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Spectacular Sunscreens

Artfully screened outdoor spaces, such as those highlighted here from our 2011 Custom Home Design Awards, offer inviting options for...
New Family Home Sets an Example For Its Community

A Greenville, S.C., house points to a natural affinity between sustainability and modernism.
Lujan House, Ocean View, Del.

Our judges admired the quality of light and clean materials used for this house on the Chesapeake Bay.

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this home has south-facing glass doors with sliding metal sunscreens that reduce glare and heat gain.

An Architect Applies Simple Solutions to a Green House

Low-tech sustainable solutions help a St. Peters, Minn., home achieve LEED Gold.

sustainable

Q + A: Sarah Susanka, FAIA, and John McLinden on the Not So Big Showhouse in Libertyville, Ill.

sarah susanka, faia, and developer john mclinden talk about the not so big showhouse.

sustainable

BIM, Re-Booted

Building Information Modeling has to keep up if it's going to remain on top.
Accentuate the Positive

Salutogenic design, grounded in biomedicine and psychology, may be the key to turning sustainability into more than a buzzword.
R-House

2011 Annual Design Review: Live: Honorable Mention

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International Projects From residential architect

Award: Hawk House

Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada / Andrew King
Kingdom Tower

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia/Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
A Swedish Neighborhood Puts the Human Element in Sustainability

Designed by the Netherlands firm ArchitectenConsort, this new housing development in southern Sweden aims to create both sustainable...

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International Projects from Architectural Review

Two London Schools: Cottrell and Vermeulen, Agents of Change compared
In stitching together disparate school campuses, these two additions reinterpret a London idiom to reaffirm the facade’s urban significance...
Sarah Wiggleworth's Wakefield School
Reworking local urban and industrial morphologies for a human scale and young imaginations, this primary school in Wakefield transforms...
Frence Twist: AAVP's Paris School
Emblematic of wider transformation in the grim flatlands north of Paris, a new school rises from the ashes of a former industrial site in...
Comparing two small houses by Go Hasegawa in Japan
Two dwellings display an equally deft approach to the constraints of the suburb and the freedom of the forest
Lacaton & Vassal's revitalisation of a Parisian tower block
The striking transformation of a run-down tower in northern Paris suggests an alternative approach to the physical and social redevelopment...

affordable

building walls are 8-inch-thick precast concrete with thin brick cast into the molds at the street faades.

Rosa Parks Apartments, Chicago

Rosa Parks Apartments is not your typical affordable project.

Affordable

West Hollywood Housing, West Hollywood, Calif.

West Hollywood Housing creates a supportive environment for special-needs residents.
Prototype Housing for Modest Means: Reverse Engineering the Rent, Dallas

A scalable site plan of four-plex units offers renters the promise of home ownership.
Lolomas, Clovis, N.M.

Dan Rockhill's portfolio contains historic restoration projects, public art pieces, high-design custom homes, and not much affordable...

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Kitchen

Blur Loft Kitchen, Milwaukee, by Johnsen Schmaling Architects

A handsome, horizontal kitchen improves this Milwaukee loft apartment's views both inside and out.
Award-Winning Kitchens and Baths

A web-exclusive look at some of the past design award winners in our kitchen and bath categories.
Appleton Living Kitchen, Venice, Calif.

A Venice, Calif., kitchen offers space, light, and effortless access to outdoor living.

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Bath

Blur Loft Bath, Milwaukee, by Johnsen Schmaling Architects

An open design allows this master bath to transcend its landlocked location.
Award-Winning Kitchens and Baths

A web-exclusive look at some of the past design award winners in our kitchen and bath categories.
Appleton Living Bath, Venice, Calif.

A Venice, Calif., bath defines spaces with three-dimensional elements rather than simple walls.

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Mixed-Use

The Family Business Comes Home In This San Francisco Mixed-Use Space

A remodeled San Francisco building houses work and living spaces for a creative and enterprising family.
Hancock Mixed-Use, West Hollywood, Calif.

This West Hollywood, Calif., project combines an impressive mix of uses in less than an acre.
One Eleven Mixed-Use Development, Baton Rouge, La.

Our judges roundly praised this mixed-use building as a truly urban insertion and a shining precedent for a downtown undergoing a...

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the architects also added bedrooms and living rooms to the two upstairs studio apartments.

Locust Street Addition, Philadelphia

Two architects inserted a sliver of an addition into an existing commercial space.

Multifamily

one madison park (left) cuts a svelte figure in the manhattan skyline thanks to a design concept in which pods cantilever from the buildings main shaft.

One Madison Park, New York

One Madison Park is a study in proportion and lightness.

Multifamily

Citation: Rack House D

Toronto / Saucier + Perrotte Architectes
Drs. Julian and Raye Richardson Apartments

San Francisco / David Baker + Partners
GE5, Memphis, Tenn.

These new townhomes use mass and scale to fit into their surroundings.
Art Stable, Seattle

Olson Kundig Architects' Art Stable in Seattle represents an elegant way to densify a city.

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Interiors

Architect Sunil Bald Redesigns a Two-Floor Unit in a Dutch Revival Townhouse in Harlem

The redesign of a two-floor unit in a Dutch Revival townhouse addresses spatial and acoustical concerns.
Double Loft in Providence, R.I., by 3six0 Architecture

3six0 tailors a 4,000-square-foot loft into two distinct spaces for a husband and wife.
Top-Floor Loft in Minneapolis Offers Rooftop Sunroom and River Views

Two adjacent lofts in an historic Minneapolis building become a single spacious residence--with river views to boot.
Finger | Kennedy Apartment, New York

This small apartment makes much from very little.
Watergate Apartment, Washington, D.C.

The Watergate's famous circular geometry posed interior challenges for Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, Architect.

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Details

Tea House, Bethesda, Md.

This elegant pavilion by David Jameson Architect takes the tea ceremony to a new level.
Steel Stair, Seattle

A stair of perforated steel and solid steel plate brightens a once-dark stairwell.
Kit of Parts, Washington, D.C.

Simple materials combine to form a flexible and elegant storage solution that leaves the existing interior architecture intact.

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Outbuildings

Signal Shed, Wallowa County, Ore.

This outbuilding is a study in simplicity and thrift.
Tea House, Bethesda, Md.

This elegant pavilion by David Jameson Architect takes the tea ceremony to a new level.
Tea Houses, Silicon Valley, Calif.

The jury rhapsodized about this trio of outbuildings in California's Silicon Valley, naming it Project of the Year.

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On the Boards

Kingdom Tower

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia/Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Prototype Housing for Modest Means: Reverse Engineering the Rent, Dallas

A scalable site plan of four-plex units offers renters the promise of home ownership.
Ralph Bunche Neighborhood Vision Plan, Benton, Ark.

Low-impact development and innovative home design offer the potential to revitalize a 100-year-old African-American neighborhood.