Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report, 2009-2010
Remodeling Magazine
In a summary of the data-driven report, Remodeling Magazine writes: “Falling home prices pushed the value of remodeling investments down for the fourth consecutive year, but small-scale projects and replacements may be leading the way to recovery.” Find out which project deliver the most value for homeowners.

Architects: First to suffer, last to recover
Downtown Journal (Minneapolis)
As their ranks of unemployed continue to grow, architects scramble to redefine their profession. As one architect says, “Our profession needs to find an alternative to just being people who draw buildings.”

Gizmo Green: Sustainable design deserves more than bells and whistles
Architect Magazine
“Too often, green construction is about how smart a building’s gadgets are. Instead, it should be about smart architecture.” The writer calls for moving beyond “the popular image of green building, replete with solar panels and wind turbines … dumb design with smart gadgets.”

The 10 Most Undervalued Housing Markets
Pro Builder
“For the first time, no metros are extremely overvalued, a sharp contrast to 2005 when 52 metro areas were judged to be extremely overvalued. For the country as a whole, the housing market is now slightly undervalued. When all of the 330 metro areas are weighted by market value, the nation is 8.6% undervalued. When weighted by housing units, the nation is 10.1% undervalued.”