The Winners of the 2025 Residential Design Architecture Awards

The 2025 Residential Design Architecture Awards (RDAA) received more than 516 entries in 11 categories of residential design—a new record for our program. With such a large number of entries from the top firms in the country and abroad, the competition was fierce, and our judges had some very heavy lifting to do. Ultimately, they selected 32 projects for awards, including one Project of the Year, 7 Honor Awards, and 24 Citation Awards.

Some of the winning projects may be familiar to you, and, indeed, a couple 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, 2020 were eligible.

Serving on this year’s judges panel were five talented architects with deep expertise in residential architecture: Paul Mankins, FAIA, of Substance Architecture in Des Moines, Iowa; Steve Hoedemaker, AIA, Hoedemaker Pfeiffer, Seattle; Mark English, AIA, Mark English Architects, San Francisco; Katherine Hogan, FAIA, Katherine Hogan Architecture, Raleigh, North Carolina; and Gary Brewer, Gary Brewer Architects, New York, New York.

The jury reviewed projects at their own pace individually 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.

Coverage of our winning projects will appear first in our print edition, RD Volume 3, 2025, and then online in an expanded form with even more images and drawings.

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding winning firms and consider entering your own best work in our 2026 RDAA competition.

Project of the Year

Pecan Grove Residence
Austin
Architect: Alterstudio Architecture

Custom Rural or Vacation House

HONOR AWARDS

Highbank Residence
Northern Iowa
Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Fall Creek Residence
Tow, Texas
Architect: Lake|Flato Architects

CITATION AWARDS

CLT House
Clinton, NY
Architect: nARCHITECTS

Ridge House
Grey County, Ontario
Architect: Superkül

Betasso Overlook
Boulder, Colorado
Architect: Renee del Gaudio Architecture

Barton Hills Residence
Austin
Architect: Alterstudio Architecture

Prairie Garden
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Architect: BORELLI  |  WENDORF

Custom Urban House

CITATION AWARDS

HILLSBOROUGH | RESIDENCE
Hillsborough, CA
Architect: RO | ROCKETT DESIGN

Dolores Heights Residence
San Francisco, California
Architect: Dumican Mosey Architects

Custom Accessory or Outbuilding

HONOR AWARDS

Ceramics Studio
Seattle
Architect: GO’C

Stealth House
Austin
Architect: Specht Novak

CITATION AWARD

Hill Country Retreat
Henly, Texas
Architect: Clayton Korte