Announcing the Winners of RADA 2008!

Bill Timmerman

The ninth annual residential architect Design Awards received more than 1,300 entries in 15 categories. Just 36 projects were singled out for accolades, making RADA the most competitive residential architecture awards program in the country. The jury comprised six distinguished architects, including Louise Braverman, FAIA, Louise Braverman, Architect, New York City; Ralph Cunningham, AIA, Cunningham + Quill Architects, Washington, D.C.; Allison Ewing, AIA, LEED AP, Hays + Ewing Design Studio, Charlottesville, Va.; Paul Mankins, FAIA, LEED AP, substance, Des Moines, Iowa; Joeb Moore, AIA, Kaehler/Moore Architects, Greenwich, Conn.; and James G. Thomas, AIA, Thomas and Denzinger Architects, Charleston, S.C. In all, they bestowed one Judges' award, 18 Merit awards, 16 Grand awards, and one Project of the Year (shown at right).

Full coverage of the winning projects will appear in the May 2008 print and online issues of residential architect.

Project of the Year

Xeros Residence, Phoenix
Matthew G. Trzebiatowski, AIA
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Phoenix

Custom Home / 3,500 Square Feet or Less

Grand Award
Gardiners Bay Beach House, Amagansett, N.Y.
Frederick Stelle, AIA
Stelle Architects
Bridgehampton, N.Y.

Custom Home / 3,500 Square Feet or Less

Grand Award
The Streeter House, Deephaven, Minn.
David Salmela, FAIA
SALMELA ARCHITECT
Duluth, Minn.

Custom Home / 3,500 Square Feet or Less

Merit Award
Lago Vista Guesthouse, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Aleks Istanbullu, AIA
Aleks Istanbullu Architects
Santa Monica, Calif.

Custom Home / 3,500 Square Feet or Less

Merit Award
Nest House, Hurricane Valley, Ark.
David Sain and Dan Rockhill
Rockhill and Associates
Lecompton, Kan.

Custom Home / More Than 3,500 Square Feet

Grand Award
222 Residence, Oklahoma
Rand Elliott, FAIA, and Miho Kolliopoulos, AIA
Elliott + Associates Architects
Oklahoma City

Custom Home / More Than 3,500 Square Feet

Grand Award
Laboratory, Douglas County, Neb.
Randy Brown, FAIA, and Dirk Henke
Randy Brown Architects
Omaha, Neb.

Custom Home / More Than 3,500 Square Feet

Grand Award
Wildcat Ridge Residence, Snowmass, Colo.
Bartholomew Voorsanger, FAIA
Voorsanger Architects
New York City

Custom Home / More Than 3,500 Square Feet

Merit Award
2041 W. Cortland, Chicago
Mark Peters, AIA
Studio Dwell Architects
Chicago

Custom Home / More Than 3,500 Square Feet

Merit Award
Private Residence, Carmel Valley, Calif..
Eric Haesloop, AIA, and Mary Griffin, FAIA
Turnbull Griffin Haesloop
San Francisco

Renovation

Grand Award
Weeks House, Louisville, Tenn.
Brian Pittman, AIA, and Bruce McCarty, FAIA
McCarty Holsaple McCarty
Knoxville, Tenn.

Renovation

Grand Award
Tehama Grasshopper, San Francisco
Anne Fougeron, AIA
Fougeron Architecture
San Francisco

Renovation

Merit Award
Outside-In Loft, Boston
Eric Höweler, AIA
Höweler + Yoon Architecture
Boston

Renovation

Merit Award
Stonehedge Residence, Austin, Texas
Juan Miró, AIA, and Miguel Rivera, AIA
Miró Rivera Architects
Austin, Texas

Multifamily

Grand Award
The Duke, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Peter M. Koliopoulos, AIA
Circle West Architects
Scottsdale, Ariz.

Multifamily

Grand Award
Macallen Building Condominiums, Boston
Monica Ponce de Leon and Nader Tehrani; Steven J. Brittan and Harry T. Gordon, FAIA
Office dA and Burt Hill
Boston

Multifamily

Merit Award
156 W. Superior, Chicago
David Miller, FAIA, and Mark Peters, AIA
The Miller|Hull Partnership and Studio Dwell Architects
Seattle and Chicago

Multifamily

Merit Award
Prototype Infill Housing: Throckmorton Site, Dallas
Edward M. Baum, FAIA
Edward M. Baum FAIA, Architect
Dallas

Single-Family Production / Attached

Grand Award
14 Townhouses, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Robert Rogers, FAIA, and Jonathan Marvel, AIA
Rogers Marvel Architects
New York City

Single-Family Production / Detached

Grand Award
Modular: Crabapple, Omaha, Neb.
Randy Brown, FAIA
Randy Brown Architects
Omaha, Neb.

Single-Family Production / Detached

Merit Award
Urban Infill 02, Milwaukee
Brian Johnsen, AIA, and Sebastian Schmaling, AIA
Johnsen Schmaling Architects
Milwaukee

Adaptive Reuse

Grand Award
The Assembly Building at Clipper Mill, Baltimore
David Benn, AIA
Cho Benn Holback + Associates
Baltimore

Adaptive Reuse

Merit Award
Lamont Lofts, Washington, D.C.
William J. Bonstra, AIA, LEED AP
Bonstra | Haresign Architects
Washington, D.C.

Campus Housing

Grand Award
Hassayampa Academic Village at Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
Machado and Silvetti Associates + Gould Evans, LLC
Boston

Architectural Interiors

Grand Award
Greenfield, Los Angeles
Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, AIA, Assoc. IIDA, and Tryggvi Thorsteinsson, Assoc. AIA
Minarc
Santa Monica, Calif.

Architectural Interiors

Merit Award
Madison Square, New York City
Katherine Chia, AIA
Desai/Chia Architecture
New York City

Architectural Interiors

Merit Award
Platform House, Rural Platte County, Mo.
David Sain and Dan Rockhill
Rockhill and Associates
Lecompton, Kan.

Architectural Interiors

Merit Award
Industrial Loft Conversion Project, Philadelphia
John Hubert, AIA
John Hubert Architects
Wyncote, Pa.

Affordable

Grand Award
26th Street Low-Income Housing, Santa Monica, Calif.
Stephen Kanner, FAIA
Kanner Architects
Santa Monica, Calif.

Affordable

Merit Award
Casas de Rio Grande, Del Norte, Colo.
Ron Faleide
Faleide Architects
Denver

Outbuilding

Merit Award
Pizza Porch, Dallas
Dan Shipley, FAIA
Shipley Architects
Dallas

Bath

Grand Award
Netshed Wetroom, Astoria, Ore.
Lisa Chadbourne and Daren Reid Doss, AIA
chadbourne + doss architects
Seattle

Architectural Design Detail

Merit Award
Model 'T' Rolling Bed, Suttons Bay, Mich.
David T. Hanawalt, AIA
Hanawalt Architecture & Land Planning
Suttons Bay, Mich.

On the Boards

Merit Award
Torqued House, Los Altos Hills, Calif.
Mark L. Donohue, AIA
Visible Research Office
San Francisco

On the Boards

Merit Award
Grass-Road House, Simi Valley, Calif.
Edmund M. Einy, AIA, and Devan Mitchell
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Los Angeles

Judges' Award

Private Tudor Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
John Malick and Betsy Goodman
John Malick and Associates
Emeryville, Calif.