Case Study: Retreat on a Pond's Edge by Elliott Architects
“I just love old barns. Farmers just knew intuitively how to put them together—a window goes here, so you can get to the grain. Those buildings were practical, not precious,” says architect Matt Elliott, AIA, principal of Elliott Architects in Blue Hill, Maine. “It’s almost impossible to deliberately create that kind of beautiful…
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Parti Shot: Cape Cod House by Messana O'Rorke
“This is not a mega-mansion on the beach,” says architect Brian Messana, AIA. Instead, the architects’ inspiration for the vacation house on 2 acres overlooking Cape Cod Bay was “Asian fishing traps.” Wooden, weathered, and practical, they capture what’s of value and filter out what’s not. That’s the goal of this deceptively simple…
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AIA CRAN: Annual Symposium Moves to a Virtual Format
Over the past 11 years, AIA CRAN, the Custom Residential Architects Network, has offered various locations around the country for residential practitioners to find collaboration, community, and education focused on our profession. This year, with the impact of COVID-19, that location is online. Our Miami symposium has been canceled, but we have…
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Remodeling Industry Confidence Surges in Third Quarter
The National Association of Home Builders’ Remodeling Market Index (RMI) posted a reading of 82 in the third quarter, indicating remodelers’ strong confidence in their markets, for projects of all sizes. The strong RMI reading is a reflection of more Americans investing in home remodeling projects as they adapt to the impacts of…
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Case Study: The Lawless Retreat by Searl Lamaster Howe Architects
The Lawless Retreat is almost, but not quite, the antithesis of the clients’ full-time residence, a modern loft tucked into the trusses of a former church in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Their vacation getaway, on a wooded hillside in Central Michigan, embraces the cottage ideal with a cozy, knotty cedar aesthetic. However, its…
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Case Study: Rural Retreat by Rehkamp Larson Architects
Minnesota has a strong cabin culture, and Rehkamp Larson Architects has designed more than its share of this building type over the years. The Minneapolis-based practice ranges freely among city, suburban, and rural, including weekend retreats on…
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2020 RDAA | Renovation | 21st Century Cabin | McInturff Architects
The clients—a NASA engineer and a cellist with a small child—knew what they wanted in the gut renovation of the 900-square-foot cabin where they live full-time. They asked for a sparse house with nearly anonymous spaces and no furniture other than a small, movable table where they eat while seated on the…
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Best New Homes Honored With AIA’s 2020 Housing Awards
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is recognizing seven exceptional residential designs with its 2020 Housing Awards. Complete details for each of the awarded projects can be reviewed…
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