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2013 aia housing awards / one and two family custom residences / eagle ridge, eastsound, wash. / gary gladwish architecture

Six Residential Projects Honored With AIA Housing Awards

Four custom homes and two larger-scale housing complexes top this year’s entries.

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Design Studio

Jonathan Charles’ Moroccan Side Tables

Bold colors put a contemporary spin on the old world Moorish cuts of furniture designer Jonathan Charles’ Moroccan collection of coffee and side tables.
Lee Broom’s Frosted Crystal Bulb

United Kingdom-based housewares designer Lee Broom added a frosted option to its collection of crystal bulbs.
Pyrolave’s Colorful, Rounded Basin

Lava-stone manufacturer Pyrolave plays with circular and elliptical forms in shaping the latest addition to its sink collection.

OS House, Racine, Wis. - Rear and Side Views
Merit Award - Custom Home / Less Than 3,000 Square Feet
Entrant/Architect: Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Milwaukee
Builder: Beggi General Contractors, Racine, Wis.
Landscape architect: Milaeger's Landscape Design, Racine
Interior designer: Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Milwaukee
Living space: 1,940 square feet
Site: 0.3 acre
Construction cost: $290 per square foot
Photographer: John J. Macaulay.
The home operates off the grid most of the year thanks to unseen photovoltaic laminates adhered to the roofing membrane.

Exterior Elevations That Pop With Color

CHDA-winning projects that use colorful accents to enliven exterior elevations.

Slideshow of the Week

2013 AIA COTE Top Ten Green Project: Yin Yang House

Brooks + Scarpa sets a new standard for the home office with a light-filled, comfortable live–work space.

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custom

Kiawah Island Custom Home Connects to Nature
A coastal Carolina residence by Thomas & Denzinger Architects protects against storms while nourishing the soul.
Case Study: Kafka Residence Kitchen
A Southern California kitchen blends seamlessly into a living/dining room and deck.
Case Study: Kohout Residence Bath
A modern master bath frames a prairie view.

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Kitchen

Case Study: Kafka Residence Kitchen
A Southern California kitchen blends seamlessly into a living/dining room and deck.
Case Study: Arts and Crafts Kitchen
An Arts and Crafts kitchen renovation in Minneapolis, Minn.
Seattle Kitchen and Bath Maximize Water Views
This home's kitchen and master bath both capture panoramic water views and simultaneously propagate intimacy, privacy, and noise abatement for the homeowners.

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sustainable

Active House Enters Testing Phase
Ultra-efficient and healthy home to be monitored for a year post-occupancy.
Philadelphia Gets Its First Passive House-Certified Homes
Opening next month, the Stables net-zero-energy townhomes will be the city's first residential Passive House project.
Textile-Covered Soft House Opens in Hamburg
An international team led by KVA MATx and 360grad + Architekten designed ‘soft’ domestic infrastructure for a set of live/work residences that embraces carbon-neutral lifestyles.

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Blog: As We See It

Marianne Cusato on the American Dream Home

Designer and author Marianne Cusato spoke recently at the National Building Museum.
A Burning Topic: Charred Wood

Architects are warming up to burned wood siding.
Exhibition: The Enduring Designs of Josef Frank

Now on view in Washington, D.C., a tribute to a Swedish Modern trailblazer.

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AIArchitect

Facing Facts

Homelessness is a design problem.

Practice

Social Justice Propels Today's Young Design Professionals
When pursuing jobs in the design profession, young graduates want to bring their conscience to work.
How to Talk to Clients
Architects are trained to use esoteric language to establish their authority. But to get things built they need to both inspire people and put them at ease.
What Will the Future of Residential Architecture Bring?
In this industry moment poised between post-crash and comeback, it's a good time to pause, look around, and ask how we'll move forward.

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Up Front

Power Struggle
Today's kitchen command center is a tangle of mobile devices vying for a place to plug in.
It's Time to Build Houses Again
What we need are some compelling reasons in our arsenal to convince people to go ahead and build that dream house. Here are a few of those reasons.
Why Continually Build and Renovate When We Can Design For Flexible Function?
The problem we and others face is the inherent inflexibility of conventional architectural design and construction.

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Current Issue

March-April 2013

In this issue we give you Washington, D.C.'s promising young modernist firm David Jameson Architect, new products fit to print, three case studies in kitchen and bath, and more.

Monograph: David Jameson Architect

The Washington, D.C.-based firm's work shows a bold inventiveness driven by a persuasive architectural logic.
Case Study: Arts and Crafts Kitchen

An Arts and Crafts kitchen renovation in Minneapolis, Minn.
An Urban Garden in Philadelphia

Otto Architects creates a tiny backyard oasis.
Workspace: LopezLopez Arquitectura

A young Spanish firm transforms a dark office space.

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