More Links

Below, selected links to more reporting.

The Wall Street Journal

• First Prize for Rainwater Harvesting Goes to… — Latest Garden Rivalry Is Eco-Friendly Design; Now, Nowhere to Play
• A growing number of Manhattan’s choicest homes are owned by out-of-towners who use them infrequently.
• Home Rinks Spread, and Melt — A Warming Trend In Backyard Arenas; Bruckheimer on Ice
• Moby: The electronic-music pioneer on some of his favorite albums
• Home Sweet Home Jr. — House-Proud Parents Build Playhouse-Size Replicas; A Septic Tank Like Dad’s
• They’ll Take Manhattan — Still — Finance Sector Buoys New York As Housing Slips Elsewhere; Big Board CEO’s Big Buy
• Back on the Stump: Tree Trunk Decor
• In Small Vacuums, Form Meets Suction
• High-Rise Lawsuits — Condo Buyers Take Developers to Court Over Promises; Cocktails but No Tower
• Trouble in Paradise — Minorities Report Bias In Second-Home Areas; A Message on the Door
• In New England, A Different Kind of Real Estate Chill
• `Available’ — The Architect May Be A-List, But the Location Often Isn’t; Meier, Libeskind Languish
• Partly Cloudy — Hamptons Fill Up, Cape Is Cool And Pricey Homes Do Best; A $63,000 Deal in Tahoe
• Home Sale on the Range — Celebrities Seek a Bonanza, but Can’t Give Away the Ranch; Rick Schroder’s 15,000 Acres
• Stairways Float, And Railings Vanish
• The Philippe Starck in 4A (and 5B and 17C) — Developers Sign Big Designers To Prepackage Condos; $445,000 for Furnishings
• On a Wing and a Chair
• When Heaters Go Haute
• Your Bedroom’s Divine’ — Interior Decorators Meld Faith And Modern Home Design; Heavenly Blue Living Room
• Design: Home Is Where the Office Is — Owners Convert Weekend Retreats Into Hi-Tech Work Spaces
• Gardens: Celebrity Landscape Designers Flourish
• Sitting Pretty Smartly — We Try Out Desk Chairs to See Which Work Best at Home; The Seat-Edge Tilt Factor
• Frequent-Buyer Points — Home Brokers Cut Fees, Try Perks To Win Repeat Customers; Apples From Your Realtor
• My A-List Architect — Big Names Design More Homes, But High Style Has a Price; Eye Guards for the Guests

The Financial Times

• An era of excellence?
• Padded sell
• Presidential preferences
• Wrapped in green
• Outlook uncertain
• Worries spread to all corners of the world
• Red-light gets the green light
• Reaching the stars
• Boom town blues
• A place to cook, a place to live
• Pint-sized perfection
• The name game
• Diplomatic baggage

ABCNews.com

• Art Market Rebound?
• Architects with a Name: Available
• Live from New York, It’s Fashion Week
• George Packer: War in Afghanistan “Could Break” Obama’s Presidency

 

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