As reported today by Irina Vinnitskaya in the Arch Daily, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) have announced a research collaboration that focuses on improving the health of urban communities. “Seventy-percent of the world’s population is anticipated to be living in urban environments by 2050. The health challenges associated with urban environments… can be addressed through thoughtful planning and careful design that reconsiders the way cities have been designed in the past as new challenges arise.”
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From KPCC’s morning radio show “Take Two”… “It was a buyer’s market: low prices, low interest rates, desperate sellers. But talk with just about anyone wandering around open houses each Sunday and you’ll hear a different refrain: What happened?! Prices here jumped more than 23 percent last month… and foreclosure filings dropped a stunning 77 percent… All of a sudden finding a house to buy isn’t so easy. Chris Thornberg, an economist and founding partner of Beacon Economics, 
