The 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 400 entries in 11 categories of residential design. With such a…
Read More
2023 RDAA PROJECT OF THE YEAR
The Perch rose to the top of this year’s entries for its sophisticated response to a site condition that seemed…
Read MoreCUSTOM RURAL / VACATION HOME
The architects and their clients had 75 scenic acres to parse for this vacation home, but they decided to tuck…
Read More
It’s both a big opportunity and responsibility to add onto a cherished family property. This is doubly true if you…
Read More
A delightful essay on the notion that there is no bad weather, just bad clothes, Oregon Coast Beach House embraces…
Read MoreCUSTOM URBAN HOUSE
“This house is so, so good,” said one of our judges. “It’s effortless inside and out.” Or seemingly so, because…
Read More
“Courtyard House is so place based; it couldn’t be anywhere else,” the jury said. From its tall gabion landscape walls…
Read More
“Whoever did this is very skilled,” said one of our jurors. Perched on a steep slope in the Magnolia neighborhood…
Read More
Once besotted by the front façade, one barely needs to see any more of this urban infill house in Milwaukee,…
Read More
“It’s so Venice,” said one of our judges. “And it makes a wonderful courtyard space.” In a way, Palms House…
Read MoreCUSTOM PERIOD OR VERNACULAR HOUSE
“This is a clear, iconic concept executed with sophistication and elegance,” applauded a judge. “Every space has a different perspective…
Estes Twombly + Titrington Architects excels at designing houses that are deeply rooted in Rhode Island’s history of farm sheds…
RENOVATION
Middle Garden “utterly transformed the experience of living in the house,” a judge said. Indeed, for a center-hall colonial on…
Read More
When Bob Gurney’s client approached him with this renovation project in downtown D.C., there was almost nothing left to save…
Read More
In San Francisco, getting the most out of a site is like a game of Tetris, but the payoff can…
Read MoreARCHITECTURAL INTERIORS
In the world of dual-purpose dwellings, Gradient House in Portland does many things exceptionally well, from its respect for the…
The renovation of this small cottage resulted in a more direct entry sequence and an exposed third gable that was…
ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS
The second home that Neal Schwartz, FAIA, designed for himself and his husband in 2012 functioned perfectly well until working…
Read MoreCUSTOM OUTDOOR LIVING DESIGN
Ranch culture is distilled to its essence in Lake | Flato’s design for a family property owned by siblings. On their 2,000-acre…
A lake house is meant to be lived outdoors. This part-time property near Dallas splits the difference between indoors and…
CUSTOM ACCESSORY OR OUTBUILDING
The site’s geological formations became a metaphorical motif for this little black dress of a dwelling. Its fire-resistant cementitious stucco,…
Read More
When you can arrive at your home by boat or seaplane, the boathouse becomes the major threshold to the property,…
Read More
Sturdy, meticulously crafted, and made with sustainable materials, the Fruit Cage is a conceptual cousin to this rural property’s main…
Read More
Cypress, naturally, is the theme that ties Verde Creek Ranch Boathouse to its location. A shared amenity for the three…
Read MoreCUSTOM ON THE BOARDS
When Residential Design first covered this work in progress four years ago, it was all systems go. Some costs for…
Read MoreRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL CONSTRAINTS
The judges applauded Ark Cabin for its “modular idea about how to build.” This 646-square-foot vacation home in the Wuhan…
Read More