Ahead of the Curve
Architect Skip Maginniss tried to maintain as much transparency as possible in designing the corner windows, which appear to wrap around the house without…
Remodeling 101
Encompass Design/Build won a Finalist award in the category of Entire House $500,000 to $1,000,000 for this project in Vienna, VA.What was the greatest…
Fresh Start
In the living room of this DC condominium, the cavernous 30-foot dome was lowered to soften the acoustics. With dramatic panoramic views of the…
Tailored to Fit
In the new makeover, banks of windows along the rear of the home open it up to garden views. Joe and Nancy Garcia purchased…
Farmhouse Reborn
The renovation of this pre-Civil War farmhouse in Great Falls, Virginia, was all about pairing architectural craftsmanship with rich building materials to create the…
Architects Fired
Architect Joan Fabry created a “Three Little Pigs” tea service with pieces resembling stick, straw and brick constructions. The English writer and art critic…
Poetry in Architecture
Brenneman added a new two-car garage and a second-story library to the home. The Bethesda, Maryland, neighborhood where Bob and Joyce Gwadz live has…
A Dramatic Makeover
The project added a third floor. Paul Irwin set the addition back six feet from the original roofline so it would not overpower the…
How to Select the Right Builder
In partnership with clients, custom builders can create beautiful and unique interior spaces such as this great room in a custom home built by…
A Family Affair
Rui Ponte designed the home in a New England vernacular. Solid wood columns on the flagstone porch, copper chimney caps, eyebrow returns on the…
Modern Counterpoint
Marriage can send a couple scurrying for new digs to start afresh. After tying the knot, a Baltimore businessman and his wife did the…
Applause
Vida Fitness in the Verizon Center Designed by Stoneking-von Storch Architects and the Hallock Design Group, Vida Fitness recently opened in DC’s Verizon Center….
Modern Injection
Glass walls flank the two-story living space, which is simply furnished with Eames chairs and contemporary pieces. Angular planes of stucco and metal just…
Gracious Living
The shingle-style exterior is “porch-oriented” with a large entrance portico.Building a high-end custom home on speculation always comes with a certain element of risk….
Art Restoration
The addition blends seamlessly into the original home, which was designed by architect Charles Moore in the 1970s.Additions are harder to do than a…
Modern Bohemian
Ryan Hackett’s malachite-toned Chittey Bin #1 (2003), a mixed-media fiberglass panel hangs in a passageway in Hapstak’s home. Home is where the art is…
AIA of Northern Virginia Design Awards
Robert M. Gurney, FAIA. Photo by Anice Hoachlander.Last June the American Institute of Architects Northern Virginia Chapter gathered in the soaring glass atrium of…
A Living Laboratory
Designer Rob Morris. For Rob Morris, his new McLean home is a laboratory for his design and construction firm, Morris-Day, Inc. This latest residence—his sixth…
Selecting a Custom Home Plan
Adrian Edwards Custom Homes offers homeowners a portfolio of previously completed projects to use as a jumping off point when designing their own custom…
Applause
The Luce Foundation Center for American Art. On July 1st, when the Smithsonian American Art Museum reopens its doors following a six-year renovation, it…