Citation AWARD: Hillsborough Residence | RO | ROCKETT DESIGN

For one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most exclusive communities, coming up with a design that both the clients and neighbors would be happy with was important. “We had to go through a full design review,” notes Zac Rockett, AIA.  “This was not an easy project to get approved.” 

CITATION AWARD: Dolores Heights Residence | Dumican Mosey Architects

To hear the judges, Dumican Mosey Architects should be very proud of the nearly 5,000-square-foot spec house they designed in San Francisco’s desirable Dolores Heights neighborhood. “This is a really, really good San Francisco house,” said one judge. “I love the way the heavy-light game gets played here,” said another.

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May Private Residential Construction Spending Dips

Private residential construction spending fell by 0.5% in May, marking the fifth straight month of decreases. This drop was primarily driven by reduced spending on single-family construction. Compared to a year ago, total spending was down 6.7%, as the housing sector continues to navigate the economic uncertainty stemming from ongoing tariff...

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2025 RDAA | Project of the Year | Alterstudio Architecture | Pecan Grove Residence

A theme of restraint emerged among many of this year’s design award winners, a quality that the Pecan Grove Residence exemplifies beautifully. A judge summed up its practically uncontested rise to star of show: “Lots of intelligent decisions were made on a very small footprint.” 

Exquisite is not too strong a word. — Keep Reading

Past and Present RDAA Winners Celebrated in Boston

Prior to the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2025, Residential Design magazine hosted an awards celebration honoring winners of the RD Architecture Awards past and present. The event, “An Evening with Residential Design...

ABI May 2025: Soft Business Conditions Persist at Firms

The modest uptick in the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score to 47.2 for the month means that fewer firms reported a decrease than in April. In addition, inquiries into new work increased this month for the first time since...

House Price Appreciation by State and Metro Area: First Quarter

House price growth slowed in the first quarter of 2025, partly due to a decline in demand and an increase in supply. Persistent high mortgage rates and increased inventory combined to ease upward pressure on house prices.…

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