Residential Architect Magazine: 2009 RADA

the bayou district at park city, new orleans

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:15 EST

When Hurricane Katrina roared through New Orleans, it devastated the already deteriorating St. Bernard Housing Development. Fast-track plans to demolish and rebuild the area resulted in this design our judges calle

truro dune house, truro, mass.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:09:27 EST

The owners of this Cape Cod acreage want to take advantage of its ocean views and white sand beach without damaging the delicate dunes.

laidley street residence, san francisco

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:01 EST

Lise de Vito and Jim Zack, AIA, lavished attention on the design of the skylight-topped staircase in their San Francisco townhouse.

kokoris residence, san francisco

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:58:54 EST

Architect Mark Jensen, AIA, took the goal of curb appeal seriously with this façade makeover.

live, dine, sleep, reno, nev.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:59:04 EST

For his own home and kitchen, Jack Hawkins, AIA, LEED AP, “wanted to see how small we could live.”

riverbank residence, stamford, conn.

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:14:01 EST

Joeb Moore, AIA, intended this white-and-stainless steel kitchen to both please and surprise.

reykjavik, iceland

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:27:01 EST

The owner of this penthouse pied-à-terre overlooking the Atlantic Ocean uses it primarily to entertain business colleagues.

writer's studio, ghent, n.y.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:13:04 EST

A dark, quiet, enigmatic shape in the woods, this building responds to a very simple program.

tower house, leander, texas

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:19 EST

Rather than remodel an old one-bedroom cottage as their main house, a Texas couple asked Andersson•Wise Architects to convert it into communal living space and to build this new tower for sleeping quarters adjacen

the shack at hinkle farm, upper tract, w.v.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:17 EST

After purchasing 27 acres of land in Upper Tract, W.V., Jeffery Broadhurst, AIA, thought long and hard about what to put there. He ultimately came up with a “shack” that may be a step up from camping but still has arc

the rolling huts, mazama, wash.

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:08:49 EST

Tom Kundig, FAIA, likens his six Rolling Huts to “a little Thoreau hut on Walden Pond,” but Henry David Thoreau never had it so sweet.

piedmont farm, howard county, md.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:09 EST

Muse Architects, Bethesda, Md. According to Stephen Muse, FAIA, the biggest challenge to designing a large house lies in balancing variety and consistency.

olympic tower residence, new york city

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:07 EST

The showstopping city views from this Manhattan pied-à-terre created a clear directive for architect Wayne Turett.

chuckanut drive residence, bellingham, wash.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:02 EST

The Miller|Hull Partnership, Seattle. Architect Bob Hull, FAIA, and his staff judiciously deployed wood detailing inside this Bellingham, Wash., home.

ucla southwest campus housing, los angeles

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:13:01 EST

The judges praised the character and scale of this master-planned graduate student community on the edge of historic Westwood Village in Los Angeles.

losa loft, san francisco

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:04 EST

This loft in San Francisco's Mission District was dark and cluttered before Joshua Aidlin, AIA, and his client got their hands on it.

claremont mckenna college residence hall, claremont, calif.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:14 EST

CO Architects, Los Angeles. Tasked with inserting new student housing among existing 1960s-era structures, CO Architects tucked this new residence hall to one side of the site and configured the building with three wings to create outdoor courtyard spaces

the gateway, baltimore

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:13:00 EST

On an urban site bisected by a major highway, RTKL saw an opportunity to display to tens of thousands of passersby what exactly happens in an art school.

paseo senter at coyote creek, san jose, calif.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:09:59 EST

David Baker, FAIA, LEED AP, and Kevin Wilcock, AIA, created a pedestrian-friendly main street through the middle of this affordable housing community—a move the judges applauded.

parker flats at gage school, washington, d.c.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:12 EST

Bonstra | Haresign Architects converted an abandoned public school building into 92 loft-style condos with two levels of underground parking.