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600
John Blood
This three-story house has decks at every level, including a third-floor roof deck that overlooks the pool—and much of the world beyond.
2005 CHDA
Austin, Texas, Residence
Merit Award/Custom Home Less Than 3,000 Square Feet
Danze + Blood Architects, Austin, Texas
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A Glass railing lets the Pacific view through to this rooftop room. The fireplace at right lends warmth and a focal point when the sun goes down.
Custom Home, June 2009
Virtuous Venues
Zeidler Residence, Aptos, Calif.
Ehrlich Architects, Culver City, Calif.
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With views of the Milwaukee skyline, this rooftop terrace is a dramatic setting for gatherings large and small.
2007 CHDA
Parts House Pavilion, Milwaukee
Grand Award/Outdoor Spaces
Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Milwaukee
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The real drama, though, is in the image the terrace sends out to the city. When the lights go on, colored plastic panels hung from a steel trellis create a colorful beacon.
2007 CHDA Parts House Pavilion, Milwaukee
Grand Award/Outdoor Spaces
Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Milwaukee
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A narrow pool fills this roof deck, offering views of Vancouver’s English Bay and North Shore Mountains. With a floor largely made up of glass, it also serves as a skylight for the living spaces below.
Custom Home, Summer 2007
High Water
Private Residence, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Patkau Architects, Vancouver
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Dana Wheelock
The loft’s rooftop sunroom opens onto a private deck via a glazed overhead door.
residential architect, November/December 2011
New Heights
Loft Residence, Minneapolis
Albertsson Hansen Architecture, Minneapolis
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Dana Wheelock
The sunroom and roof deck enjoy views of the nearby Mississippi River.
residential architect, November/December 2011
New Heights
Loft Residence, Minneapolis
Albertsson Hansen Architecture, Minneapolis
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Steve King
A wall of sliding doors opens this master bedroom to an expansive concrete roof deck.
2012 CHDA
Desert Panorama House, La Quinta, Calif.
Merit Award/Custom Home More Than 5,000 Square Feet
XTEN Architecture, Culver City, Calif.
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Steve King
The master bathroom also opens fully to the deck.
2012 CHDA
Desert Panorama House, La Quinta, Calif.
Merit Award/Custom Home More Than 5,000 Square Feet
XTEN Architecture, Culver City, Calif.
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Adrian Wilson
This rooftop apartment includes a large, private outdoor space in the heart of Manhattan. Steel I-beams support the building’s historic parapet wall.
2012 CHDA
Private Glasshouse, New York
Grand Award/Custom Home 3,000 to 5,000 Square Feet
Spector Group, New York
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Adrian Wilson
The dining area’s view over the deck to the city.
2012 CHDA
Private Glasshouse, New York
Grand Award/Custom Home 3,000 to 5,000 Square Feet
Spector Group, New York
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Stepping up the hill so one is perched over the other, each room offers a different point of view.
600
Joe Fletcher
A steep hillside site permits on-grade access to the green roofs of these two cabins.
2012 CHDA
Mill Valley Cabins, Mill Valley, Calif.
Merit Award/Outdoor Spaces
Feldman Architecture, San Francisco
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The detached cabins invite the owners to engage with the landscape.
600
Joe Fletcher
One cabin houses an art studio, the other a yoga studio. The green roof decks above provide a canvas for the art of gardening.
2012 CHDA
Mill Valley Cabins, Mill Valley, Calif.
Merit Award/Outdoor Spaces
Feldman Architecture, San Francisco
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Richard Barnes
Atop a concrete warehouse converted to a residence, this grasshopperlike penthouse bedroom opens onto a roof deck with 360-degree views over downtown San Francisco.
2008 rada
Tehama Grasshopper, San Francisco
Grand Award/Renovation
Fougeron Architecture, San Francisco
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Richard Barnes
An oversize light well opens the core of the building to the deck above, and the sky.
2008 rada
Tehama Grasshopper, San Francisco
Grand Award/Renovation
Fougeron Architecture, San Francisco
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Richard Barnes
The core of this modern San Francisco row house is a multilevel courtyard/roof deck.
2007 CHDA
San Francisco Residence
Merit Award/Custom Home 3,000 to 5,000 Square Feet
Fougeron Architecture, San Francisco
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Steven Simpson
First-floor living spaces spill out onto a glass deck that roofs the owner’s basement- level architecture studio.
2005 CHDA
San Diego Residence
Grand Award/Custom Home More Than 5,000 Square Feet
Jonathan Segal, San Diego
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William Kildow
Sited on a miniscule lot in Chicago's notorious Cabrini Green neighborhood, this urban pioneer packs 1,152 square feet of living space onto less than 1,700 square feet of land. Its forms are bracingly simple: four stories of steel-framed structure, a concrete block stair tower for circulation, and a steel circular stair for secondary egress.
2003 CHDA
Chicago Residence
Merit Award/Custom Home Under 3,000 Square Feet
Frederick Phillips and Associates Architects, Chicago
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William Kildow
Enclosed living spaces occupy the two middle levels of the main structure, which shelters a ground-level parking pad; the top level is devoted to a shaded roof deck.
2003 CHDA
Chicago Residence
Merit Award/Custom Home Under 3,000 Square Feet
Frederick Phillips and Associates Architects, Chicago
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Timothy Hursley
At the ninth floor of a downtown apartment building, a row of townhouse-style units faces an open terrace and pool deck.
2011 rada
930 Poydras Residential Tower, New Orleans
Merit Award/Multifamily
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, New Orleans
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John J. Macaulay
“Removing” a chunk of this new lakefront house’s rectilinear volume opened an outdoor room at the second floor.
2011 rada
OS House, Racine, Wis.
Merit Award/Custom Home 3,000 Square Feet or Less
Johnsen Schmaling Architects, Milwaukee
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Art Gray
This vertically oriented structure is a bedroom annex for an adjacent 1930s cabin. Half of the second floor and virtually all of the third are devoted to sheltered outdoor rooms.
2009 rada
Tower House, Leander, Texas
Merit Award/Outbuilding
Andersson•Wise Architects, Austin, Texas
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Art Gray
Expansive lake views await those who journey to the top of the tower.
2009 rada
Tower House, Leander, Texas
Merit Award/Outbuilding
Andersson•Wise Architects, Austin, Texas
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Rien van Rijthoven
Built on a budget, architect Craig Steely’s own house devotes a substantial chunk of square footage to a penthouse-level deck.
residential architect, June 2008
Second Take
Beaver Street Reprise, San Francisco
Steely Architecture, San Francisco
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Rien van Rijthoven
Partially roofed and sporting a suspended fireplace, the roof deck can handle a range of weather conditions.
residential architect, June 2008
Second Take
Beaver Street Reprise, San Francisco
Steely Architecture, San Francisco
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Sharon Risedorph
At the top floor of another in-town San Francisco residence, this master bedroom opens onto a roof deck with knockout views of the city
residential architect, September/October 2009
Internal Logic
Mullen Street House, San Francisco
Steely Architecture, San Francisco
