Residential Tuesday 2009.0702

Thu Jul 2 13:55:49 PDT 2009

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

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

If your experience of swimming through the strong tides and sudden undertows of this economy is anything like ours, looking toward our big American holiday weekend... I think you've earned some time out of the current, just relaxing on the beach!

The most important things in life are not based on money.  So while we're faithfully tracking the details of more tough news this week around the challenging housing economy, we're going to take good professional notice of these apparent facts, and then set them down until Monday.  

Please have a great weekend, relax, and let's dive back in next week at least a little bit refreshed!

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Residential Design and Building News
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U.S. Job Losses Rise in June as Unemployment Reaches 9.5% - New York Times, 2009.0702
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/business/economy/03jobs.html

Sharp Drop in Construction Spending in May - Reuters at NY Times, 2009.0701
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/business/economy/02econ.html

Beazer to Settle Fraud Case for Up to $53 Million - Bloomberg, 2009.0701
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a_F56fgl7kk8

U.S. Home Price Declines Moderating, Index Says - New York Times, 2009.0630
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/business/economy/01econ.html

Bank Woes Deepening in Europe - New York Times, 2009.0630
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/business/global/01eurobanks.html

Shanghai Authorities Hold 9 People after Apartment Building Tips over, Order Safety Checks - Los Angeles Times, 2009.0629
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-as-china-building-collapse,1,2363085.story

McMansions Out of Favor, for Now - Wall Street Journal, 2009.0629
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124630276617469437.html#mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

A New Generation of Federal Housing Policy - Brookings Institution, 2009.0629
http://www.brookings.edu/speeches/2009/0629_housing_katz.aspx

Smart House Must Be a Livable House, Too - Tallahassee Democrat, 2009.0628
http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090628/COLUMNIST05/906280304/Mary+Ann+Lindley++Smart+house+must+be+a+livable+house++too

Pulse Detected in High-End Condos - New York Times, 2009.0626
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/realestate/28lizo.html?scp=3&sq=construction+home+residential&st=nyt

U.S. Residential Construction Markets Take Some New Twists and Turns - Reed Construction Data, 2009.0626
http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/news/2009/06/us-residential-construction-markets-take-some-new-twists-and-turns/

North Carolina Home Builders May Get Tax Help - Charlotte Observer, 2009.0626
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/business/story/800818.html

KB Home Loss Narrows as Cost Cuts Beat Revenue Drop - Bloomberg, 2009.0626
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aqfEG26ZMtUI

Write-Downs Continue for Home Builder Lennar - Inside Futures, 2009.0625
http://www.insidefutures.com/article/106186/Write-downs Continue for Home Builder Lennar.html

Buyers Hold Key in Home Builder's Bankruptcy - Philadelphia Business Today, 2009.0625
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20090625_Buyers_hold_key_in_home_builder_s_bankruptcy.html

New-Home Sales Decline Is More Bad News for Builders - CNN, 2009.0624
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200906241251DOWJONESDJONLINE000673_FORTUNE5.htm

Buildings and the Climate Bill - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0624
http://www.archweek.com/2009/0624/news_1-1.html
	It's important to "get things right" when a new building is
	constructed. More so than perhaps anything else we create, new
	buildings will be with us for a very long time.

	The greenhouse gas cap-and-trade section of the Waxman-Markey
	climate and energy bill gets most of the attention, as it should,
	but the bill has many other provisions, some of which are
	directly important to the building industry.

Earnings Preview: Lennar Corp. - Forbes, 2009.0624
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/06/24/ap6582983.html

Denver Moves Closer to a New Zoning Code - Examiner, 2009.0624
http://www.examiner.com/x-12717-Denver-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Denver-moves-closer-to-a-new-zoning-code

Revive U.S. Housing by Killing Cars and 'Spurbs' - Huffington Post, 2009.0624
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-f-wasik/revive-us-housing-by-kill_b_220316.html

Economic Slump Shakes Foundation of Prefab Housing - San Jose Mercury News, 2009.0623
http://www.mercurynews.com/realestatenews/ci_12675843

More Home Builder Bankruptcies Seen Possible - Reuters, 2009.0622
http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalRealEstate09/idUSTRE55L5Y220090622

Seattle's HyBrid Architecture Unveils Its 'Cargotecture' Buildings - Oregonian, 2009.0622
http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2009/06/seattles_hybrid_architecture_u.html

California Architect Thinks about White Roofs - Green Building Elements, 2009.0621
http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/06/21/california-architect-thinks-about-white-roofs/

