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11.17.08
A Housing Solution for the Birds
Did you see Merrill Lynch Economist David Rosenberg's comments on a Wall Street Journal blog yesterday that, in response to the housing crisis, the country should consider putting a moratorium on new home building? Apparently he made the remarks half jokingly, arguing that we need to curtail supply to put a floor under the market and stop prices from falling. Maybe we should stop producing cars and computers, too. That would certainly help prevent prices of those items from declining. Also, imagine the pressure that could be relieved on landfills if people had to fix their cars instead of buying new ones. And why buy new computers all the time when you could just upgrade the components in your old one.
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11.15.08
AIA Announces Upjohn Initiative Recipients
Four applied-research projects have been awarded a grant by the AIA Upjohn Research Initiative, which provides base funds for research that advances professional architectural knowledge and practice.
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11.15.08
Saarinen's Bell Labs, Once a Demolition Candidate, Endures
Eero Saarinen's beloved Bell Laboratories building, once threatened with demolition by a prospective buyer, now has a tentative owner more inclined to find an adaptive reuse for the structure.
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11.12.08
10 Great Ideas From Dealers To Fight the Downturn
Richard Heath, a consultant who runs LBM roundtables, recently asked lumberyard executives to tell him what they're doing to get through the housing slump.
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11.11.08
Sharp Connects with New LCDs
Sharp expanded its lineup of professional LCD displays with the addition of two monitors that represent upgrades to two of its PN series monitors.
