The 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 400 entries in 11 categories of residential design. With such a…
THE WINNERS OF RDAA 2023
FEATURED CASE STUDIES
Urban lots are not for the faint of heart, especially when surrounded by existing dwellings that predate zoning codes. Such…
As the name suggests, Meadow House benefits from a next-door neighbor that’s not usually found in an urban grid: a…
Steel Louise takes its name from the corrugated cladding and standing seam roofing that wrap its jaunty geometry, but it…
It’s becoming increasingly difficult to escape the sound of traffic these days. Even inside suburban houses, you can often hear…
RD ARCHITECTURE AWARDS
The RD Architecture Awards recognize excellence in custom residential architectural design. This is a different kind of awards competition that…
“It’s so Venice,” said one of our judges. “And it makes a wonderful courtyard space.” In a way, Palms House…
Once besotted by the front façade, one barely needs to see any more of this urban infill house in Milwaukee,…
“Whoever did this is very skilled,” said one of our jurors. Perched on a steep slope in the Magnolia neighborhood…
“Courtyard House is so place based; it couldn’t be anywhere else,” the jury said. From its tall gabion landscape walls…
Sturdy, meticulously crafted, and made with sustainable materials, the Fruit Cage is a conceptual cousin to this rural property’s main…
INDUSTRY NEWS
According to data from the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction (SOC), custom homes share increased to 20.4 percent of all…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) released its fourth-quarter Home Design Trends Survey, revealing significant trends in the residential market. …
The AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reports that business conditions at architecture firms continued to soften in October. For the…
NAHB’s analysis of Census Data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey indicates a slowing market for custom…
Business conditions at architecture firms declined again in September, the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reports. The score of 44.8…
NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that private residential construction spending rose 0.6% in August. It is the fourth consecutive…
RD EDITOR'S NOTE
I just read a rather depressing article in The Wall Street Journal. It was about an entrepreneur in a small…
RD INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Urban lots are not for the faint of heart, especially when surrounded by existing dwellings that predate zoning codes. Such…
It’s possibly not a coincidence that this project evokes the statue of the world’s most loyal dog, Hachiko, poised forever…
Small and single-purpose, a pool house is that quintessential object that can be precisely designed down to the smallest of…
Everyone wins when locally harmonious building materials dovetail with the demands of a modest budget. Napa is largely rural, after…
The couple, a landscape designer and a hairdresser, already owned a small compound of sorts—two bungalows (one pink and one…
Renovation is often a wonderful thing, but in the wrong hands—whether client or architect—it can inflict greater harm than good.…
ON THE BOARDS
Humans have a primal desire to live by the water, even if it means assuming some hardships to do so.…
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When your site has a steep vertical rise, no part of the design or build comes easily. Brian Korte and…
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When you’re a residential architect, you’re in the business of delivering dream houses. But what happens when your clients’ dream…
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Working largely on the West Coast, Feldman Architecture already faces some of the strictest building codes in the nation, but…
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It’s not easy to be a great custom builder, able to execute the most challenging handmade detail, and it’s no…
Warm is seldom the first word that comes to mind when describing modern architecture, but Winnetka, Illinois–based Robbins Architecture has…
In 1998, Scott Edwards took a job as a project manager for a small Seattle builder named Dovetail. He left…
Architect Nick Deaver, AIA, has deep roots in Texas. He grew up there and went to school at Texas Tech,…
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