The Unfortunate Location - New York Times, 2009.0618
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/garden/18houses.html?scp=4&sq=building+AND+construction+AND+architecture&st=nyt

Write-Downs Continue for Home Builder Lennar - Inside Futures, 2009.0625
http://www.insidefutures.com/article/106186/Write-downs Continue for Home Builder Lennar.html

Buyers Hold Key in Home Builder's Bankruptcy - Philadelphia Business Today, 2009.0625
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20090625_Buyers_hold_key_in_home_builder_s_bankruptcy.html

Buildings and the Climate Bill - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0624
http://www.archweek.com/2009/0624/news_1-1.html

Denver Moves Closer to a New Zoning Code - Examiner, 2009.0624
http://www.examiner.com/x-12717-Denver-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m6d24-Denver-moves-closer-to-a-new-zoning-code

Revive U.S. Housing by Killing Cars and 'Spurbs' - Huffington Post, 2009.0624
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-f-wasik/revive-us-housing-by-kill_b_220316.html

Free Energy Analysis with IES VE-Ware - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0624
http://www.archweek.com/2009/0624/tools_1-1.html
	Dr. Don McLean, founder and CEO of Integrated Environmental
	Solutions (IES), believes every architect should have the ability
	to understand the environmental impact of his or her building
	design. To realize this vision, McLean is prepared to give
	architects free access to some of the most basic features of his
	company's Virtual Environment software suite.

Economic Slump Shakes Foundation of Prefab Housing - San Jose Mercury News, 2009.0623
http://www.mercurynews.com/realestatenews/ci_12675843

More Home Builder Bankruptcies Seen Possible - Reuters, 2009.0622
http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalRealEstate09/idUSTRE55L5Y220090622

Seattle's HyBrid Architecture Unveils Its 'Cargotecture' Buildings - Oregonian, 2009.0622
http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2009/06/seattles_hybrid_architecture_u.html

Award-Winning Homes - Washingtonian.com, 2009.0622
http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/homegarden/openhouse/12728.html

Thornton to Modernize 'Historical' Home - Northwest Indiana and Illinois Times, 2009.0622
http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2009/06/22/news/illinois/doc281ef969761ac092862575dc0082d732.txt

California Architect Thinks about White Roofs - Green Building Elements, 2009.0621
http://greenbuildingelements.com/2009/06/21/california-architect-thinks-about-white-roofs/

Is the I.E.'S New Home Market Slowly Rebounding? - San Bernardino and Inland Empire Sun, 2009.0621
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_12659180

Building Collapse in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, Injures 4 - New York Daily News, 2009.0621
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/06/21/2009-06-21_the_whole_thing_just_fell_building_collapse_in_ft_greene_brooklyn_injures_4.html

Sahuarita Is Still a Hot Spot for Home Building - Inside Tucson Business, 2009.0619
http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2009/06/19/construction_real_estate/doc4a3bd95e03324495554392.txt

South Ave. Designs Earn Recognition from AIA - ROC Now, 2009.0618
http://rocnow.com/article/business/2009906180318

The Unfortunate Location - New York Times, 2009.0618
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/garden/18houses.html?scp=4&sq=building+AND+construction+AND+architecture&st=nyt

American Landscape Awards 2009 - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0617
http://www.archweek.com/2009/0617/news_1-1.html
	Buffalo Bayou flows through downtown Houston, Texas,
	under a tangle of freeways and bridges on its way to
	Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Landscape
	architects SWA Group reenvisioned a neglected 1.2-mile
	(1.9-kilometer) length of bayou front, transforming it
	into pedestrian-friendly parkland with improved
	floodwater conveyance.

Silver Linings at Building Show - San Jose Mercury News, 2009.0617
http://www.mercurynews.com/realestatenews/ci_12611504

American Landscape Awards 2009 - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0617
Dymaxion Redux - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0617
http://www.archweek.com/2009/0617/culture_1-1.html
	Visiting Fuller's house today requires a $14 ticket. In
	a landscape packed with planes, trains, and vehicles of
	all kinds, the sparkling body of the Dymaxion House
	makes a striking appearance.

People and Places by Nancy Novitski
    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0624/news_2-1.html
	Rosemann & Associates, P.C. in Pevely, Missouri - Burt
	Hill in Washington, D.C., USA - OMA and Urbanus in
	Shenzhen, China - Alsop in Manchester, England, United
	Kingdom...
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