RD Bi-Weekly NL | | | Case Study: House on the Park by Studio DwellOn the outside, the restored Italianate house in the Chicago neighborhood of Wicker Park looks as it did in 1885, when it was originally completed. Its red brickwork, limestone moldings, and intricate metal cornice are vibrant and pristine. A black metal staircase, newly built with historically accurate hand railings, leads visitors to an… |
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| | | Case Study: Peach Court Garden ADU by Wittman EstesPeach Court had all the architectural bona fides of the best vintage Craftsman houses: a welcoming front porch, generously sized rooms with exposed oak box beams, diamond-pane doubled-leaded windows, and a stately staircase. The owners, a young couple thinking of starting a family, had purchased the 1910 house for the long term... |
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| | | Parti Shot: Ammamma Legacy Residence by Specht NovakIt’s a weighty ask when your clients request a “legacy house,” one that will welcome multiple generations of family in spaces infused with cultural reference and meaning. “It’s meant to be a heritage house that honors our clients’ South Asian past,” says Scott Specht, AIA. “The challenge was not to become kitsch or… |
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| | | ABI December 2024: Business Conditions End Year on Weak NoteThe AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score fell to 44.1 for the month as the share of firms reporting a decline in firm billings increased. Firm billings have now decreased for the majority of firms every month except two since October 2022. While not a full-fledged recession, this period... |
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| | | Women’s Leadership Summit 2025 Heads to AtlantaConnect with the industry’s largest network of women in Atlanta November 3-5, 2025! Women’s Leadership Summit (WLS), founded by AIA, is a premier leadership experience that brings together the industry’s largest network of... |
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| | | AIA LA Introduces Resilient Design Award in Response to WildfiresIn response to the devastating wildfires and the growing impact of natural disasters in Los Angeles and beyond, AIA|LA introduces the Resilient Design Award to its Residential Architecture Awards program. This category... |
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| | | January 2025 AIA Consensus Construction ForecastAfter increasing by almost 20% in 2023 and another 6% last year, construction spending for nonresidential buildings—commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities—is projected to slow dramatically this year and next. Panelists... |
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| | | Integrated in-counter chargingDefending against cord-nibbling housecats or just the typical octopus of household chargers, FreePower has partnered with surfacemaker Cosentino to provide integrated in-counter charging. Launching nationally with 300 fabricators in the company’s Silestone and Dekton surfaces. |
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| | | New generation of cooling appliancesIn service to the growing trend of more integrated design, Gaggenau introduces its new generation of cooling appliances. Behind elegant paneled cabinetry, dark-toned stainless steel interiors receive warm “stage lighting” and new-age features like app-enabled inventory cameras. |
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| | | Pro-File Design: ORAA while back, architect Oonagh (pronounced “Oona”) Ryan arrived at her clients’ Santa Monica bungalow to discuss plans for their new home in Los Angeles. As she was walking up to the house, she noticed a bush with a profusion of bright red berries. She picked one and brought it to the meeting, suggesting that it could be incorporated into the palette of... |
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| | | Case Study: Overbrook Overlook by BNIMSituated near the state line between Missouri and Kansas, this 78-acre farm has been in architect Steve McDowell’s family since 1960. He and his wife and son visited it only occasionally until the pandemic arrived, when their son started camping out there with friends. As the pandemic wore on, Steve and his wife… |
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