The 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 400 entries in 11 categories of residential design. With such a…
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CAMPout House is situated in Martis Valley, a planned community on the north shore of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra…
It takes an ambitious architect and a steady client to rebuild a house that spans an active creek. The property…
“Our firm makes fabric, cultural fabric,” says Brian MacKay-Lyons, FRIBA, Hon. FAIA. “All culture comes from the poor, and all…
New houses are never just about space, or even objects of art on the street. They influence the aesthetic and…
RD ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
The 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 400 entries in 11 categories of residential design. With such a…
The RD Architecture Awards recognize excellence in custom residential architectural design. This is a different kind of awards competition that…
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…
INDUSTRY NEWS
Private residential construction spending declined 0.6% in January, as spending on single-family construction decreased 1.7%. It declined on the eighth…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is recognizing 16 projects with its 2023 Architecture Awards. The 2023 Architecture Award program celebrates…
For 2022, the total number of single-family permits issued year-to-date (YTD) nationwide reached 972,180. On a year-over-year (YoY) basis, this is 12.5%…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is recognizing eight projects with its 2023 Interior Architecture Awards. The 2023 Interior Architecture program…
Over 200,000 housing and design professionals from across the globe flocked to Las Vegas for the 10th annual Design &…
Private residential construction spending declined 0.3% in December 2022, as spending on single-family construction dropped 2.3% amid higher mortgage rates.…
RD INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
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…
Mark McInturff, FAIA, renovated this condo-with-a-view three times and for three different owners over a 20-year period. The third time…
A series of strategic moves transformed this generic ski condo into a modern retreat for extended family. The judges particularly…
Older urban townhouses are string bean–like spaces that challenge even the most astute designers, and more so when they are…
ON THE BOARDS
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…
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“In Texas, when it rains, it pours,” says architect Cotton Estes. This suburban house for a young couple (one is…
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When we dream of living at the beach, we often think of gazing at wide, open water. But the reality…
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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…
Those of us who have endured the years 2020 and 2021 will look back upon them as a turning point…
With its balance of culture and outdoor recreation, the Twin Cities area is luring many young people away from the…
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