2022 RDAA | Custom Urban House | Water's Edge Residence | A Parallel Architecture

“When you walk through this house—even if you don’t notice it—you sense that everything is just lasered in and so tight,” says Eric Barth, AIA. Indeed, there’s a feeling of calm the house inspires just by looking at it. Such is the effect of exacting precision and deft proportioning. You might expect no…

2022 RDAA | Custom Urban House | Twentieth | Woods + Dangaran

Designed for a young family, this 7,200-square-foot house wraps around a central courtyard to summon both light and privacy on a typical suburban lot. Its formal footprint also sets up a tantalizing progression meant to pull people through the rooms. “We try not to celebrate…

2022 RDAA | Custom Urban House | Alcott Street | Shipley Architects

There has always been an exuberant, improvisational quality to Dan Shipley’s architecture, and nowhere is that spirit more evident than in the home he and his wife, Lea Bauman, have built for themselves in Dallas.

“Most architects don’t get to build their own house, but I’ve been lucky to have…

2022 RDAA | Custom Urban House | Franzen House | Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect

Located on a tight suburban lot, this new, modern house replaces one that “was built on fill and falling down the hill,” says architect Robert Gurney, FAIA. And quite the hill it is. When the real estate agent sold the client the lot as a…

Register Now for the 2022 AIA CRAN Symposium

After a two-year hiatus, the Custom Residential Architects Symposium [CRAN] returns to an in-person live event at the historic Intercontinental Chicago Magnificent Mile hotel. The opening cocktail reception takes place Thursday, September 8th, at 5:30 p.m., and we close with a luncheon on Sunday, the 11th. Please see the CRAN Symposium

Architecture Billings Index Slows but Remains Strong

Architecture firms reported increasing demand for design services in May, according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA). The ABI score for May was 53.5. While this score is down from April’s score of 56.5, it still indicates very strong business conditions overall (any score…

Kohler Co. Issues Its First ESG Report

KOHLER, Wis.–June 23, 2022–Today, Kohler Co., a global leader in the innovation and manufacture of plumbing products; tile, cabinetry and lighting; and engines, generators and clean energy solutions, released its first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report highlighting goals and progress across environmental sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion and social impact. The report,…

2022 RDAA | Custom Period or Vernacular House | House on a Wharf | Elliott Architects

The previous vernacular building on this site had lived many lives—a steamboat ferry terminal, a laundromat, an apartment house, and a private home. But, after more than 100 years of periodic flooding, it was at the end of its life span for any kind of use. Zoned commercial, the stunning site was at…

2022 RDAA | Custom Period of Vernacular House | Cottagewood Beach House | PKA Architecture

Custom Builder Steven Streeter has built houses for many nationally known firms, but when it came time to build his own lakeside house, he turned to local favorite PKA Architecture. He and the firm have a long history of collaboration on a variety of projects—some modern, some traditional, and some transitional. They have…

2022 RDAA | Custom Period or Vernacular House | Trott Residence | Tina Govan Architect with ThoughtCraft Architects

It’s a mistake to think a house in the city can’t bring you closer to nature and community life, for that’s exactly what this new house by Tina Govan Architect and ThoughtCraft Architects does for its client. Inspired by the existing fabric, especially a historic house with a commodious front porch and a…

2022 RDAA | Project of the Year | Mar Vista | Woods + Dangaran

This project’s strong handling of architecture’s universals—space, proportion, and light—earned uniform praise from the jury. “This is the one I want to live in,” a judge said. Almost unreadable from the street, Woods + Dangaran’s ethereal house in Los Angeles’ Mar Vista neighborhood is a study in journey and destination,…

Demand for Larger Homes Continues to Grow

Homeowner interest in larger homes, which grew in 2021 for the first time in five years, continued to increase over the last 12 months, according to new data from the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Home Design Trends Survey. The Home Design Trends Survey for the second quarter of 2022—focusing…

Patrick Ahearn Lecture: Our Responsibility to Respect and Relate

Join Architectural Delight as we spend time with lauded architect Patrick Ahearn, FAIA, to discuss the importance of connecting our designs to the context and culture around us. When we do that, we connect our work to something larger than ourselves. It is not about style, it’s about the sense of place we…

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