Custom Builder 2015 Awards Sponsored by the Maryland Building Industry 
Association, the annual Custom Builder Awards honor quality architecture, 
construction and remodeling projects 
in the Greater Washington, DC, area. 
Following […]

Simple Roots Architect Mark Buchanan remembers tramping through a barn and wandering around a pond, fields and outbuildings on his client’s horse farm near Middleburg when he first visited to […]

Perfect Panorama “Come in, you have to see this,” beckons architect Christian Zapatka, standing at the door of a recently completed project in McLean, Virginia. He and the homeowner are positively […]

Out on a Limb On a whim, while visiting a client’s job site in 2001, architect Mark Kohler walked down to the end of the wooded street to see a […]

Writer's Refuge A Virginia-based screenwriter needed a quiet space where he could work at home with a minimum of loving distractions from his three young daughters. He found refuge—and more—in […]

Sun Catcher Located on a bluff high above a mighty river, a multi-tiered stone, wood and stucco home would look right at home in Aspen or Big Sur. Which is […]

Retail Connection Located in Southwest DC, L’Enfant Plaza and the adjacent 10th Street Promenade were the 1960s brainchildren of architect I.M. Pei. Flanked by a series of federal office buildings, […]

2015 John Russell Pope Awards Established in 2005, the Washington Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art advances the practice and appreciation of classical tradition in architecture […]

AIA Northern Virginia 2015 Design Awards The AIA Northern Virginia chapter gathered on June 4 for its annual Design Awards celebration at the recently completed Fred W. Smith National Library […]

A Hands-On Approach When partners Ben Esh and Daniel Glick founded B&D Builders in 2000, their goal was to create a hassle-free experience for their clients. “We interact with clients […]

Rooftop Retreat At the new Kaufman Cancer Center in Bel Air, Maryland’s Upper Chesapeake Medical Center, patients, and their loved ones can find respite on the hospital’s rooftop, where a […]

Beach Party The beach comes to downtown DC from July 4 through September 7, courtesy of the National Building Museum. Made of white-painted scaffolding, wood panels, and perforated mesh, “The […]

At a time when the rest of DC seems awash in the chaos of new construction, Capitol Hill is an oasis of calm. In the sprawling neighborhood of late-Victorian row […]

Modern Re-Do As the co-founder of Naviance, a software provider of college and career-planning tools, Stephen Smith is in the business of readiness. So when he decided to move from […]

Portfolio: Danish Modern Few countries have produced a more specific design aesthetic than Denmark. For most people, the term “Danish Modern” conjures ready images of light wood surfaces, expanses of […]

Moody Blues For more than a century, the Baltimore Harbor Light has served as a beacon for ships entering Maryland’s largest port. More recently, the historic lighthouse guided DC architect […]