Other stories by Cheryl Weber

• Social Justice Propels Today's Young Design Professionals

  When pursuing jobs in the design profession, young graduates want to bring their conscience to work.

• Outdoor Pool Pavilion in Texas

  A sunrise-to-sunset pavilion puts down Texas roots.

• 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.

• Monograph: Audrey Matlock Architect

  Matlock has a keen eye for the texture of a neighborhood, the contour of a landscape, and the poetry of exposed super-structure.

• 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.

• Mutable Spaces: Leather District Loft Renovation

  Principals Hansy Better Barraza, AIA, LEED AP, and Anthony Piermarini, AIA, gutted the apartment and then set about improving the room proportions and reinventing the drywall partitions.

• EHDA Merit Award: Project Green Home

  Palo Alto, Calif., Passive House touts greywater system and urine-diverting toilets.

• EHDA Merit Award: Killingsworth Station

  Portland, Ore., infill project for both market-rate and low-income buyers promotes low-income affordable housing along light-rail line.

• EHDA Grand Award: VOLKsHouse

  This Santa Fe, N.M., house shows how production housing and net-zero energy can go hand in hand.

• EHDA Grand Award: South Hills Retirement Residence

  After sitting vacant for 35 years, the old South Hills High School has been transformed into energy-efficient seniors housing.