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 […]

Excellence in Custom Building Sponsored by the Maryland Building Industry Association, the annual Custom Builder Awards honor architecture, construction and remodeling projects in the Greater Washington, DC, area. Following is […]

2017 John Russell Pope Awards The Washington Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art advances the practice and appreciation of classical tradition in architecture and the allied […]

2017 AIA Northern Virginia Design Awards On June 15, the AIA Northern Virginia chapter held its 2017 Design Awards celebration at Alexandria Renew Enterprises’ headquarters, designed by Rust | Orling […]

Subtle Patina When a May downpour dampened Jodi Macklin’s plans to host a pre-prom dinner for her son’s senior class in her Chevy Chase backyard, the designer quickly switched gears. […]

City Glamour Architect Carmel Greer, principal of the six-year-old firm District Design, doesn’t impose a particular style on her residential projects. Instead, she lets a home tell her what it wants […]

Applause West End Revival The Fairmont Washington, DC is a quintessential “Washington” spot—a stately, limestone-clad hotel with a venerable history located in fashionable West End. Now, a revitalization of the […]

Portfolio Beach Chic After years of renting houses and descending on relatives in Bethany Beach, Delaware, a Potomac couple finally decided to build a vacation home of their own in […]

Cachet Bee Line You know it’s summer at the National Building Museum when a monumental installation takes over the Great Hall. “Hive,” the 2017 exhibit opening July 4, takes the […]