Residential Architect Magazine: Production

Green Lantern

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:30:39 EST

Affordable housing's ecosystem

hall of fame: andrés duany, faia, and elizabeth plater-zyberk, faia, leed ap

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 03:26:23 EST

When he talks about the concept of time, Andrés Duany, FAIA, takes on the enthusiastic manner of a star physics student. “Time is a fascinating fourth dimension that is so exciting to me,” he says.

j. carson looney, faia

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:15:39 EST

Memphis, Tenn.-based Looney Ricks Kiss (LRK) is an award-winning 25-year-old firm that had only reduced staff once prior to 2008.

urban outfitter

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:11:31 EST

Sebastian Mariscal develops, designs, and builds—one project at a time.

cover story: after the storm

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:48:59 EST

In this report, we've endeavored to illuminate the good and the bad, the true signs of hope and the harsh realities of its absence. Over and over, Gulf Coast architects emphasize that people around the country need to know what's really going on in this still-devastated but still-compelling area.

change agent

Wed, 6 Apr 2011 02:58:57 EST

Chapin knows that the loose edges of towns, with their mind-numbing mazes of streets, cannot be improved simply by sending out talented architects. Innovative solutions must come from better planning.

eye of the storm

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:17:51 EST

Scott Merrill, AIA, knows something about storms. Toiling in hurricane alley while building out the New Urbanist communities of Seaside and now Windsor in Vero Beach, Fla, has cemented Merrill's practical side. His first design objective is to protect the occupants of his houses and secure their investment in them. Read on to find out how Merrill, Pastor & Colgan are rethinking our best-loved houses.

back to school

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:22:51 EST

At the 2002 Pacific Coast Builders' Conference (PCBC) Gold Nugget awards, a very happy 69-year-old architect kept trotting up to the stage to pick up one Lucite-encased hunk of "gold" after another.

Urban Legends

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:22:43 EST

Pappageorge/Haymes has earned a national reputation for contextual, site-appropriate architecture, and for its ability to design in a wide variety of styles.

masters of the suburbs

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:22:45 EST

This group of pioneering architects (and more you'll meet soon) transformed Orange, County, Calif., into a laboratory for the American house.

Full Circle

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:22:39 EST

Architect Barry Berkus once helmed the largest production housing firm in the country, but now he's turing back to his first love: design.