Case Study: Casa Linder by Buchanan Architecture

It has always been the job of architects to provide alternatives to the one-plan-fits-all-lots approach to residential design. But in some neighborhoods, these efforts go against the grain of current trends. Case in point is Casa Linder, a very different-looking building…

The 2019 AIA Small Project Winners

The Small Project Design, an AIA Knowledge Community, present the 2019 Small Project Awards, to recognize small project practitioners for the high quality of their work and to promote excellence in small project design. This program strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to projects, no matter…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Klein A45 by BIG

Klein A45 is the first prototype constructed in New York and will be entirely customizable for home-owners to purchase, tailor and have the tiny house built within 4-6 months in any location, for any purpose. The design evolves from the traditional A-frame cabin: A45 increases usable floor area by taking a square…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Northside Branch Entry: Boys and Girls Club by Ibanez Shaw Architecture

The design invites people through the new glazed entrance, pulling them toward a friendly face. As families enter, they can now see the activities available to their children. Steel benches and a laser-cut steel desk are powder coated and topped with solid surface, while painted tectum panels provide acoustic relief...

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Forest Park Bridges by Fieldwork Design & Architecture

Located in Forest Park in Portland, Oregon, one of the largest forested urban parks in the country, the project consisted of providing durable, scalable, and safe replacement bridges for three popular and beloved hiking trails. The design team created bridges…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Saxum Vineyard Equipment Barn by Clayton & Little Architects

Located in the Templeton Gap area of Paso Robles, California, this simple agricultural structure rests at the toes of the 50 acre James Berry Vineyard and the adjacent winery. Sitting sentry as the foremost structure present upon entering the vineyard lined property…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Prayer Space by debartolo architects

In 2017 the leadership of Redemption Church challenged debartolo architects to design a space dedicated solely to prayer. It has been said that, “Prayer is bringing our helplessness to God.” For hundreds of years spaces and places have been specifically designed to foster one’s intimate…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Squirrel Park by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Responding in a sensitive and sustainable way to Oklahoma City’s imperative to increase density in existing residential neighborhoods, Squirrel Park makes innovative use of modified shipping containers to create four single-family homes…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Sugar Shack by Alterstudio

The Sugar Shack Residence slips between a dramatic ravine and an intimate courtyard, both defining and accommodating its adjacent circumstances. Organized linearly, interior spaces negotiate between these two powerful conditions of landscape, and embrace…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: South 5th Residence by Alterstudio

The South 5th Residence slips nonchalantly into Austin’s eclectic Bouldin neighborhood and deftly negotiates Austin’s zoning, envelope and critical-root-zone requirements. A rare, 25" durand oak and an unexpectedly steep escarpment created a powerful circumstance for a house that emphasizes view…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Jarrett Street 12 by Architecture Building Culture

The Jarrett Street 12 is located in north Portland along the MAX light rail line. The project is a 7,200 sf, 12-unit affordable housing project. The units were all offered at below market prices through the City of Portland SDC…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Michigan Loft by Vladimir Radutny Architects

Inside a century old structure initially built for automotive assembly and display, we renovated a residence that was poorly functioning as a domestic space…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: Longs Peak Toilets by ColoradoBuildingWorkshop

Determined to find a better privy design, and a more humane solution of collecting waste, the National Park Service collaborated with ColoradoBuildingWorkshop, the design-build program at CU Denver, to re-design and construct new backcountry privies…

2019 AIA Small Project Awards: The Evans Tree House at Garvan Woodland Gardens by modus studio

Nestled in a natural Ouachita Mountain hillside along Lake Hamilton at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the Evans Children’s Adventure Garden welcomed a new tree house to the grounds that will provide an interactive educational experience…

AIA: Slight Rebound for Architecture Billings in April

Just over half of firms report clients feeling at least somewhat nervous about ongoing economic uncertainty. Following a downturn in firm billings in March, business conditions at architecture firms returned to the positive side…

Residential Content at Next Week's AIA Conference on Architecture

Have you signed up yet for the AIA Conference on Architecture in Las Vegas next month? Residential Design will be there, with editor-in-chief S. Claire Conroy moderating a session for the Custom Residential Architects Network…

Save the Date: The AIA CRAN Symposium in Scottsdale

The AIA Custom Residential Architects Network will hold its annual symposium in Scottsdale, Ariz., this fall at the Hotel Valley Ho. The event runs from September 11 through the 15th, with its usual full complement of... 

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Case Study: MC38 House by Substance Architecture

It must be gratifying to return to the scene of a previous project 15 years later and find that your decisions were solid—and then be offered a chance to take them to the next level. Paul Mankins, FAIA, would know. In 2002 he did a top-to-bottom renovation of this mid-20th-century San Francisco house designed by…

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