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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1347 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:50 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Residential 2009.0225 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly from the editors of ArchitectureWeek. Bungalow love from Boston... "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/ Residential Design and Building News ------------------------------------ Jump in U.S. Home Sales Will Camouflage Underlying Frailty - - forum abuse -, 2009.0224 http://www.- forum abuse -.com/- forum abuse -/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://- abuse alert -.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://- abuse alert -.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. 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