Residential Architect Magazine: 2008 RADA

private tudor estate, san francisco bay area

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:09:07 EST

Jury members knew the moment they laid eyes on this renovation of a 1929 Tudor-style estate that its update was especially sensitive and skillful.

torqued house, los altos hills, calif.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:12:24 EST

The site for this northern California house begins in a meadow and continues up a wooded hill. To engage both of these aspects, architect Mark L. Donohue, AIA, divided the copper mesh-covered home into three stepped pavilions that torque to take in variou

model 't' rolling bed, suttons bay, mich.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:55 EST

When his client asked for an outdoor bed for this Lake Michigan weekend house, David Hanawalt's first thought was moldy sheets.

pizza porch, dallas

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:12:36 EST

netshed wetroom, astoria, ore.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:33:53 EST

"Poetic and transformative” is how the jury described this bathroom. The 8-foot-by-8-foot cube elevates the discussion of what this necessary room should and can be, they said.

platform house, rural platte county, mo.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:12:17 EST

The young owners of this house wanted a flexible and hip building within a modest footprint and budget. Dan Rockhill willingly took on the challenge.

industrial loft conversion project, philadelphia

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:37 EST

Given a raw space of exposed masonry and timber framing, John Hubert, AIA, decided to leave well enough alone—mostly. The space—in the former and aptly named Triangle Theater—was challenging in its shape but possessed 11-foot ceilings and abundant natural

madison square, new york city

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:44:29 EST

Desai/Chia's build-out of this “cavernous space with no light in the back” introduces both light and logic with permeable partition walls.

architectural interiors / grand

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:42 EST

Iceland natives Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, AIA, Assoc. IIDA, and Tryggvi Thorsteinsson, Assoc. AIA, used their country's green heritage and love of new materials to transform their 1950s home into this 2,400-square-foot gem.

casas de rio grande, del norte, colo.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:46 EST

Sometimes limitations can produce poetic results. Take Del Norte, Colo., affordable senior housing community Casas de Rio Grande, where Ron Faleide, AIA, used budget constraints as a framework for the building's clever floor plan.

26th street low-income housing, santa monica, calif.

Mon, 5 Dec 2011 02:39:06 EST

After scrutinizing 26th Street, a judge offered the highest praise an architect of low-income housing could hope to hear: “It's one of the best projects we've seen, period, and the fact that it's affordable is amazing.”

hassayampa academic village at arizona state university, tempe, ariz.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:14:01 EST

Machado and Silvetti Associates + Gould Evans, LLC, Boston. The judges loved the shocks of color that distinguish the three courtyards at this campus housing complex in Tempe, Ariz.

single-family production / detached / merit

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:08:46 EST

The Case Study Houses of the mid-20th century continue to serve as architectural touchstones, even in settings utterly unlike their original sun-drenched sites. In Milwaukee, they've helped inspire a series of moderately priced infill houses designed by B

modular: crabapple, omaha, neb.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:35 EST

The judges marveled at the craftsmanship of the Crabapple model at Hidden Creek, a community of 12 modern houses in Omaha, Neb. "It's interesting that we're talking about craft relating to production technologies," mused one.

14 townhouses, brooklyn, n.y.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:43 EST

Architects Robert Rogers, FAIA, and Jonathan Marvel, AIA, set an ambitious goal when designing this 14-unit townhouse project in Brooklyn, N.Y.

prototype infill housing: throckmorton site, dallas

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:15 EST

Edward M. Baum, FAIA, says the design for this prototype duplex housing is a creative solution to the 50-foot-by-150-foot infill sites common in Dallas, and he's optimistic it can be adapted to other cities.

156 w. superior, chicago

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:09:02 EST

Designed by The Miller|Hull Partnership, with Studio Dwell serving as local architect, this project references Chicago's much-admired early modern steel buildings.

macallen building condominiums, boston

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:05 EST

To hear Office dA's Nader Tehrani tell it, it's a small miracle that the Macallen condo building in Boston's South End became a reality. “It was built under the most difficult circumstances,” says Tehrani, whose firm acted as design architect on the proje

the duke, scottsdale, ariz.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:08:51 EST

These townhouses contribute vibrancy to a mixed neighborhood of light-industrial structures and multifamily residential buildings of the clay tile-and-stucco variety. Our judges praised the project's “remarkable color” and “beautiful elevations”; one note

the assembly building at clipper mill, baltimore

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:59 EST

So many urban loft conversions all but obliterate the building's sense of history. This one celebrates it as a ruin, rough edges and all.