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Our annual Architects' Choice showcase features timeless materials selected by luminaries in the profession.

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News

Glidehouse Makes Its Second Debut

Green prefab manufacturer Blu Homes launches production of the new version of Michelle Kaufmann's Glidehouse.
Home Energy Performance Audits and Advice at Your Fingertips

A new application for iPad and iPhone helps architects, builders, and homeowners evaluate home efficiency and energy ratings.
2010 Palladio Awards Honor Outstanding Traditional Design

The seven winning residential projects in the ninth annual Palladio Awards creatively interpret the principles of Western architectural tradition.
Cornell's Master of Architecture Program Now Accredited

The National Architectural Accrediting Board has granted the M.Arch.1 degree program at Cornell University an initial period of accreditation.

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2010 rada: renovation

Pilates Studio and Carport, Dallas

Given a tight budget, Susan Appleton, AIA, LEED AP, produced an unfussy, yet elegant...

gurney enlarged the 1876 home's rooms to better suit them to the client's modern art collection. he kept the original woodwork profiles within the existing footprint.

Residence e2, Washington, D.C.

The clients for this Washington, D.C., renovation have young children and a modern art...

Addition to a Historic Cape on a Coastal Farm, Little Compton, R.I.

The rudimentary beauty of cows, a weathered barn, and utilitarian stone walls inspired...

Reinvention 2010

Architects + Clients: The Delicate Tension Between Art and Service. Register now for the 2010 Reinvention Symposium.

RADA 2011

call for entries: enter your best projects in the 12th annual residential architect design awards.

Featured Profiles

Top Firm: Frank Harmon Architect

Frank Harmon has won his fair share of accolades for design over the years. But no...

Hall of Fame: Sim Van der Ryn

Decades after the first Earth Day thrust the environment into our nation's collective...

Rising Star: David Hacin AIA

David Hacin, AIA, knows everyone. The 44-year-old architect can't walk through...

Architects' Choice

eternal light

Historical Concepts: Lighting fixtures that "merge the old with the new for finely crafted, yet functional [...]"
storyteller

Historical Concepts: Rocky Mountain casts its products, in this case doorknobs, from bronze and applies various old world finishes.
downright upright

Historical Concepts: When columns are done right, nothing expresses the interrelationship between function, form, and beauty more elegantly. By Chadsworth.

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Practice

How architects are tweaking fee structures in a touch-and-go economy

To sustain their businesses during the economic recovery, some firms are getting creative with their pricing.
Architects Need to Learn to Work With Clients' More Stringent Budgets

In recessionary times, architects have to exercise their creativity and do more with less.
How Architects and Their Clients Deal with Obstructionist Neighbors

While not everyone shares the same aesthetic, there are strategic, peaceful ways to handle design differences among neighbors

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New Material

Centor Architectural Raises the Curtain on S1E Eco-Screen

S1E Eco-Screen offers insect and solar control for large horizontal openings.

New Material

Planning Sisplamo Introduces Feel Shelving

Feel shelving features thick stainless steel members with polycarbonate shelves.
Knight Wall Systems predesigned wall system

Knight Wall Systems come prefabricated to accept various cladding material.

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From the Editor

Clients Might Need Guidance on Classic Products

Architects know which products will stand the test of time, and those products will give clients the most for their money.
In 2011, residential architect becomes a partner publication of the AIA

As of next year, residential architect, along with a handful of its sister publications, will be affiliated with the American Institute of Architects.
Website Redesign Means Even More Features for Readers

A complete reinvention of our website is fitting as people look to the Internet—in addition to ink on paper mediums—for their news and information.

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As We See It

Inside the Home: UpStairsStudio Architecture’s Storm-Savvy Miami Residence

Nigel Maynard, senior editor of residential architect, visits architect Maricarmen Martinez’s Coconut Grove home, built to LEED standards and to withstand Miami’s most severe weather.

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