Minimalist Master
Twenty years ago, a couple tapped David Jameson to put a modern spin on a 1960s colonial they’d purchased in the Palisades. The architect,…
Seaside Oasis
At first glance, a couple who grew up on a Caribbean island lapped by warm, turquoise seas didn’t think of the Delaware shore as…
Artisanal Spirit
Spectacular workmanship abounds in a venerable Dupont Circle townhouse. American walnut doors and cabinetry feature the species’ pale heartwood, formerly the bane (and detritus)…
River Wild
Nestled on a hidden hill rising from the banks of the Potomac sat the perfect three-acre riverfront lot. “When visiting different locations with the…
Above It All
Panoramic vistas beckon through floor-to-ceiling windows in the contemporary penthouse of the 31-story Waterview condominium in Rosslyn, Virginia. They sweep across the Potomac River…
Design through the Decades
Over the past 20 years, Home & Design has published hundreds of outstanding homes and gardens, all created by talented local designers. Below, we…
20 Years of Great Design: Local Treasures
DARRYL CARTER “In this age of ‘instant,’ the home should remain a bastion of tranquility,” opines prolific DC designer Darryl Carter (above, left),…
20 Years of Great Design: Places
OPEN DIALOGUE Massachusetts-based Safdie Architects designed the United States Institute of Peace headquarters in 2011 to foster the organization’s role in international conflict resolution,…
Paradigm Shift
How fitting that in 1999, the premier issue of Home & Design featured America Online’s newly minted Sterling, Virginia, headquarters. With a headline proclaiming,…
The New Normal
How do you help clients achieve enduring quality and style? At the first design meeting, I try to bring ideas and a vision for…
Forever Home
Nick and Liane Pace found their forever home in 2012, just after their third child arrived. They fell for the 1938 abode’s Georgian-style façade…
English Garden
The garden on Whitehaven Street is not the only example of an English-inspired landscape in Richard Arentz’s prolific portfolio. In fact, the landscape architect’s…
Weekend Retreat
Fronting San Domingo Creek in St. Michaels, Cindy and Bob Hurley’s second home is all about the Chesapeake Bay. The house was created to…
Holiday House
When Angela and Frank Ferrogine moved from Edgewater to Annapolis to be closer to work and family, they had the perfect plan. Frank found…
Modern Magic
Nancy and Travis Johnson lived in New York City for 25 years before “escaping,” as they describe it, to the quaint, historic Annapolis neighborhood…
Second Act
Newfangled design trends are considered ahead of their time—until, suddenly, they’re not. Case in point: the sunken living room. One homeowner considered hers a…
Desert Delight
Many mid-Atlantic beach houses riff on Nantucket style, with shingled façades, pitched roofs and turrets. In a sea of such traditional homes, a new…
Curated Flair
A backyard view of Washington’s splendid National Cathedral is not a thing to be taken lightly. Seen from one particular home in Cathedral Heights,…
History Reborn
Looking at the front of the vintage row house Patricio Asfura-Heim and Christine DeWitt recently remodeled, little seems to have changed from a century…
Family Time
A couple relocating to Kensington, Maryland, in search of more living space purchased a circa-1950s ranch house with the idea of remodeling and expanding…