RD Bi-Weekly NL | | | RD's Most Popular Case Studies of 2024 | |
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| | | 1. Two Gables by Wheeler KearnsThe aptly named Two Gables residence in Glencoe, Illinois, might appear premeditated, but its symmetrical form emerged organically to serve its homeowners, a couple who had recently become empty nesters. The challenge, says Laura Cochran, a project lead at Chicago-based Wheeler Kearns Architects (WKA), was to “create spaces that felt intimate when it… |
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| | | 2. Tribeca Penthouse by Min DesignThe penthouse apartment in the converted 1874 warehouse in New York had soaring ceiling heights, an abundance of daylight, and a serviceable layout, but something was missing for its owners. “They didn’t like the finishes and the look of the apartment,” says E.B. Min, AIA, principal and founder of San Francisco‑based architecture firm… |
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| | | 3. Bahamas Cottage by Max Levy ArchitectHarbour Island in the Bahamas is an enviable place to design a getaway house, and Max Levy, FAIA, is uniquely qualified to do the setting justice. Just a half mile wide and about 3 miles long, the golf cart-only island is known for its clear light, purple-and-turquoise waters, and pink sand beaches. In… |
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| | | 4. The Narrows by Whitten ArchitectsLike many retirees, Whitten Architects’ clients came to Downeast Maine looking for an escape from their full-time life near Boston, where they inhabit a traditional brick house with white trim. The couple had been coming here for years and are deeply involved in conserving coastal land. This site, adjoining family land on the… |
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| | | 5. House for a New Beginning by Nielsen:SchuhBuilding in California’s wine country is a risky proposition and has been for the last decade. Given the predictable occurrence of widespread, devastating wildfires, many homeowners are rightly reevaluating their dwellings. That was certainly true for Amy Nielsen and Richard Schuh’s clients, whose previous home burned to the ground in the 2017 Tubbs… |
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| | | 6. Slide-By House by Estes Twombly + TitringtonSituated on the edge of Massachusetts near the border with Rhode Island, the eponymously named Westport was the westernmost port of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It’s blessed with a rich history of agriculture and fishing, and a forked river offers miles and miles of nautical views. All these conditions still surround the Slide-By… |
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| | | 7. Barrera House by Cotton Estes ArchitectWe all have a different idea of what our last, best house might look like and where it might be. Some dream of the mountains, some of the beach, and possibly a smaller portion wants full immersion in city life. Having lived and traveled all over the world, the clients for this house… |
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| | | 8. Vermont Farmhouse by ART ArchitectsIf anyone knows how to design the quintessential New England farmhouse, it’s the Boston-based firm of Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects, or, more succinctly, ART. In fact, there’s probably no assignment in the traditional vernacular you can throw at them that they could not handle with rigor and, yes, art. |
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| | | 9. Wallingford by Prentiss + Balance + WicklineAlthough the Seattle family with three young children loved life on the water in their lake house, they longed to develop strong ties with a community. They found a 50-foot-wide by 120-foot-deep infill lot in Wallingford, a tight-knit neighborhood in north central Seattle, and reached out to local firm Prentiss + Balance +… |
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| | | 10. Concord Blend by Eck MacNeely ArchitectsBefore they lived in their current residence—whose design was meticulously orchestrated by Eck MacNeely Architects—the owners had lived in a series of modernist houses they didn’t much like. If they needed a reason to try something more traditional, this location certainly offered it. The road on which the 2-acre lot sits runs along… |
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| | | The 2025 RDAA Is Open for SubmissionsWe invite you to enter your best residential work in the fifth annual Residential Design Architecture Awards competition. The RDAA program honors outstanding residential architecture completed on or after January 1, 2020. Winning projects will be published in print and online in 2025.
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| | | Blue Ocean finish for sinks and tubsNothing goes together as swimmingly as blue and water. Native Trails harnesses this natural affinity with its new Ocean finish for sinks and tubs (shown: the Mendocino tub). The hue joins five other colors in the company’s NativeStone collection, including Ash, Earth, Pearl, Charcoal, and Slate.
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| | | Rich, bold, dark brick in producers' color of the yearYes, apparently brick producers have a color of the year now and, in the case of industry leader Glen Gery, 2024 looks richer, bolder, and darker. Part of the Sioux City Blues series, Blue Smooth Ironspot is quietly assertive, with a subtle twinkle of reflectivity.
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| | | Case Study: Telescope House by Wendell Burnette ArchitectsIt was the ultimate site on which to build a landscape-specific house, but it took Wendell Burnette’s discerning eye to see it. His clients, software designers who have a condo in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had been hiking and exploring in the West for decades before they decided to build a getaway that will eventually… |
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| | | Case Study: Field House by David Coleman ArchitectureDavid Coleman, FAIA, approaches residential design with the conviction that houses should be “happy.” To him, that means buildings that have abundant natural light and break down the difference between inside and out in a variety of unexpected ways. Sometimes it means using bold geometries to create dynamic environments, especially in... |
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| | | Parti Shot: Hudson River Guest Cottage by Messana O'RorkeMessana O’Rorke has completed enough renovations to know when clients are throwing good money after bad—and they’re not shy about conveying those hard truths. “We met with these clients at a property they owned previous to this, and they wanted to do a bunch of stuff,” Brian Messana, AIA, recalls. “We said it… |
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| | | HBGI Q3 2024: A New Status Quo for the Geography of Residential Construction?Residential construction has remained in low density suburbs and outlying areas, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ latest release of the Home Building Geography Index (HBGI). This trend is driven by persistent factors that continue to affect housing affordability... |
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