Robert M. Cain’s firm has a history of saving endangered buildings. And this is one of its most successful rescues…
RDAA 2024
Valley House’s linearity and vertical layering was inspired by several Richard Serra sculptures owned by the clients, who are big…
One of the chief talents good architects have is the almost miraculous ability to conquer the “unbuildable sites.” This scenic…
As we move ahead in the post-pandemic years, we’re starting to see how design thinking and client programs shifted as…
RDAA 2023
“It’s so Venice,” said one of our judges. “And it makes a wonderful courtyard space.” In a way, Palms House…
Once besotted by the front façade, one barely needs to see any more of this urban infill house in Milwaukee,…
“Whoever did this is very skilled,” said one of our jurors. Perched on a steep slope in the Magnolia neighborhood…
“Courtyard House is so place based; it couldn’t be anywhere else,” the jury said. From its tall gabion landscape walls…
RDAA 2022
Fourteen feet wide and about 100 feet long, this skinny house on a 3,000-acre working cattle ranch ups the ante…
“In Texas, when it rains, it pours,” says architect Cotton Estes. This suburban house for a young couple (one is…
With its lofty views of the San Francisco skyline, this otherwise banal apartment unit was ripe for reinvention. Low‑ceilinged and…
“When our clients approached us about doing this house, they told us that they liked our work, but they really…
RDAA 2021
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Residential Design Architecture Awards. RDAA exceeded expectations in this extraordinary…
Voluptuous rock formations, a desert plateau, and remarkable valley views of Palm Desert and Palm Springs: This was the enviable…
Although a seemingly inevitable design for this scenic site in New Zealand, Wanaka Wedge House began as an internet plan…
“When you do a rural house, you create something manmade that interrupts the natural environment forever. It’s a big burden,”…
RDAA 2020
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Residential Design Architecture Awards. RDAA exceeded our greatest expectations and…
Architect Max Levy, FAIA, has long been merging landscape and structure in his work. But never before had he been…
When you love both architecture and nature, there’s no more powerful experience than viewing one through the other. That’s the…
An abandoned fishing village is the setting for the Smith house at Shobac, where Brian MacKay-Lyons has been designing a…
AIA DESIGN AWARDS
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced four architects and one architecture firm receiving 2025 AIA Awards. An AIA…
A select group of 2025 AIA Awards have opened for submissions, including the Housing Award and Small Project Award. The…
The Housing Awards 2024, presented by the AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community, emphasize the importance of good housing as…
The AIA Architecture Awards program celebrates the best contemporary architecture regardless of budget, size, style, or type. These stunning projects…