The RD Architecture Awards recognize excellence in custom residential architectural design. This is a different kind of awards competition that…
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The couple, a landscape designer and a hairdresser, already owned a small compound of sorts—two bungalows (one pink and one…
Having outgrown their fixer-upper in a Dallas neighborhood they loved, Paul Field and his wife went looking for a site…
Renovation is often a wonderful thing, but in the wrong hands—whether client or architect—it can inflict greater harm than good.…
Unlike many modern subdivisions with fanciful names, Lafayette Woodlands is an apt description of this forested suburb inland from the…
RD ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
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…
Mark McInturff, FAIA, renovated this condo-with-a-view three times and for three different owners over a 20-year period. The third time…
INDUSTRY NEWS
Demand for design services from U.S. architecture firms continued to contract in December, according to a new report from the…
After several years of double-digit gains, expenditures for improvements and repairs to the owner-occupied housing stock are expected to grow…
Led by a decline in multifamily production, overall housing starts decreased 1.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.38…
The producer price index (PPI) for inputs to residential construction less energy (i.e. building materials) rose 8.3% in 2022 (not…
Frances Halsband, FAIA, was inaugurated as the 61st Chancellor of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects…
Private residential construction spending declined 0.5% in November, as spending on single-family construction plunged 2.9%. Private residential construction spending fell…
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…
What is a library in the age of streaming information and entertainment? This question looms large at the public scale…
Somewhere between a folly and a guest house, this rugged little structure on Whidbey Island near Seattle distills shelter to…
Austin’s exponential building boom is leaving no neighborhood ungentrified, and that certainly makes it tough for anyone who needs affordable…
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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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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 the October 2017 Tubbs Fire tore through this property in California Wine Country, it destroyed the guest house and…
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The vibe on Block Island, Rhode Island, couldn’t differ more from nearby Newport. Yes, there are extravagant summer mansions here,…
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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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