rada projects of the year

rada projects of the year

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  Art Stable, Seattle

  Olson Kundig Architects' Art Stable in Seattle represents an elegant way to densify a city.

   
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  Tea Houses, Silicon Valley, Calif.

  The jury rhapsodized about this trio of outbuildings in California's Silicon Valley, naming it Project of the Year.

   
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  taylor house, scotland cay, bahamas

  From the very beginning, Raleigh, N.C., architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, knew that designing a house in the Bahamas would be a test of his design and organizational skills.

   
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  habitat 825, west hollywood, calif.

  Issues with neighbors often arise during the design of a new multifamily building.

   
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  xeros residence, phoenix

  residential architect's Project of the Year exhibits a startling originality that elevated it above the rest of the winners. “There's stuff in here I've never seen before,” marveled a judge, and the other jurors agreed.

   
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  camouflage house, green lake, wis.

  Every once in a while, an architectural perfect storm occurs.

   
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  modular 1 and modular 2, kansas city, kan.

  The prefabricated nature of Modular 1 and Modular 2, which share residential architect's 2006 Project of the Year award, intrigued the judging panel.

   
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  martin luther king jr. plaza, philadelphia

  Tom Gallas remembers the first meeting he had with the residents of Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza, a set of high-rise public housing towers in South Philadelphia.

   
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  contemporaine, chicago

  Not since the glory days of Modernism have high design and high-rise housing often coexisted. Most residential skyscrapers experience so much value-engineering, even the best architects struggle to give them a bit of character.

   
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  blue ridge farmhouse addition, washington, va.

  When Bob Gurney's clients asked him to design an addition to their 1799 farmhouse in the rolling hills of Washington, Va., his first instinct was to imagine a Modern glass pavilion. "It seemed more respectful than a seamless composition," he says. "I wanted there to be no doubt about what was old...