The 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 400 entries in 11 categories of residential design. With such a…
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The 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 400 entries in 11 categories of residential design. With such a…
Read MoreThe Perch rose to the top of this year’s entries for its sophisticated response to a site condition that seemed…
Read MoreThe architects and their clients had 75 scenic acres to parse for this vacation home, but they decided to tuck…
Read MoreIt’s both a big opportunity and responsibility to add onto a cherished family property. This is doubly true if you…
Read MoreA delightful essay on the notion that there is no bad weather, just bad clothes, Oregon Coast Beach House embraces…
Read More“This house is so, so good,” said one of our judges. “It’s effortless inside and out.” Or seemingly so, because…
Read More“Courtyard House is so place based; it couldn’t be anywhere else,” the jury said. From its tall gabion landscape walls…
Read More“Whoever did this is very skilled,” said one of our jurors. Perched on a steep slope in the Magnolia neighborhood…
Read MoreOnce besotted by the front façade, one barely needs to see any more of this urban infill house in Milwaukee,…
Read More“It’s so Venice,” said one of our judges. “And it makes a wonderful courtyard space.” In a way, Palms House…
Read More“This is a clear, iconic concept executed with sophistication and elegance,” applauded a judge. “Every space has a different perspective…
Estes Twombly + Titrington Architects excels at designing houses that are deeply rooted in Rhode Island’s history of farm sheds…
Middle Garden “utterly transformed the experience of living in the house,” a judge said. Indeed, for a center-hall colonial on…
Read MoreWhen Bob Gurney’s client approached him with this renovation project in downtown D.C., there was almost nothing left to save…
Read MoreIn San Francisco, getting the most out of a site is like a game of Tetris, but the payoff can…
Read MoreIn the world of dual-purpose dwellings, Gradient House in Portland does many things exceptionally well, from its respect for the…
The renovation of this small cottage resulted in a more direct entry sequence and an exposed third gable that was…
The second home that Neal Schwartz, FAIA, designed for himself and his husband in 2012 functioned perfectly well until working…
Read MoreRanch culture is distilled to its essence in Lake | Flato’s design for a family property owned by siblings. On their 2,000-acre…
A lake house is meant to be lived outdoors. This part-time property near Dallas splits the difference between indoors and…
The site’s geological formations became a metaphorical motif for this little black dress of a dwelling. Its fire-resistant cementitious stucco,…
Read MoreWhen you can arrive at your home by boat or seaplane, the boathouse becomes the major threshold to the property,…
Read MoreSturdy, meticulously crafted, and made with sustainable materials, the Fruit Cage is a conceptual cousin to this rural property’s main…
Read MoreCypress, naturally, is the theme that ties Verde Creek Ranch Boathouse to its location. A shared amenity for the three…
Read MoreWhen Residential Design first covered this work in progress four years ago, it was all systems go. Some costs for…
Read MoreThe judges applauded Ark Cabin for its “modular idea about how to build.” This 646-square-foot vacation home in the Wuhan…
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