The 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 400 entries in 11 categories of residential design. With such a…
THE WINNERS OF RDAA 2023
FEATURED CASE STUDIES
The spare richness of the early Sea Ranch houses is evident at Sea Ranch Meadow II, which came along last…
Aerodynamics don’t often figure into the design of single-family homes, but it was top of mind for House at 9,000…
From the approach, Signal Hill’s pair of low gabled “cottages” creates a picture of breezy simplicity befitting a rural marine…
It’s possibly not a coincidence that this project evokes the statue of the world’s most loyal dog, Hachiko, poised forever…
RD ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
“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…
Sturdy, meticulously crafted, and made with sustainable materials, the Fruit Cage is a conceptual cousin to this rural property’s main…
When you can arrive at your home by boat or seaplane, the boathouse becomes the major threshold to the property,…
INDUSTRY NEWS
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) eased modestly in August, with a score of 48.1, marking the 11th consecutive month…
AIA Austin recently announced the dates and architect lineup for the 37th Annual AIA Austin Homes Tour. The popular event…
NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that private residential construction spending rose 1.4% in July after an increase of 1.5%…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA)/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) results for July signals mostly stable business conditions. The ABI…
NAHB’s analysis of Census Data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey indicates custom home building gained market…
2024 AIA Housing Awards submissions are now open! It’s a life necessity, a sanctuary for the human spirit, and many…
RD EDITOR'S NOTE
I just read a rather depressing article in The Wall Street Journal. It was about an entrepreneur in a small…
RD INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
It’s possibly not a coincidence that this project evokes the statue of the world’s most loyal dog, Hachiko, poised forever…
Small and single-purpose, a pool house is that quintessential object that can be precisely designed down to the smallest of…
Everyone wins when locally harmonious building materials dovetail with the demands of a modest budget. Napa is largely rural, after…
The couple, a landscape designer and a hairdresser, already owned a small compound of sorts—two bungalows (one pink and one…
Renovation is often a wonderful thing, but in the wrong hands—whether client or architect—it can inflict greater harm than good.…
Historic overlays govern many neighborhoods across the country, prescribing and proscribing many characteristics of new home construction and remodels. The…
ON THE BOARDS
When you’re a residential architect, you’re in the business of delivering dream houses. But what happens when your clients’ dream…
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Working largely on the West Coast, Feldman Architecture already faces some of the strictest building codes in the nation, but…
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When you design a house in Hawaii, you dare not compete with the scenery. In this case, the views are…
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Fourteen feet wide and about 100 feet long, this skinny house on a 3,000-acre working cattle ranch ups the ante…
Read MorePRO-FILES
In 1998, Scott Edwards took a job as a project manager for a small Seattle builder named Dovetail. He left…
Architect Nick Deaver, AIA, has deep roots in Texas. He grew up there and went to school at Texas Tech,…
When he launched ThinkMakeBuild in Washington, D.C., in 2010, Darren Kornas made two decisions that now seem prescient. One was…
After 37 years in practice, Heidi Richardson has a large body of award-winning work to look back on and learn…
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