“It’s so Venice,” said one of our judges. “And it makes a wonderful courtyard space.” In a way, Palms House…
RDAA 2023
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…
RDAA 2022
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…
RDAA 2021
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Residential Design Architecture Awards. RDAA exceeded expectations in this extraordinary…
Voluptuous rock formations, a desert plateau, and remarkable valley views of Palm Desert and Palm Springs: This was the enviable…
Although a seemingly inevitable design for this scenic site in New Zealand, Wanaka Wedge House began as an internet plan…
“When you do a rural house, you create something manmade that interrupts the natural environment forever. It’s a big burden,”…
RDAA 2020
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Residential Design Architecture Awards. RDAA exceeded our greatest expectations and…
Architect Max Levy, FAIA, has long been merging landscape and structure in his work. But never before had he been…
When you love both architecture and nature, there’s no more powerful experience than viewing one through the other. That’s the…
An abandoned fishing village is the setting for the Smith house at Shobac, where Brian MacKay-Lyons has been designing a…
AIA DESIGN AWARDS
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is recognizing exceptional designs with its 2023 Small Project Awards. Now in its…
After leaving a cherished modernist residence they called home for more than a decade, the architects and owners of this…
On a secluded site in Washington’s San Juan Islands, the Henry Island Guesthouse is a new addition to a main…
Built for environmentalist clients who surf, this carbon-positive house is inspired by the jungle that surrounds it on Costa Rica’s…