Each year, a panel of building-industry professionals is selected to judge new homes and communities in the Mid-Atlantic region and to choose their nominees for the Great American Living Awards. […]

Ask the Pros Builder What are important factors to consider when selecting siding and roofing for a waterfront residence? When selecting materials for a waterfront residence, durability is the foremost […]

Ask the Pros Architecture When renovating an older home, how do you make an addition look as though it’s always been there? For an addition to feel integral to the […]

Rooms With a View Southern Exposure Views of Easton’s scenic Peach Blossom Creek first attracted a couple looking to build a bay-area vacation home. Working with architect Scott L. Rand […]

Rooms With a View Horizon Line “I grew up on the Eastern Shore,” says architect David Jameson. “One of the amazing things there is the way the horizon plays an […]

Shore Style Inside Out Window walls—sliding glass systems that completely open a room to the outdoors—add a sense of drama to any home on the water. Not only do they […]

Rays of Light The 1992 contemporary house had fallen into disrepair by the time Bethesda architect Jim Rill was called to its sweeping shorefront on Maryland’s Gibson Island, south of […]

Wetlands Idyll A Bethesda couple had fallen in love with Rehoboth Beach years before they decided to buy a vacation home there. Children in tow, they made the trek each summer […]

At Ease The allure of Annapolis and the Chesapeake Bay proved impossible to resist for a McLean couple whose son had graduated from the Naval Academy. Four years of visits […]

Modern Oasis Architect Gregory Uekman and his wife Ann Dorough were living in a tiny cottage in Kensington when they began looking for a larger home. “I wanted a house with […]

Glass House After renting a house on 20 acres overlooking the Tred Avon River, a couple decided to buy the property in Easton, Maryland, and replace its outdated main dwelling […]

A homeowner with two children, downsizing from a large Potomac colonial, loved the smaller scale and urban feel of the 1920s Sears bungalow kit house she discovered in Chevy Chase—despite […]

With its classic brick exterior, slate roof and stately presence, a center-hall colonial built in 1926 is a perfect fit for its southern Virginia locale. The owners, who moved in […]

In their search for a waterfront property near Annapolis on which to build their retirement home, Skip and Debbie McKenzie brought along a secret weapon: their architect. As they toured […]

Clearly, the East Building of the National Gallery of Art has staying power. In 2004, it won an American Institute of Architects Twenty-Five Year Award, given to landmarks that have […]

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honored the recipients of its 17th Annual National Design Awards at a New York gala during National Design Week in October. First Lady Michelle Obama […]