French Creek Workshops rose to Project of the Year not only for its considered design but for the creative execution…
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RDAA 2026
Located within walking distance of the beach in sunny Southern California, this project speaks exuberantly about the joys of indoor-outdoor…
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This client’s long-time position as a board member of the Studio Museum in Harlem is reflected in Meridian House, a…
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A theme of restraint emerged among many of this year’s design award winners, a quality that the Pecan Grove Residence…
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Lake | Flato has been designing private ranchland getaways for 40-some years. They understand the rigor required to design a place that’s…
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The jury praised the “sophistication of the plan” that Bohlin Cywinski Jackson created for this summer house above an idyllic…
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Harbour Island’s abundant natural resources are brought into sparkling clarity in our Project of the Year by Max Levy, FAIA.…
“What more do you need?” That was our jury’s response when they laid eyes on this 330-square-foot cabin in a…
“You can end up with two different stories being told when landscape and architecture firms don’t work on a project…
Inspired by the simple birdhouses a previous owner left on the site, this house stands out for its pure form…
RDAA 2023
“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…
RDAA 2022
Fourteen feet wide and about 100 feet long, this skinny house on a 3,000-acre working cattle ranch ups the ante…
“In Texas, when it rains, it pours,” says architect Cotton Estes. This suburban house for a young couple (one is…
With its lofty views of the San Francisco skyline, this otherwise banal apartment unit was ripe for reinvention. Low‑ceilinged and…
“When our clients approached us about doing this house, they told us that they liked our work, but they really…
RDAA 2021
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Residential Design Architecture Awards. RDAA exceeded expectations in this extraordinary…
Voluptuous rock formations, a desert plateau, and remarkable valley views of Palm Desert and Palm Springs: This was the enviable…
Although a seemingly inevitable design for this scenic site in New Zealand, Wanaka Wedge House began as an internet plan…
“When you do a rural house, you create something manmade that interrupts the natural environment forever. It’s a big burden,”…
RDAA 2020
We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Residential Design Architecture Awards. RDAA exceeded our greatest expectations and…
Architect Max Levy, FAIA, has long been merging landscape and structure in his work. But never before had he been…
When you love both architecture and nature, there’s no more powerful experience than viewing one through the other. That’s the…
An abandoned fishing village is the setting for the Smith house at Shobac, where Brian MacKay-Lyons has been designing a…
AIA DESIGN AWARDS
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the winners of its 2026 Awards during the AIA Conference on Architecture &…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced four architects and one architecture firm receiving 2026 AIA Awards. An AIA…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the winners of its 2025 Awards in 11 project categories including the…
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced four architects and one architecture firm receiving 2025 AIA Awards. An AIA…