European Housing: Solid but Cooling
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BusinessWeek Online - Euro zone property markets have started to cool as a result of the European Central Bank&#39;s rate policy. The latest annual data, published in the ECB&#39;s May monthly report, show that euro zone house prices rose 6.0% year over year in the second half of 2006, down from 6.9% year over year in the first half. This means 2006 property price inflation slowed to 6.4% from 7.9% in 2005. The 12-country average conceals a certain amount of heterogeneity, but it appears that most countries saw moderation.
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Several libraries in Westchester have, or are planning to install, systems which use the earthâs constant temperature below the frost line to heat and cool their buildings.
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Ai massimi da 2 settimane per temperature rigide in Usa
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A new poll of people's favorite works of U.S. architecture shows that Americans are open to the new, but prefer works that are more comforting than challenging
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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.
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Temperature rigide a Milano, in Veneto imbiancata la pianura
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Consumer interest in green construction has continued to grow, but few people can afford to build an environmentally friendly house from the ground up. They don't have to, says architect Kelly Lerner, co-author of "Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House." To find out more about this design...
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Corporate housing can be a boon for developers during a buildingâs transition from rental to condominium or for condominium investors facing a sluggish market.
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Architects develop shape-shifting structures that morph in response to changing weather, fluctuating temperatures and differing uses. Imagine a skyscraper that braces itself in gusty winds, or a house that shakes the snow from its roof. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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Alain de Botton's 'The Architecture of Happiness' shows how buildings can be beautiful and work well.
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Don't be shocked, but: New home sales were soft last year.
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The first weeks of January have been several degrees warmer than average in Finland.
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SCORCHING summers, hotter than that of 2003, could become more common in Europe by the middle of this century. The risk has more than doubled because of human activity producing increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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By Manfreda Cavazza, Daily Mail, London  Dec. 7--The Chancellor's abolition of stamp duty on "zero carbon" homes  was met with scepticism by the industry.    To tackle climate change, he wants all new build to conform with strict  environmental criteria within a decade.
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BUCHAREST, Jan 28 (IPS) - A simple architectural solution could ease housing  and environmental problems in Romania and beyond.
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When Joyce Greenfield decided to build a house in the Southern Maryland town of Chaptico, she knew she wanted a single-story rambler with at least three bedrooms and fancy bathrooms. At 49 and inching toward retirement, she needed something affordable -- a modular home.
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BERLIN, Jun 23 (IPS) - The weather conditions in the heart of Europe were  abnormal last year -- the summer too hot, too dry, and too long,  and the winter too warm. But they were excellent for some foreign  species, which, benefiting from the changed weather, settled in  Germany, and have become a headache -- or worse -- for farmers  and just about everybody else.