Residential Architect Magazine: Shelter Lab

A Mixed-Use Building Serves Cycle Commuters

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:18 EST

An energy efficient, transit-oriented apartment building taps the cycle-commuting market.

Solar Decathlon entry will become Habitat for Humanity duplex

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:27:08 EST

A project entered in the Solar Decathlon will be moved to a Washington, D.C. neighborhood to become a net-zero energy, Habitat for Humanity duplex.

A sheer twist on infill housing in San Antonio

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:00:13 EST

A perforated aluminum wrapper elevates a San Antonio project.

Architect Matthew Hofmann's Airstream Is Both Home and Office

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:38 EST

A remodeled Airstream trailer provides a cozy, portable live/work space.

An ambitious effort by two New York architects to make good design more available.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:27:23 EST

Architects Matthew Berman and Andrew Kotchen of workshop/apd envision a simpler, more sophisticated process for customized residential design.

Poteet Architects transforms a shipping container into a welcoming guest house

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:36 EST

In San Antonio, a standard shipping container morphs into a sunny guest house.

A New England community redefines senior housing.

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:41:11 EST

Perkins Eastman Architects, Chan Krieger Sieniewicz, and Stantec use sustainable and intergenerational design strategies to enhance senior living at NewBridge on the Charles.

G•O Logic's Prototype House Brings Zero-Energy Design Within Reach

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:41:52 EST

Using innovative design and construction methods, Maine design/build firm G?OLogic produces a zero-energy single-family home for $150 per square foot.

basics training

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:23 EST

For such a tiny house, this 320-square-foot dwelling in Marfa, Texas, serves many purposes. San Antonio architect Candid Rogers, AIA, designed it for himself as a weekend retreat. But the project also serves as a teaching tool for his University of Texas at San Antonio students, who make the six-hour drive there once a semester.

space savvy

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:19 EST

Michael Fifield, AIA, principal of Fifield Architecture + Urban Design in Eugene, Ore., believes true sustainable design must address the problem of land consumption.

downtime on the farm

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:14:09 EST

Imagine a cluster of 30 or so diminutive homes set on the edge of a large field, their compact rectangles topped with tilted roofs and punctuated with bright apple-green or ochre siding. This new crop of farmworker housing, designed by the Seattle firm Mi

baja fresh

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:13:57 EST

Off-the-grid living is the one and only option at this improvised vacation home in Baja California, Mexico.

alley appeal

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:17 EST

What began as a conversation about the brutalities of gentrification in urban neighborhoods may result in a new type of housing in Austin, Texas.