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• Hall House, Duluth, Minn.

  Rooted in ledge rock and floating beyond its old footprint, this house evokes Italian hill town construction. “We’re building on top of the ruins of the previous culture, magnifying the things they built that could be kept permanent,” says David Salmela, FAIA.

• Bedford Residence, Bedford Corners, N.Y.

  “Architects often think of buildings as an independent sculptural object that sits in landscape,” says Joel Sanders, AIA. “Our intention was to have the house recede, and what would catch your eye is this white lining that begins inside and goes down the hill.”

• Sam's Creek Residence in Long Island, N.Y.

  A Long Island house brings order and inspiration to a multitrack family life.

• Victorian-era Cottage Remodel in Northern California

  A deft remodel opens up a venerable northern California cottage.

• The Louvre's Islamic Art Galleries

  Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti’s pavilion brings the era of digital design to this French landmark. The controversy has been conspicuous in its absence.

• Custom Infill Occupies Tight Building Envelope in San Francisco

  Every custom home reflects site constraints, both physical and regulatory, but few occupy a tighter buildable envelope than Russian Hill. Its tiny infill lot, in the upscale San Francisco neighborhood of the same name, was subject not only to the city’s planning code and residential design...

• Mutable Spaces: White Street Loft

  White Street Loft promises an entertaining experience, and it doesn't disappoint.

• Mutable Spaces: Spring Street Loft Moves Walls for Art

  Elmslie Osler deftly reworked the loft's cavernous volume, using a series of movable "art walls" to create a flexible environment suited for both oversize paintings and average-size people.

• 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.

• Award-Winning Architectural Interiors

  The transformation of these interior spaces through thoughtful architecture was worthy of notice from our design award juries.