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.
Winning projects appear in our print edition, Volume 3, 2023. And below, you’ll find our in-depth online coverage of each project, including even more images, plans, and drawings. Just click on the project name to go directly to its write-up.
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:
Austin, Texas
Architect: Nicole Blair, LLC
Custom Rural or Vacation House
Honor Award
San Miguel County, Colorado
Architect: CCY Architects
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Citation Award
Indianola, Washington
Architect: GO’C
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Citation Award
Bandon, Oregon
Architect: Cutler Anderson Architects
Custom Urban House
Honor Award
West Lake Hills, Texas
Architect: A Parallel Architecture
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Honor Award
El Paso, Texas
Architect: Lake | Flato Architects
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Citation Award
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Architect: Johnsen Schmaling Architects
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Citation Award
Seattle, Washington
Architect: GO’C
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Citation Award
Venice, California
Architect: Kevin Daly Architects
Custom Period or Vernacular House
Honor Award
Lakeville, Connecticut
Architect: Joeb Moore & Partners
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Citation Award
Westerly, Rhode Island
Architect: Estes Twombly + Titrington Architects
Renovation
Citation Award
Washington, D.C.
Architect: Colleen Healey Architecture
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Citation Award
San Francisco, California
Architect: Dumican Mosey Architects
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Citation Award
Washington, D.C.
Architect: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect
Architectural Interiors
Honor Award
Portland, Oregon
Architect: Linden, Brown Architecture
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Citation Award
Mill Valley, California
Architect: Richardson Pribuss Architects
Residential Special Constraints
Citation Award
Wuhan, China
Architect: Wiki World
Custom Accessory or Outbuilding
Honor Award
Center Point, Texas
Architect: Lake | Flato Architects
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Citation Award
Sonoma County, California
Architect: S^A | Schwartz and Architecture
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Citation Award
San Juan Islands, Washington
Architect: PBW Architects
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Citation Award
Western Massachusetts
Architect: Nicole Migeon Architect, PLLC
Custom Outdoor Living Design
Honor Award
Center Point, Texas
Architect: Lake | Flato Architects
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Citation Award
Mineola, Texas
Architect: Lake | Flato Architects
Architectural Details
Citation Award
Sonoma, California
Architect: S^A | Schwartz and Architecture
Custom on the Boards
Honor Award
Salida, Colorado
Architect: Tomecek Studio Architecture