Weekend Oasis There wasn’t much to the low-slung, ’50s-era rambler beyond where it sat: on a point overlooking San Domingo Creek with easy access to downtown St. Michaels. But for […]
Weekend Oasis There wasn’t much to the low-slung, ’50s-era rambler beyond where it sat: on a point overlooking San Domingo Creek with easy access to downtown St. Michaels. But for […]
Natural Harmony A walk through a pine forest near Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore led two weekending Washingtonians to notice a brick rambler on the edge of a pond. “It was […]
Casual Chic Ryland Witt still remembers visiting the rambler in Richmond as a seven-year-old. It was her older cousins’ house and, unlike Witt’s own home, it didn’t have a formal […]
A Classic Reborn Just one year after Marisa Ruiz of Madrid-based Lalzada put the finishing touches on a long-time client’s DC residence, a two-alarm fire ravaged the house. Thankfully, no […]
Private Haven When the prospective owners of a property in Bethesda first saw the small rambler sitting awkwardly on its site, they didn’t even bother to go in before buying […]
Family Affair Kathy and Kevin Haley bought their first home in Shady Side, Maryland, near Annapolis in 1996. Back then, the couple often went kayaking on the West River to […]
Spectacular views of the Potomac River, Roosevelt Island, Key Bridge and Rosslyn beckon from a residence inside a modern brick-and-glass condominium on Georgetown’s waterfront. The scenery, however, was not as […]
In Harmony Poised on the banks of Harness Creek near Annapolis, a once-depleted property now harbors drifts of native grasses and perennials and a dazzling pool and pool house, surrounding […]
Fitting Tribute The National Museum of the Marine Corps first opened its doors in 2006. Designed by Fentress Architects and owned by the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, the circular building […]
Worlds Away For 30 years, Senator William Brock and his wife, Sandy, have gravitated to Annapolis for its welcoming brand of casual warmth. When they began going there in the […]
Rural Escape Just 90 minutes away from his Bethesda home, architect Jordan Goldstein’s new weekend retreat might as well be a world apart. Nestled on 23 acres of pristine farmland in […]
Modern Metaphor Paring down possessions to simplify life is a goal that’s far easier to imagine than to achieve. But for one couple, newlyweds in their 70s, starting life together […]
Applause Reading Room The new Slover Library anchors the revitalized downtown area near Norfolk’s waterfront. Its three volumes reflect vastly different eras and styles: the circa-1900 Classical Revivalist Seaboard Building, […]
Paradigm Shift The 25 multi-family projects architect Suzane Reatig has designed in Shaw—until recently, one of DC’s most disenfranchised neighborhoods—affirm the notion that affordability and design excellence can go hand […]
Perfect Harmony On the lookout for a site on which to build their home, a couple chose a wooded Bethesda property with the goal of tearing down the small existing […]
Modern Energy The spare modern house, surrounded by traditional side-hall Colonials in a Bethesda neighborhood, is conspicuous for both its form and its function. Artist Jackie Hoysted and information technology […]