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Kevin Site Admin Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 1347 Location: Eugene, Oregon	Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:23 pm    Post subject: ArchWeek Residential 2009.0812 Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers, ArchWeek Residential brings you housing news and analysis weekly from the editors of ArchitectureWeek. Small is beautiful, in many ways, especially these days. But as Jonathan Glancey points out in the Guardian this week, too small, in the context of low-end UK housing, might simply be inhumane: Idealism in the design of mass housing went out with the triumph of neo-liberal economics 30 years ago. People might not get what they deserve, but they certainly get what the market thinks they'll accept and be able to afford. Parker Morris Standards, meanwhile, and the decent common-sense humanity of the likes of the erstwhile London county council and council for art and industry, are as meaningful today as ancient Sumerian scripts buried in desert sands. No Myxomatosis for 'Rabbit Hutch Britain' - Guardian, 2009.0811 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/11/private-housing-rabbit-hutch-britain?commentpage=1 If the market will bear it - in good times? in bad times? - is that enough? Where is the role of ethics in housing design and construction? Is it enough to strictly meet minimum code requirements, or do you see a professional responsibility to create something "good"? Residential Design and Building News ------------------------------------ Homebuilding Still on Hold - Northwest, 2009.0812 http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2009/08/06/r_msjfkaprsyhpn0t3nwwa/index.xml Toll Brothers Reports Preliminary FY 2009 3rd Qtr Results - Trading Markets, 2009.0812 http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock News/2474698/ Fletcher Posts NZ$46 Million Loss after Writedowns - Bloomberg, 2009.0812 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=aCtyK4.uDVwk Why Did Homebuilding Stocks Surge? - Business Week, 2009.0811 http://www.businessweek.com/investing/insights/blog/archives/2009/08/the_surge_for_h.html First-Time Buyers Driving Changes in New Home Building - Examiner, 2009.0811 http://www.examiner.com/x-612-Residential-Real-Estate-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Firsttime-buyers-driving-changes-in-new-home-building New Homes Are Too Small, Finds Cabe Survey - Building (UK), 2009.0811 http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3146650&c=0 Home Sweet Home - The Australian, 2009.0811 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25914644-5018055,00.html The Incredible Shrinking Home - CNN, 2009.0811 http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/07/real_estate/shrinking_home/?postversion=2009081112 Homebuilders Are Back at It -- Should We Be Worried? - Time, 2009.0811 http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1915649,00.html 10 Things Home Builders Won't Tell You - Smart Money, 2009.0811 http://www.smartmoney.com/Spending/For-the-Home/10-Things-Your-Home-Builder-Wont-Tell-You/ NAHB Claims Law Could Stall Housing Rally - Tennessean, 2009.0810 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090810/BUSINESS01/908100319/1003/NEWS01/Builders+fear+energy+law+could+stall+housing+rally The Self-Destructive Notion of Stopping New Home Building - Mantec Bulletin, 2009.0810 http://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/article/6022/ A Magnificent Living Machine - Brisbane Times, 2009.0809 http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/travel/a-magnificent-living-machine-20090806-eb9e.html Housing Rebound May Stall on Climate Law, GE, U.S. Builders Say - Bloomberg, 2009.0807 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=agFVRbmJAUGk Architect's Vision of Home - Globe and Mail, 2009.0807 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/architects-vision-of-home/article1243747/ Understanding Feng Shui: Qi by Visiting Yin Yu Tang House - Wicked Local, 2009.0806 http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1551840013/Understanding-feng-shui-qi-by-visiting-Yin-Yu-Tang-House 'Space to Space' - Pasadena Weekly, 2009.0806 http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/space_to_space/7576/ How Was the Queen Anne Style Interpreted in San Francisco? - Examiner, 2009.0806 http://www.examiner.com/x-14251-SF-Architecture--Design-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Architecture--Design-101--How-was-the-Queen-Anne-style-interpreted-in-San-Francisco A Renovation in Paris - New York Times, 2009.0805 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/greathomesanddestinations/05gh-paris.html?_r=1&scp=4&sq=architect+AND+design+AND+building&st=nyt Owens Corning Q2 Profit Tops Street - Reuters, 2009.0805 http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSBNG8237420090805 Builders' Bottom? - Forbes, 2009.0805 http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/05/home-builders-preview-markets-equities-beazer.html Home Builder D.R. Horton Reports Smaller Loss - Market Watch, 2009.0804 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dr-hortons-loss-narrows-on-smaller-write-offs-2009-08-04 Slow Home: Thoughtful Residential Design as Antidote to Suburban Sprawl - Good Ideas Salons, 2009.0803 http://www.psfk.com/2009/08/slow-home-thoughtful-residential-design-as-antidote-to-suburban-sprawl.html Mid-Century House Endangered in Durham, North Carolina - dBusiness News, 2009.0803 http://real-estate.dbusinessnews.com/shownews.php?type_news=latest&newsid=187906 Seattle Lofts - ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0729 http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2009/0729/design_1-1.html At the edge of the Pike Street and Pine Street corridor in downtown Seattle is a public transit-oriented neighborhood populated by mixed-use developments. The 40-by-80-foot (12.2-by-24.4-meter) site for the 1310 E. Union Lofts was an infill (midblock) plot, smaller than a typical single-family residential lot in Seattle. 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