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2010 architects' choice

residential architect july/august

Architects' Choice

Our annual Architects' Choice showcase features timeless materials selected by luminaries in the profession.


editors' choice

in a first-of-its-kind spin-off of the annual architects' choice feature, ra staff members share a little about themselves and submit a few...


 
 
 
  • eternal light

    Historical Concepts: Lighting fixtures that "merge the old with the new for finely crafted, yet functional [...]"

     
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    storyteller

    Historical Concepts: Rocky Mountain casts its products, in this case doorknobs, from bronze and applies various old world finishes.

     
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    downright upright

    Historical Concepts: When columns are done right, nothing expresses the interrelationship between function, form, and beauty more elegantly. By Chadsworth.

     
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    clear view

    Antoine Predock Architect: John Lewis Glass cast glass: When the light comes in its truly magical.

     
 

2009 Architects' Choice

  • carolina blues

    Frank Harmon Architect: Jacob's Creek Stone Co.'s Nor Carla Bluestone.

     
  • zip it

    Kaplan Thompson Architects: Huber Engineered Woods' ZIP System building envelopes.

     
  • greenprints

    Specht Harpman: Weston Solutions' GreenGrid modular system.

     

2008 Architects' Choice

  • Tex Mix

    Rob Paulus Architect: Mix Phifertex fabric panels with run-of-the-mill turnbuckles and eyebolts to create sunscreens and other...

     
  • On Guard

    Rob Paulus Architect: Tampa, Fla.-based McNichols specializes in lightweight perforated metal panels that are suitable for many...

     
  • Driven To Xcell

    Rockhill and Associates: Xcell spray-in cellulose is used in lieu of fiberglass to prevent air leakage more effectively than conventional...

     
 

2007 Architects' Choice

  • globus trotter

    Single Speed Design: Globus Cork tiles in a variety of colors, shapes, and sizes.

     
  • curve appeal

    Single Speed Design: Laminated bamboo from Smith & Fong.

     
  • rhein tone

    Single Speed Design: RHEINZINK's eponymous building material.

     
 

2006 Architects' Choice

  • wide angle

    Tobler Duncker: The Superior TM-4500 by Lennox Hearth Products, a clean-face wood-burning fireplace with a large opening, eliminates the...

     
  • agri culture

    Tobler Duncker: Copper Sales' metal exterior products' "simple quality serves the modern representation of the ranch/agricultural...

     
  • tangentially speaking

    Kevin Defreitas Architects, AIA: Tangent lever designed by architect Robert Watson for Lockwood.

     

2005 Architects' Choice

  • Outgoing Lam

    Semple Brown Design: Abet Laminiti's yellow laminates

     
  • Top Drop

    Semple Brown Design: Anta's drop pendant fixture

     
  • Metal Medley

    Semple Brown Design: Metecno-Morin's metal products

     
 
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