The Winners of the 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards

The 2023 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received nearly 400 entries in 11 categories of residential design. With such a large number of entries from the top firms in the country, the competition was heated, and our judges had some very tough decisions to make. Ultimately, they selected just 25 projects for awards, including one Project of the Year, 8 Honor awards, and 16 Citation awards.

Some of the winning projects may look familiar to you, and, indeed, a few have appeared previously in this magazine or have been awarded in other national and local competitions. Previous publication or award status are not disqualifications for entry. Residential projects completed after January 1, 2018 were eligible. It is always our goal that all work be considered on its own merits, regardless of media exposure.

Serving on this year’s judges panel were four accomplished architects with deep expertise in residential architecture: Renée del Gaudio, AIA, Renée del Gaudio Architecture, Boulder, Colorado; Brian Messana, AIA, Messana O’Rorke, New York, New York; Pi Smith, AIA, Smith & Vansant Architects, White River Junction, Vermont; and William Kirwan, AIA, Muse | Kirwan Architects, Bethesda, Maryland. 

The jury reviewed projects at their own pace virtually before gathering for an intense, two-day deliberation over Zoom of the strongest entries. It was an exhilarating and exhausting process, yielding a body of nationally significant and inspiring residential architecture. Note that not every category of entry had a winner this year.

We’ll publish all of the winning projects in our upcoming print edition, Volume 3, 2023. And we’ll follow that up with in-depth online coverage of each project, including even more images, plans, and drawings.

Please join us in congratulating these amazing winning firms and consider entering your own best work in our 2024 RDAA competition.


Project of the Year:

The Perch

Austin, Texas

Architect: Nicole Blair, LLC


Custom Urban House

Honor Award 

Rollingwood Residence

West Lake Hills, Texas

Architect: A Parallel Architecture

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Honor Award 

Courtyard House

El Paso, Texas

Architect: Lake | Flato Architects

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Citation Award

Curtain House

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Architect: Johnsen Schmaling Architects

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Citation Award

Sound House

Seattle, Washington

Architect: GO’C

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Citation Award

Palms House II

Venice, California

Architect: Kevin Daly Architects


Custom Rural or Vacation House

Honor Award

DNA Alpine

San Miguel County, Colorado 

Architect: CCY Architects

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Citation Award

The Rambler

Indianola, Washington

Architect: GO’C

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Citation Award

Oregon Coastal Beach House

Bandon, Oregon

Architect: Cutler Anderson Architects


Custom Period or Vernacular House

Honor Award

Hill House

Lakeville, Connecticut

Architect: Joeb Moore & Partners

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Citation Award

Quahaug Point

Westerly, Rhode Island

Architect: Estes Twombly + Titrington Architects


Renovation

Citation Award

Middle Garden

Washington, D.C.

Architect: Colleen Healey Architecture

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Citation Award

Russian Hill Residence

San Francisco, California

Architect: Dumican Mosey Architects

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Citation Award

Riggs

Washington, D.C.

Architect: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect


Architectural Interiors

Honor Award

Gradient House and Studio

Portland, Oregon

Architect: Linden, Brown Architecture

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Citation Award

Redwood Cottage

Mill Valley, California

Architect: Richardson Pribuss Architects


Residential Special Constraints

Citation Award

[Wild Home #94#]

Wuhan, China

Architect: Wiki World


Custom Accessory or Outbuilding

Honor Award

Verde Creek Ranch Boathouse

Center Point, Texas

Architect: Lake | Flato Architects

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Citation Award

Leit House

Sonoma County, California

Architect: S^A | Schwartz and Architecture

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Citation Award

Boathouse

San Juan Islands, Washington

Architect: PBW Architects

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Citation Award

The Fruit Cage

Western Massachusetts

Architect: Nicole Migeon Architect, PLLC


Custom Outdoor Living Design

Honor Award

Verde Creek Ranch

Center Point, Texas

Architect: Lake | Flato Architects

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Citation Award

Aegean Pool House

Mineola, Texas

Architect: Lake | Flato Architects


Architectural Details

Citation Award

Dovecote Details

Sonoma, California

Architect: S^A | Schwartz and Architecture


Custom on the Boards

Honor Award

Cemetery Residence

Salida, Colorado

Architect: Tomecek Studio Architecture

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