Idea File SPANISH STYLE Spanish tile company Undefasa produces chic ceramic tile for residential and commercial applications. The Canaima collection features large-format, wood-look tile available in four hues. en.undefasa.com FABULOUS […]

And the Winner Is Presented by the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association, the Maryland Building Industry Association and the Washington Metropolitan Sales and Marketing Council, the 2017 GALA (Great American […]

Idea File FRESH START A couple with young boys saw potential in the 1980s-era Arnold, Maryland, the home they’d recently purchased, though they knew it needed substantial work. They hired […]

Perched directly atop an expanse of marshland on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, a house built by and for the owner of Boardwalk Builders, Patty McDaniel, was designed for […]

Case Study Architecture + Custom Building The challenge of designing a contemporary-style home in DC’s Cleveland Park led Kube Architecture to create what the firm calls a “modern barn.” The […]

Drawing Board Floors + Windows + Doors The owners of a mundane 1960s split-level in Silver Spring hired architect Bruce Wentworth to refresh its uninspired front façade and introduce a […]

Drawing Board Architecture + Custom Building Homeowners with a cramped, dated abode hired Broadhurst Architects to redesign the kitchen and add on a third floor to accommodate visiting family members. […]

Mountain Majesty A long driveway winds through woods before emerging to unveil a stone house nestled into the pastoral landscape of White Post, Virginia. The big reveal, though, happens at […]

When an avid equestrian purchased acreage in a coveted Virginia Hunt Country location adjacent to the late Bunny Mellon’s estate, she hired architect Thomas Beach and landscape architect Barry W. […]

Waterfront Idyll At a rocky outcropping on the edge of Whitehall Bay near Annapolis, a panoramic vista encompasses the open waters of the Chesapeake in the distance. There’s a sense […]

Domestic Bliss The home should be the treasure chest of living,” the modernist Le Corbusier once wrote. This insightful nugget would likely have resonated with one couple preparing to design […]

Developers challenged architect Mark McInturff to transform three neighboring 1960s-era Rockville warehouses into a sustainably designed, state-of-the-art office building that will serve as a technology hub. McInturff and his team […]

In renovating their 1948 rambler, Spring Valley homeowners Brian and Joanne Barlia realized that gaining more usable space doesn’t necessarily require an addition. Instead, they decided to reorganize the interiors […]

Tiny Jewel Box When called upon to overhaul a 12-foot-wide, 1870s-era house in DC, designer Kerra Michele Huerta summoned “every trick in the book” to make the finished interiors appear […]

House Tour Bloomingdale On October 28, design buffs can join the Historic Bloomingdale: Victorian Secrets & Modern Truths House Tour, which celebrates this hip, fast-changing neighborhood in Northwest DC. The […]

In Print Montgomery Modern Mid-Century Modern fans might be surprised to learn that there are many examples of the vernacular in the DC area. In Montgomery Modern: Modern Architecture in […]