ArchWeek Residential 2011.0112

[Kevin]

Dear Designers, Builders, and Dwellers,

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

The AIA has announced their annual national design award winners, which seem to include just one residential project, among the museums, theaters, and office complexes...

One Jackson Square - New York City
http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/20 ... /index.htm
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, PC

"This 35-unit luxury residential building, located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village is home to the highest concentration of early architecture in New York City. The building volume steps down from 11 stories to seven stories, from north to south, accommodating the zoning laws and mediating the varied scales of the surrounding neighborhood. Undulating bands of glass identify individual floors, creating a ribbon-like series of convexities and concavities along the street wall."

It's an elegant, exciting project, reminiscent of state-of-the-art designs we've seen recently in Europe.

The signature residential building on the cover of ArchitectureWeek No. 502 is perhaps even more inspiring. While the overall form is simple, and the detailing is not nearly so gorgeous, we love the effective realization of undulating balconies as a way to populate the high-rise facade, create organic variation in light and shadow, and splash an amazing visual onto the Chicago skyline.

Ripple Effect - ArchitectureWeek, 2011.0105
http://www.architectureweek.com/2011/0105/index.html

"The Aqua Tower plan is a sleek modern rectangle, with a wavy line of balconies surrounding it like a crazy bubble. But is a union of parametric design and Retro Modernism the essence of Aqua? Only if you view the tower as a stylistic exercise."

Click through to ArchitectureWeek for our full story, including 26 images (14 free).
http://www.architectureweek.com/2011/0105/index.html

Residential Design and Building News
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U.S. Housing Finance: Sharp Splits Presage Slow Revamp - Reuters, 2011.0111
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-54061720110110

Fall in Property Prices Signals Risky Year Ahead - Independent, 2011.0111
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 81295.html

Slump in Home Building Consents in November - NZ Herald, 2011.0111
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/residential-p ... d=10699041

Bursting at the Seams? Add on to Your Home - Calgary Herald, 2011.0110
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Bursting+s ... story.html

In Ottawa, Historic School Turned Condos - Ottawa Citizen, 2011.0110
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Hintonburg ... story.html

Wall Collapse at Queens Construction Site Kills One Worker and Injures Three - New York Times, 2011.0110
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/11/nyreg ... lapse.html

Berkeley Zero Net Energy Cottage Deserves Study - San Francisco Chronicle, 2011.0110
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... 1H5DSF.DTL

New Zealand Probably Avoided a Recession in 2010 on Confidence, Building - Bloomberg, 2011.0110
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-1 ... ments.html

Delinquency Crisis Hits Reverse Mortgages - U.S. News & World Report, 2011.0110
http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the ... -mortgages

Central London Home Rents Rise by Most in Three Years in 2010 - Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 2011.0110
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-0 ... -2010.html

'Sungazing' Home Offers High Style, Energy Efficiency - USA Today, 2011.0110
http://content.usatoday.com/communities ... ficiency/1

In Hard Times, States Still Spend to Protect Farms - New York Times, 2011.0110
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/01 ... ation.html

Construction Concerns: Newer, Lightweight Wood Products Burn Faster, Hotter - Vancouver Sun, 2011.0110
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/thewes ... story.html

Researching Your Home's History from Unexpected Sources - MLive.com, 2011.0109
http://www.mlive.com/living/flint/index ... story.html

New Developments Include 'Fifth Walls' and Other Trimmings - New York Times, 2011.0107
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/reale ... 9lizo.html

Crafting the Custom Library from Cover to Cover - Seattle Times, 2011.0107
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/h ... ies07.html

How to Build Heritage - Financial Times, 2011.0107
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/81234d98-191b ... z1AfPcDDn8

Change to Civil War-Era Building Disputed - New York Times, 2011.0106
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/arts/ ... saved.html

McMansions Affect Community Character in Montgomery - Greater Greater Washington, 2011.0106
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/pos ... ontgomery/

One Bright Spark in US Housing: Apartments - CNBC, 2011.0106
http://www.cnbc.com/id/40936916

Superblock Plan Rejected after Civil Rights Leaders Protest - Baltimore Sun, 2011.0106
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs ... 1388.story

Swedish Architecture Firm Proposes Buildings on Rails - Wired, 2011.0105
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/201 ... e-on-rails

Ripple Effect - ArchitectureWeek, 2011.0105
http://www.architectureweek.com/2011/0105/index.html

Chile Sunday Earthquake Scares Off People - World News Heard Now, 2011.0105
http://www.worldnewsheardnow.com/chile- ... ople/5361/

Ha Noi Determined to Stop Building of Skinny Houses - Viet Nam News, 2011.0104
http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Soci ... ouses.html

Prices Still Soaring in a Toronto District Newly Fashionable - New York Times, 2011.0104
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/reale ... ronto.html

Battle over Home-Loan Rules Could Greatly Affect Mortgage Availability - Los Angeles Times, 2010.1230
http://www.latimes.com/business/realest ... 1083.story


People and Places by Nancy Novitski
http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/2011/0105/news_1-1.html

Diller Scofidio + Renfro with Gensler in Los Angeles, California...

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iPad 2 May Be Announced in 'Next 3-4 Weeks' - PC Magazine, 2011.0108
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10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology - New York Times, 2010.1229
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