RD Bi-Weekly NL | | | With their proximity to New York City, Connecticut’s coastal towns have long attracted wealthy families who built distinctive stone houses on pastoral tracts of land. Some of these structures were the work of architect and master stone mason Frazier Forman Peters, who reportedly built 41... |
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| | | The town of Harbert, Michigan, sits on the shores of Lake Michigan, but the nearly 8-acre site of Prairie Road Retreat is more savanna than beachfront. Designed as a second home for three generations of a family comprising toddlers and septuagenarians, the 4,572-square-foot ranch by Chicago... |
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| | | Sometimes when clients ask for an architect’s help on a farmhouse, what they’re really craving is the outbuildings a farm property necessitates. What the heart truly wants is a tractor and all its accoutrements. Indeed, Brian Korte’s client found the firm from its standout work on light industrial... |
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| | | Residential Design invites you to enter your best residential work in the seventh annual RD Architecture Awards competition. Register now before time runs out! |
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| | | Build for resiliency with propaneEnergy resilience is not a luxury — it’s now a necessity in home construction. A new Department of Energy report warns blackouts could increase 100x by 2030. That’s why builders are turning to propane — an affordable, reliable, on-site energy source that delivers when the grid can’t.
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| | | NAHB’s analysis of Census Data from the Quarterly Starts and Completions by Purpose and Design survey indicates year-over year growth for custom home builders amid broader single-family home building weakness. The custom building market is less sensitive to the interest rate cycle than other forms of home building but is more… |
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| | | The latest residential housing market report, delayed by the federal government shutdown last fall, indicates that builders have faced significant headwinds in recent months. Elevated mortgage rates earlier in the year have restrained buyer... |
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| | | Residential building material prices continued to experience elevated growth, according to the latest Producer Price Index release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Price growth has been above 3.0% since June this year, despite continued weakness in the new residential construction market... |
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| | | Kolbe is partnering with Pawport on a pre-installed pet door option for some of its window and door products. The weather-sealed Ultimate Door System uses a Bluetooth smart tag on the pet’s collar, eliminating unwanted visitors. Functionality can also be controlled by smartphone app. |
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| | | In uncertain times, we value earthy hues that make feel us grounded and enveloped. Among them is Benjamin Moore’s new Color of the Year for 2026, “Sihouette AF-655,” which the maker calls a rich mix of espresso with “subtle notes of charcoal.” Seven more colors round out the palette. |
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| | | Case Study: Mohegan Trail by Bates Masi + ArchitectsWith its sharp angles and crisp apertures, Mohegan Trail is an abstracted saltbox house in form and a force against nature in function. Located on Block Island, about 15 nautical miles from the Rhode Island coast and the East End of Long Island, New York, its construction with small-dimension... |
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| | | Case Study: Lake Tahoe Cabin by Ro | Rockett DesignIncline Village’s three cabins dot a mountainside above Crystal Bay, an inlet of Lake Tahoe. For the client, the dark-stained buildings bring back fond memories of the lakeside cabin where he spent his childhood summers. For Ro | Rockett Design principals Jason Ro, AIA, and Zac Rockett... |
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| | | Case Study: PTR House by Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, ArchitectSometimes, even suburbia presents the opportunity to design something unexpected in response to an unusual site or client. Bob Gurney’s client, an entrepreneur who starts and sells companies, adamantly did not want anything like the pseudo-traditional dwellings in this neighborhood of large... |
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| | | Builder Sentiment Inches Higher but Ends the Year in Negative TerritoryBuilder confidence inched higher to end the year but still remains well into negative territory as builders continue to grapple with rising construction costs, tariff and economic uncertainty, and many potential buyers remaining on the sidelines due to affordability concerns. |
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