ArchWeek Residential 2009.0225

[ArchitectureWeek Editors]

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly 
from the editors of ArchitectureWeek.

Bungalow love runs deep, as the Boston Globe reminds us...

	They're diminutive, often less than 1,500 square feet. They
	usually contain one bathroom, or at best one and a half.
	Most were designed for single-level living with one, or
	maybe two, bedrooms; any second-level sleeping quarters were
	afterthoughts carved into the attic. A garage? Doubtful.
	Yard? Possible, but, if so, limited.
	
	Living in an American bungalow home may not fulfill the
	American dream for homeowners today who want footprints with
	mega space, yet those who adore these cool, compact homes
	cannot imagine living in any other style residence.

Where Compact Equals Comfort - Boston Globe, 2009.0222
http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2009/02/22/where_compact_equals_comfort/

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Residential Design and Building News
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Jump in U.S. Home Sales Will Camouflage Underlying Frailty - Forex, 2009.0224
http://www.forextv.com/Forex/News/ShowStory.jsp?seq=242701&category=Market+Updates,Day+Ahead,Top+News

US Home Prices Plunge a Record 18.5 Percent: Survey - Associated Foreign Press, 2009.0224
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5goxCgFRbvXwrvstxSC9hT-wiVhBg

Residential Housing Recovery Still 12 Months Away - Smart Company, 2009.0224
http://www.smartcompany.com.au/Free-Articles/The-Briefing/20090224-Residential-housing-recovery-still-12-months-away-.html

Buying a New Home Versus Buying a Foreclosure - Examiner, 2009.0224
http://www.examiner.com/x-612-Residential-Real-Estate-Examiner~y2009m2d24-Buying-a-new-home-versus-buying-a-foreclosure

Home Depot Puts Up a Good Front - Forbes, 2009.0224
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/24/home-depot-retail-markets-equity_improvement_housing_18.html

Home Prices in Record Drop - CNN, 2009.0224
http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/24/real_estate/Case_Shiller_December/?postversion=2009022411

U.K. BBA Home Loans Declined Annual 43% in January - Bloomberg, 2009.0224
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=ajEW7LKKOW.U&refer=uk

Home-Building Hold Up as Demand Drops Off - WA Today, 2009.0224
http://business.watoday.com.au/business/homebuilding-hold-up-as-demand-drops-off-20090224-8gdy.html

Bleak Year Ahead for Housing - News.com.au, 2009.0224
http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25197,25098807-14327,00.html

Australian New Home Building Put on Hold: HIA - RTT News, 2009.0224
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/AsianEconomicNews.aspx?Node=B2&Id=862939

U.S. Finally Getting a Little Help to Homeowners Facing Foreclosure - Cleveland Plain Dealer, 2009.0223
http://blog.cleveland.com/pdopinion/2009/02/us_finally_getting_a_little_he.html

Toll Brothers Program Covers Mortgage for New Buyers Who Lose Jobs - Philadelphia Business Journal, 2009.0223
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2009/02/23/daily10.html

Banking on the Brink - New York Times, 2009.0223
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/opinion/23krugman.html

Threat of Judges Changing Mortgage Terms May Motivate Lenders - Dallas Morning News, 2009.0223
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/personalfinance/stories/DN-moneytalk_23bus.ART.State.Edition1.4c171c6.html

Starting over Green - Houston Chronicle, 2009.0223
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/features/6277153.html

The Shapes of Homes to Come - Boston Globe, 2009.0223
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/02/23/the_shapes_of_homes_to_come/

Top Seattle Firm's Designs Don't Intrude - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2009.0223
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ae/401136_architecture24.html

Call for #6.3bn Housing Investment - Press Association, 2009.0223
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iqXRjQXKEZd1TYViHU6PhzOiMeMA

U.K. Should Build Homes to Escape Recession, BOE's Barker Says - Bloomberg, 2009.0223
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=abf7aZ0bxQEo&refer=uk

Economists See Recession Continuing through First Half of 2009 - Consumer Affairs, 2009.0223
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/02/economic_stress24.html

Where Compact Equals Comfort - Boston Globe, 2009.0222
http://www.boston.com/realestate/news/articles/2009/02/22/where_compact_equals_comfort/

Gordon Needs to Build for the Future - Opinion at Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0222
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/feb/24/house-building-repossessions

A Building Boom Goes Silent - Globe and Mail, 2009.0220
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090220.RHOUSINGNEW20/TPStory/Business

Bringing Egalite Home - New York Times, 2009.0219
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/garden/19france.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=house+home+residential+building&st=nyt

Where in the U.S. Homes Are Most Affordable - Forbes, 2009.0219
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/19/cities-affordable-ten-lifestyle-real-estate_cities.html

Canada Housing Starts to Drop 24 Pct in 2009 - Reuters, 2009.0219
http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKN1950706920090219

President Steers $275b to Housing - Boston Globe, 2009.0219
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/02/19/president_steers_275b_to_housing/

New Housing Starts, Building Permits Continue to Plunge in January - Medill, 2009.0218
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=117053

Low Housing Starts? Terrific! - Globe and Mail, 2009.0218
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090218.WBmarkets20090218111344/WBStory/WBmarkets

Home Mortgage Rates Drop to Record Lows - Nashville Business Journal, 2009.0216
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/02/16/daily28.html

Galveston, Texas, Still Struggling to Recover, Rebuild after Hurricane - Chicago Tribune, 2009.0216
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-galveston_wittfeb16,0,6649545.story

People and Places by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0218/news_1-1.html

	Callison in Seattle, Washington - CBI Consulting in Boston,
	Massachusetts - GKV Architects in New York, New York - RTKL,
	with Holfords in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Foster +
	Partners in Madrid, Spain - Rosemann & Associates in Kansas
	City, Missouri - de Architekten Cie in Tianjin, China -
	Gresham, Smith and Partners in Nashville, Tennessee -
	Baldinger Architectural Studio in Phoenix, Arizona - Gail A.
	Lindsey, FAIA, LEED AP in Wake Forest, North Carolina...

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Google Shows Web-Based Offline Gmail on iPhone - CNN, 2009.0219
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Bluebeam Software Announces 508 Compliance - Bluebeam Press Release, 2009.0219
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Photo Geo-Tagging on the Cheap - New York Times, 2009.0218
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Oce Calls for "Green Reprographer" Applications - , 2009.0217
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The Cellphone, Navigating Our Lives - New York Times, 2009.0217
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Siemens Dares Where Others Fear: NX on Mac, Linux - World CAD Access, 2009.0217
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