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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1346 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:18 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Residential 2009.0113 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly from the editors of ArchitectureWeek. Environmentalists want the economic push-start to focus on sustainability investments, aiming for a double benefit. Some observers seem to think we're already seeing benefits from sustainability-oriented planning, as smart-growth and walkable, transit-supported mixed-use areas appear to suffer less in the housing crunch... "Compared with the most-overvalued housing markets nationwide, Eugene ranked 10th in IHS Global Insight's report for the third quarter of 2008. "Instead of bursting, we have had a slow leak," says Lorena Teer, president of the Eugene Association of Realtors, of home values. "Even so, Eugene, the county seat of Lane County, has a foreclosure rate well below the national average. In Lane County, one in every 865 homes was in foreclosure in November, compared with one in 488 nationally, according to RealtyTrac. "In its favor, the city has had a smart growth plan that prevents too much construction, Teer says. [Large] tracts of land were not available to speculative building." Prices Fall in Eugene, Ore., but Not Enough to Aid Home Sales - USA Today, 2009.0112 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/closetohome/2009-01-12-close-to-home-eugene-oregon_N.htm Residential Design and Building News ------------------------------------ U.K. Slumps Most Since 1989 as Home Sales Decline - Bloomberg, 2009.0113 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aXMxpfaiMZGg&refer=uk Bankruptcy Boom Seen in 2009, No Sector Spared - Reuters, 2009.0113 http://www.reuters.com/article/gc04/idUSTRE50B6FI20090113 Flood Damage Targeted at Historic Plano Home - Chicago Tribune, 2009.0113 http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-arch-notes-0113jan13,0,7663371.story Anger at Home-Building Muddle - Dispatch (South Africa), 2009.0112 http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=284845 Builders Want Incentives Enhanced - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2009.0111 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_606052.html What Will Save the Suburbs? - New York Times, 2009.0111 http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/what-will-save-the-suburbs/ Builders Want Incentives Enhanced - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2009.0111 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_606052.html North Carolina Builders Seek Action on Incentives - Daily Advance, 2009.0110 http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/home-builders-seek-action-on-incentives-365630.html KB Home Posts $307 Million Loss - Wall Street Journal, 2009.0109 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123150833574567921.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Home Builders Suffer in Grim '08 - Sacramento Bee, 2009.0109 http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1528051.html Property Shows: Sold on Television - Telegraph, 2009.0108 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buyingsellingandmoving/4141461/Property-shows-Sold-on-television.html Australia's Falling Exports, Home Building May Prompt Rate Cut - Bloomberg, 2009.0108 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aQh98rBpaNz0&refer=asia Surrendering to the Landscape - New York Times, 2009.0108 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/garden/08idaho.html?scp=3&sq=building+AND+construction+AND+architecture&st=nyt Bringing Sustainability and Urbanism Together, by Daniel K. Slone http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/environment_1-1.html There are numerous benefits to fusing sustainable development and urban development concepts. Moreover, pedestrian-oriented, urbanist-project approaches have been vigorously embraced by many environmental groups. It is not, however, intuitively obvious to everyone why high-density, extensively hardscaped projects would be good for the environment. When Home Building Fell, so Did Economy - LA Daily News, 2009.0107 http://www.dailynews.com/editorial/ci_11400237 What Lies Ahead for Building Materials and Products - Buildings.com, 2009.0105 http://www.buildings.com/articles/detail.aspx?contentID=6823 That '70s Kitchen, Refined - Boston Globe, 2009.0104 http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/magazine/articles/2009/01/04/that_70s_kitchen_refined/ The Come-Hither Lobby - New York Times, 2009.0102 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/realestate/04cov.html?scp=3&sq=architecture+AND+design+AND+building&st=nyt Remaking the Scene - New York Times, 2009.0101 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/01/garden/01tv.html?scp=5&sq=architect+AND+design+AND+building&st=nyt People and Places, by Nancy Novitski http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0107/news_1-1.html IA Interior Architects in San Francisco, California - RTKL in Joliet, Illinois - Cannon Design in San Francisco, California - Gensler in Santa Monica, California - EHDD in Seaside, California - EwingCole in Camden, New Jersey... -- * -- Help build ArchitectureWeek and Great Buildings with your support: It's fast, easy, private, and secure: https://archweek.securesites.com/cgi-bin/support_archweek.cgi * 60% Student Discount * https://archweek.securesites.com/cgi-bin/subscribe_aw_student.cgi * Gift Subscriptions * https://archweek.securesites.com/cgi-bin/support_archweek_gift.cgi -- * -- Press Release - Bentley Publishes Digital and Print Versions of 'The Year in Infrastructure 2008' http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?090107_press_release_1-1.html Product News - Modular Fluorescent Lighting from Yamagiwa http://www.archweek.com/2009/0107/products_update.html ==================================================================== Tools and Downloads -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsor this ArchWeek special section and build your brand: http://www.archweek.com/ad.cgi?090107_notes_tools_sponsor Vectorworks Architect 2009 - Realize Your Most Inspired Visions Vectorworks Architect 2009 lets you improve the design process instead of trying to replace it. 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