Case Study: Harrison House by Surber Barber Choate + Hertlein

When this 1950s midcentury modern house was designed for its hilly, wooded site in Mountain Brook, Alabama, it was a somewhat rogue architectural contribution to the tony traditional suburb of Birmingham. The original owners were from New York, says architect James Choate, AIA…

Parti Shot: Oregon Coast House by Chadbourne + Doss Architects

Wedged into a hillside on the Oregon coast, this zinc- and concrete-clad house should last nearly as long as the cliff it hugs. It’s a “forever house,” designed by Chadbourne + Doss Architects as the principal residence for a retiring couple and visiting family. The shape and siting derive from highly restrictive site…

Enter the 2021 Residential Design Architecture Awards Competition

Residential Design magazine invites you to enter your best residential work in our national RD Architecture Awards competition (RDAA). The RD Architecture Awards recognize excellence in custom residential design...

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2021 AIA Gold Medal Awarded to Edward Mazria

The Board of Directors and the Strategic Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) are honoring Edward Mazria, FAIA, with the 2021 Gold Medal....

Moody Nolan Receives 2021 AIA Architecture Firm Award

The Board of Directors and the Strategic Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) today honored Moody Nolan with its 2021 AIA Architecture Firm Award...

Architect Pascale Sablan Honored With 2021 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award

The Board of Directors and the Strategic Council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) today honored Pascale Sablan, FAIA, with the 2021 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award…

Peter Exley Inaugurated as AIA 2021 President

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) inaugurated Peter Exley, FAIA, today as its 97th president. “While I’m not naïve to the challenges our profession, industry, and society have been dealt in the face of the pandemic…

Custom Home Building Annual Share Increases

According to data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction (SOC), the custom home share increased to 20.2 percent of all single-family homes started in 2019. Contractor-built or owner-built houses – that together make up the custom home market – are built one at a time for owner occupancy on owner’s land with either the owner…

Where Are the Largest Homes Built?

We previously reported a declining trend in new single-family home size that is likely to reverse during the post pandemic years. NAHB’s analysis of the 2019 Survey of Construction (SOC) data shows the pre-Covid19 trend of declining home size has been universal across the US regions. Nevertheless, regional differences in new home sizes…

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Case Study: Logan Circle Renovation by Colleen Healey Architecture

For two condominium dwellers, finding this three-story row house on D.C.’s historic Logan Circle felt like fate. It was one of the few single-family houses that had not been split up into apartments before the once-scruffy neighborhood became the epicenter of Washington’s building boom…

Pro-File Build: Streeter Homes

With its balance of culture and outdoor recreation, the Twin Cities area is luring many young people away from the coasts. Those transplants tend to stay to raise their families…

2020 RDAA | Custom Accessory Building | Lantern Studio | Flavin Architects

You know you’ve got a hit on your hands when your veteran architectural photographer exclaims, “I’ve never seen anything like this!” Our judges were dazzled as well with this delightful modern outbuilding, tucked behind a venerable New England Dutch Colonial...

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