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• Kiawah Island Custom Home Connects to Nature

  A coastal Carolina residence by Thomas & Denzinger Architects protects against storms while nourishing the soul.

   

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

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

   

• Top 5 Custom Home Case Studies

  At first glance, the five most-popular custom house case studies from the past year seem to have nothing in common. Take a second or third look, however, and the similarities become more noticeable.

   

• Suspended Homes Capture Imagination

  Using a house to form a bridge over a waterway or landform can help architects attain a sense of weightlessness in their work.

   

• New Meets Old on the Coast of Maine

  A summer compound combines the contemporary and the vernacular.

   

• Kona Residence in Hawaii by Belzberg Architects

  Belzberg Architects designs a unique vacation home in Hawaii for a large extended family.

   

• Case Study: By Land and By Sea

  A coastal Virginia weekend house rises from the ruins of an industrial past.

   

• EHDA Grand Award: New England Vacation House

  Performance-enhancing features are packed into this 1,300-square-foot Rhode Island retreat.

   

• EHDA Grand Award: Phantom Canyon Ranch

  Nestled inside Colorado's Phantom Canyon Ranch Preserve, the LEED-Gold home offers unobstructed views of the Rocky Mountains.

   

• Living in Nature

  Architect John Carney designed his 950-square-foot home as a guest house on a wooded Wilson, Wyo., property, and he and his wife are living there while he works on schematic design for an eventual main residence.