The 2024 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 500 entries in 11 categories of residential design. This was by far our largest and toughest program yet. With such a large number of entries from the top firms in the country and abroad, the competition was tremendous, and our judges had some very difficult decisions to make. Ultimately, they selected just 25 projects for awards, including one Project of the Year, 6 Honor Awards, and 18 Citation Awards.
Some of the winning projects may be familiar to you, and, indeed, a few have appeared previously in this magazine or have been awarded in other national and local competitions. Previous publication or award status are not disqualifications for entry. Residential projects completed after January 1, 2019 were eligible. It is always our goal that all work be considered on its own merits, regardless of media exposure.
Serving on this year’s judges panel were four talented architects with deep expertise in residential architecture: Oonagh Ryan, AIA, ORA; David O’Brien Wagner, AIA, SALA Architects; Wayne Adams, Barnes Vanze Architects; and Matt Fajkus, AIA, Matt Fajkus Architecture.
The jury reviewed projects at their own pace virtually before gathering for an intense, two-day deliberation over Zoom of the strongest entries. It was an exhilarating and exhausting process, yielding a body of nationally significant and inspiring residential architecture.
Winning projects will appear in our print edition, Volume 3, 2024, and online in an expanded form with even more images and drawings.
Please join us in congratulating these amazing winning firms and consider entering your own best work in our 2025 RDAA competition.
Project of the Year:
Harbour Island, Bahamas
Architect: Max Levy Architect
Custom Rural or Vacation House
Honor Award
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Architect: Walker Warner Architects
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Citation Award
Mazama, Washington
Architect: GO’C
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Citation Award
Apsley, Ontario, Canada
Architect: Superkül
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Citation Award
Carmel-by-the Sea, California
Architect: Mark English Architects
Custom Urban House
Honor Award
Eugene, Oregon
Architect: Waechter Architecture
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Citation Award
Austin, Texas
Architect: Alterstudio Architecture
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Citation Award
Malibu, California
Architect: Montalba Architects
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Citation Award
Portland, Oregon
Architect: Observation Studio
Custom Period or Vernacular House
Honor Award
Geyserville, California
Architect: Nick Noyes Architecture
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Citation Award
Fredericksburg, Texas
Architect: Baldridge Architects
Custom Period or Vernacular Renovation
Honor Award
Austin, Texas
Architect: A Parallel Architecture
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Citation Award
Knoxville, Tennessee
Architect: Sanders Pace Architecture
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Citation Award
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Architect: Runcible Studios
Renovation
Honor Award
Seattle, Washington
Architect: GO’C
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Citation Award
Austin, Texas
Architect: Miró Rivera Architects
Custom Accessory or Outbuilding
Honor Award
Henry Island, Washington
Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
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Citation Award
Portland, Oregon
Architect: Observation Studio
Residential Special Constraints
Citation Award
Atlanta, Georgia
Architect: Robert M. Cain, Architect
Architectural Interiors
Citation Award
Kingfield, Maine
Architect: Whitten Architects
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Citation Award
Palm Springs, California
Architect: Studio AR&D Architects
Custom Outdoor Living Design
Citation Award
Austin, Texas
Architect: Furman + Keil Architects
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Citation Award
Bethesda, Maryland
Architect: MODE4 Architecture
Architectural Details
Citation Award
Holland, Michigan
Architect: dSPACE Studio Architecture
Custom on the Boards
Citation Award
Santa Barbara, California
Architect: Anacapa Architecture