ArchWeek Residential 2009.1117

Tue Nov 17 18:49:21 PST 2009

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

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

According to Fortune and CNN, as well as eyes on the street...

"House prices have pulled out of their free fall, but don't expect 
them to recover until we work through a huge property glut."

	The lights are on in the housing market. But at more and more
	places, nobody's home.

	House prices have risen in recent months after a long plunge,
	according to the National Association of Realtors and the S&P
	Case-Shiller national index. Fewer Americans owe more than their
	property is worth, according to a report this week from
	Zillow.com.

	But a full-fledged housing recovery will remain elusive until
	the market can absorb all the houses and apartments that were
	built during the housing boom. And on that front, progress has
	been slow.

	About one in seven housing units was vacant in the third
	quarter, according to the Census Department. This year has
	registered the highest reading since the government began
	collecting such data in 1965.

There Are Still Too Many Houses 
http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/10/news/economy/too.many.houses.fortune/

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Residential Design and Building News
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Sales, Production, Housing Probably Rose: U.S. - Bloomberg, 2009.1115
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEl_hZLgkwjc&pos=2

Multipurpose Porch Becomes New Orleanian's Sanctuary - New Orleans Home and Garden, 2009.1114
http://www.nola.com/homegarden/index.ssf/2009/11/multipurpose_porch_becomes_new.html

Heavy Snow Storms in Northern China Kill 40 - Associated Press, 2009.1114
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091114/ap_on_re_as/as_china_snow_storms_5

Cape of New Hope - Financial Times, 2009.1113
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/c9b04a80-cf1a-11de-8a4b-00144feabdc0.html

Builders Downsize the Dream Home - Wall Street Journal, 2009.1113
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125807017854346243.html

Building a Dream Home Is about Attention to Detail - CanWest News Service, 2009.1113
http://www.canada.com/Building+dream+home+about+attention+detail/2218721/story.html

Classic Style with a Modern Twist - Chicago Tribune, 2009.1113
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/chi-classic-modern_chomes_1113nov13,0,4076158.story

New Homebuyer Tax Credits Show Promise - United Press International, 2009.1112
http://www.upi.com/Real-Estate/2009/11/12/New-Homebuyer-Tax-Credits-Light-Up-the-Holidays/7021258087171/
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Which to Preserve, the Chicken or the Egg? - New York Times, 2009.1112
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/realestate/15scapes.html

Small Signs of Optimism: Bay Area Cost of Living - New York Times, 2009.1112
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/realestate/13SfBriefs.html

Conditions Worsening in Spain's Real Estate Market - NuWire Investor, 2009.1112
http://www.nuwireinvestor.com/articles/conditions-worsening-in-spains-real-estate-market-54048.aspx

Gap in Leaky Home Funding - Dominion Post, 2009.1111
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/national/3050109/Gap-in-leaky-home-funding

Students Find Opportunity in "Quad" House - UB Reporter, 2009.1111
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/2009_11_11/quad_house

In Poland, Modern Among Traditional - New York Times, 2009.1111
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/greathomesanddestinations/11gh-poland.html
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K Rd Building Named One of World's Best - New Zealand Herald, 2009.1111
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10608494

Foreclosures Continue to Put a Damper on Home Prices - Wall Street Journal, 2009.1111
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125790574094242915.html

Changing Shapes of Space - Zaha Hadid - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.1111
http://www.archweek.com/2009/1111/culture_1-1.html

Existing-Home Prices Slide in Most Metropolitan Areas - Los Angeles Times, 2009.1111
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-home-prices11-2009nov11,0,1313056.story

People and Places, by Nancy Novitski
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/1111/news_2-1.html
	KlingStubbins and Autodesk in Waltham, Massachusetts - 
	Leo A Daly in Beijing, China - Gene Kaufman in New York,
	New York - William Rawn Associates with Ann Beha
	Architects in Cambridge, Massachusetts - RKT&B in
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ArtrA V6.2 Released for Virtual Design, Construction/BIM - TenLinks, 2009.1113
http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/AEC_design/111309_artra62.htm

Bentley Expands Academic SELECT Portfolio to Include Green Building Series - Bentley Press Release, 2009.1112
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Bridge Modeler for AutoCAD Civil 3D Now Available - Autodesk Labs Blog, 2009.1112
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