices in
Toronto's old neighbourhoods soar.
One of the houses recently sold for $800,000...
Old Buildings Given New Life - Toronto Star, 2009.0217
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/588493
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Residential Design and Building News
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Homeowners Who Cannot Go Home - Moscow Times, 2009.0217
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1032/42/374594.htm
At Rudolph's Old House, Frat Puts Function over Form - Yale Daily News, 2009.0216
http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/27752
Accordia Living Is Streets Ahead - Easier Property, 2009.0216
http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/Cambridgeshire/article-234455.html
Building Outside the Box - News-Journal Online, 2009.0216
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/frtHEAD05021609.htm
Homebuilding to Fall by Nearly 50% - but Not in Dallas-Fort Worth - Dallas Morning News, 2009.0216
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/021709dnbushousingforecast.2137fa80.html
Investors Look to Obama Mortgage Plan - Forbes, 2009.0215
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/15/briefing-americas-outlook-markets-economy-0213_obama_44.html
No Sign of Bottom yet in Worst-Hit Sectors - Market Watch, 2009.0215
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/no-sign-bottoming-data-seen/story.aspx?guid={A8A942E2-8980-453C-A7EA-D8AAF25A747F}
Moving House - The Times (UK), 2009.0215
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article5732918.ece
Thinking Smaller and Cheaper - New York Times, 2009.0215
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/realestate/15lizo.html
Administration Weighs Plan to Lower Mortgage Rates - AP, 2009.0213
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gFSu3GqniGVvNSQKACosXSPETSNwD96ACC000
Adam Kalkin's Contained Approach to Architecture - BD, 2009.0213
http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=577&storycode=3133952&c=2&encCode=0000000001902269
Home Builder Emaar Reports Loss - Wall Street Journal, 2009.0212
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123448408416179933.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Boral Blames Housing Slump, Dollar for Loss - Sydney Morning Herald, 2009.0212
http://business.smh.com.au/business/boral-blames-housing-slump-dollar-for-loss-20090211-84qo.html
New Orleans' Experimental Homes Unveiled - The Globe and Mail, 2009.0212
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090212.reMays0213/BNStory/RealEstate
Why Buying That Cheap House in an Exurb Is a Bad Idea - Examiner, 2009.0211
http://www.examiner.com/x-2429-DC-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m2d11-Why-that-cheap-house-in-the-DC-suburbs-might-actually-suck-up-all-your-extra-sepnding-money
AIA Honor Awards 2009 - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0211
http://www.archweek.com/2009/0211/index.html
In New York's Hudson Valley, the Salt Point House by Thomas
Phifer and Partners takes advantage of its bucolic setting.
Located in a meadow overlooking a small lake near Salt
Point, the 2,200-square-foot (200-square-meter) house opens
to the landscape to the east and west, with a double-height
porch at the west end. In the long, relatively solid north
and south facades, continuous slot windows frame views of
the landscape.
EDAR in LA - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0211
http://www.archweek.com/2009/0211/building_1-1.html
The EDAR, a four-wheeled combination cart and sleeping unit
created for use by people experiencing homelessness, is
beginning to make its presence known in the greater Los
Angeles area.
Asphalt Roof Shingle Prices Expected to Raise in 2009 Despite Low Crude Oil Prices - Prudent Press Agency, 2009.0211
http://www.prudentpressagency.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8233
New Home Slowdown Is Building Economic Pain - Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 2009.0210
http://www.startribune.com/homes/39373267.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUss
Built to Weather the Storm - American-Statesman, 2009.0208
http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/statesmanhomes/02/08/0208fortify.html
Is Your Clothesline Illegal? - Los Angeles Times, 2009.0207
http://www.latimes.com/features/printedition/home/la-hm-clothesline7-2009feb07,0,4104849.story
D.R. Horton Bulldozes Expenses - Forbes, 2009.0203
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/03/dr-horton-homebuilders-markets-equity-0203_earnings.html?partner=whiteglove_google
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