How can you hold on to your work? How can you preserve it for yourself, your family, your prospective clients, your biographer? Read more
Like most architects in this time of booming home sales, Ann Capron is busy--too busy, she says, to chase builders who are copying her plans without her permission. Read more
When architect Gerald Horn saw the views of the Pacific from his clients' new property in Manhattan Beach, Calif., he knew just what to do: Turn their world upside down. Read more
On their 11 acres of agrarian land, these clients wanted to build "something simple and with good proportions." Read more
The simplest things are sometimes the most powerful. Read more
Old and new coexist happily in countless renovations, but rarely are they juxtaposed so ingeniously as on this home in urban Baltimore. Read more
When the editors of Better Homes & Gardens asked architect J. Carson Looney to design the ultimate house for the new century, he thought he'd be bound by tradition. Read more
2000 RADA
Desert Hills at Desert Mountain, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Desert Hills' Scottsdale, Ariz., setting is filled with scenic views of the Sonoran Desert, but they alone didn't satisfy project architect Rick New of Downing, Thorpe & James. Read more
2000 RADA
Charleston II, Kentlands, Md.
Kentlands, a Neo-Traditional community on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., just keeps on winning accolades--for its master planners, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. (DPZ), and for the architects who've followed their guidelines. Read more
2000 RADA
Withers Residence, Accokeek, Md.
Judges chose as project of the year a modest structure covered in asphalt shingles and corrugated metal, built for a bargain $80 a square foot. Read more
The judges admired this interior transformation of a formerly dark, chopped-up ranch house. Read more
The program for this Washington, D.C., remodel was out of the ordinary, so architect Mark McInturff came up with a fittingly unusual solution. Read more
From the front, this suburban Boston remodel doesn't appear too different from its "before" photographs. Read more
For designing urban expansion that enhances the community, South Side Housing takes top honors. Read more
Italy's celebrated hill towns were the inspiration for Brezza ("breeze" in Italian) Condominiums, a multifamily complex located on a steep hillside above Kirkland, Wash. Read more
What do you do with a site that is superbly located down the road from the J. Paul Getty Museum, but is also steeply raked and adjacent to one of the nation's busiest freeways? Read more
2000 RADA
The Gate, Hoboken, N.J.
Dean Marchetto did his homework before embarking on the design of this 10-unit, Arts-and-Crafts influenced apartment complex in Hoboken, N.J. Read more
2000 RADA
Villa Flores, Los Angeles
Villa Flores isn't just a multiple-award-winning affordable senior housing community. It's also the prototype for a group of projects to be built on the same church-owned block in downtown Los Angeles. Read more
2000 RADA
Urban residence, Lawrence, Kan.
Looks like a bunch of friends got together and put something really unique together, the judges said. "It's a slam dunk." Read more
2000 RADA
West Boulevard, Los Angeles
West Boulevard's boldly striped entry and mix of unit types captured the judges' attention and imagination. Read more
In 1926, when the Midway School's first students were gazing wistfully out the windows, who knew they might live there someday as senior citizens? Read more
Like many tourist meccas, New Orleans faces the thorny problems of overcrowding and urban growth. So our hats are off to James, Harwick + Partners, who offer a head-on solution with the Saulet. Read more
Ferguson Shamamian & Rattner's graceful concept for McAllister Point Model Homes, a master planned community on the grounds of an 18th century plantation, befits the project's historical setting. Read more
Designing a residence for tiny Dewees Island, near Charleston, S.C., has presented architect Whitney Powers with a host of challenges. Read more
2000 RADA
Mansion Condominiums at Playa Vista, Los Angeles
The judges applauded the romantic contextuality of the Mansion Condominiums at Playa Vista. "It is L.A.," said one. Read more
2000 RADA
Provence at Anthem, plan 2, Las Vegas
In our first annual design competition, judges selected 24 projects for awards, out of more than 300 entries. Read more
New-look metal roofing offers a broad range of styles, reliable performance, and easy installation. Read more