Double lots are rare in the hilly Cleveland Park neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C. And when Colleen Healey’s clients found…
FEATURED CASE STUDIES
The creation of the False Bay residence is a classic San Juan Islands story. As a close retreat to Seattle,…
It was the view of a neighboring angus herd that determined Gable House’s footprint. Not that the cattle and a…
The quiet hamlets of New York’s Hudson Valley have long made it a special place for Marica McKeel, AIA, and…
RD ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
The 2026 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received more than 516 entries from the top firms in the country and…
This compact cube of a guest house sits within a floating screen that artfully answers the need for shade. The…
The block on which the vacant lot sat for decades was rich with architectural references, including Greek Revival, Italianate, and…
INDUSTRY NEWS
Building a new single-family home took less time in 2025 compared to the previous three years. On average, it now…
Entering its fourth decade, the Monterey Design Conference (MDC) will reconvene next month at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific…
Private residential construction spending fell further in July, marking its fourth consecutive monthly decline. According to the latest construction spending…
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index® (ABI) score for July was 46.6, signaling a modest decline from June. This ongoing slump…
New single-family home size had been falling since 2015 in response to declining affordability conditions. An exception occurred in 2021,…
With overall single-family construction down almost 7% for the first seven months of 2026, custom home building has been a…
RD INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
For designers who embrace a site’s context and challenges, even a pencil tower standing in full view of a client’s…
A client with more than a passing interest in design is rare, but a client with a connection to a…
At first glance, one might think this modern home just outside Kansas City, Kansas, has retained its original 1957 design…
Since 1912, the shingled Craftsman residence with the graceful Dutch gable has risen above the roads bounding its nearly two-thirds…
The town of Harbert, Michigan, sits on the shores of Lake Michigan, but the nearly 8-acre site of Prairie Road…
Of the 162 buildings featured in the 2003 book “Best Addresses: A Century of Washington’s Distinguished Apartment Houses,” one in…
ON THE BOARDS
Every custom home is a one-off, and this scheme accommodates the cultural ecology of clients of Asian descent. They asked…
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Tree canopies, panoramic views, and the possibilities for solitude inspired the design of this house, on a steep and rocky…
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Walker Warner’s clients for this coastal project are savvy connoisseurs of residential architecture. “We have a long history with them,”…
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If anyone knows how to rise above the restrictions of a difficult urban site, it’s architect Robert Cain, FAIA. His…
Read MorePRO-FILES
Do buildings have souls? Ben Waechter, FAIA, thinks that they can. And he has a strategy for giving them one.…
One of the most beguiling challenges in architecture is how to make minimalism look effortless. The late Hugh Newell Jacobsen…
Growing up in Houston, Texas, Richard Beard, FAIA, had a courtside view of the building industry. His grandfather was a…
When clients hire Mowery Marsh Architects, they deal exclusively with Jennifer Mowery Marsh, AIA, and Brian Marsh, AIA. The husband-and-wife…
RD PRODUCTS
Milan-based architect Matteo Thun is partnering with Florim to offer SensiEtna—colorful wall tiles inspired by the volcanic eruptions of Mount…
The art of Ellsworth Kelly and 1980s American sportswear inspired the Vestige collection of cabinetry and appliance hardware from Water…
Electrical switches are often an afterthought, except among the architecture set. London-based Plank Hardware offers its first U.S.-compatible switches and…
Vertalla from Westlake Royal Building Products expands the creative possibilities of vinyl siding with striking accent panels and clean vertical…
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