Looney Ricks Kiss Architects

Deploying efficient design in the new residential reality. More

Light penetration deep into a home can boost comfort, livability, and energy efficiency. Here are strategies to strike the right balance. More

Previously a fur-trading post and factory town, South Bend has redefined itself through intellectual capital, including higher education. More

Memphis, Tenn.-based Looney Ricks Kiss (LRK) is an award-winning 25-year-old firm that had only reduced staff once prior to 2008. More

These nine homes were conceived as idiosyncratic, low-budget specials to jump-start a mixed-use neighborhood while the architects worked on an adjacent three-year conversion of an old icehouse into lofts. More

These four Spanish colonial homes differ dramatically from their 1970s-style ranch neighbors, but thanks to careful planning and simple massing they blend right in. Our judges noticed, with appreciation, “the real thought” given to the project. More